[Briguy]

ChrisG,

Let me give you a little advice that may be way off from the other guys. I believe in the "less is more" theory.

First of all, what do you need a 12k 350 mag horizon for? You will never get the resale out of it and I'm guessing you average less than 150 hours per season, probably more like 50 hours running if you look at the last 5 years. My guess is that since the 351 commander hooked up to the Merc Drive, so would a 350 chevy. One of my local mechanics does 350/270hp carb crate motors all the time. A complete long block installed comes in at around 4500.00=-. Since the old drive works well, keep it till it blows up. As for the windless, have a mechanic rewire it, you most likely have corrosion on your switches, too. If not, scrap it and go back to the old heeve ho with the anchor. A nice aluminum bimini top with sunbrella canvas costs about $300.00 here in Florida and you and a buddy can install it in under an hour. As for a fishfinder, a Garmin GPS/Fishfinder combo unit will cost about a grand, cheeper yet a standard horizon gps/fishfinder combo retails for 399.00 [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] No trim and tilt is a problem and when your mechanic installs the motor, he can fix that for a few hundred more. So....lets add it up

Motor+labor+tnt= 4850.00
Rewire windlass 150.00
Sunbrella top 300.00
Standard GPS/FF 500.00 installed

Total $5800.00

You be the judge.