[dmoore]

You are exactly right! Although it is not in the same condition as when yours truly owned it! Ha! A friend of mine told me he had seen it at the current dealer a while back...about 1 hour south of me.....I really missed that hardtop every time I'd fight with my bimini........as for the compass & depth finder mounting there just isn't room on those older V's so you do what you can even if you hate to.. : ) maybe someone here will give it a good home.....if they do I'd be happy to recant the restoration....Looks like that Stern Drive Engineering lower unit had paint adhesion issues? Bottom paint! Ughhhhh!................Dave