[cSickNick]

I did see them and was waiting for you reply! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Trayders and Riffraff's is what we are talking! They look great and depends on your personal taste.

I like the way Riffy kept the original top of stern boxes to keep with the classic look of the original floor. Nice touch in my opinion!

If you plan to replace or raise the floor like Trayders and others, you can go with any stlyle you prefer and config you prefer. Nice touch also!

I do not have experiances with Jackplates. That deserves some thought also, good suggestion for performance and be able to raise transom heigher than 25" for a close to full transom look ... closest to the enclosed transom/full bracket option.

I am not a glass man, but to raise the stern boxes on the original footprint should be the less expensive way to go.
Agree maybe a little wider than necessary, but that is the same space i do not use today. Then the splashwell, leave it and be happy with the original verticle scuppers(not so bad? especially if mostly trailered?) or cut it out flush with floor and through transom with balltype scuppers.

Raise the transom 25" min or more with jackplate option and squeeze/square the transom motor opening to the new stern box height.

Hydraulic for $500 sounds like the Baystar system good up to 150 HP? I believe i paid close to $1K for the Seastar system .... i figured that paying it when i repowering would prevent finger pointing and $$ if something went wrong ... plus having the option of repowering over 150HP some day ... probably need a new system by then anyhow [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Enough rambling ... get to work ... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

- Nick