Sound like its earlier than a 73' then if is has no hull idnumber in the transome, thatwould expalin the differant pattern on the floor your mentioning. Does it have the stainless vents on the side? If not its a earlier boat for sure I now the 74's had the vents, the 73's Im not sure about , but the 73's did have the tank under the console but a 73' should have the hull id in the gel coat. Sounds like its pre 72 from your description. The hull ID in the gel coat would start with the letters and a combo of numbers and letters after that. SEC.......74 the last two are the year it was built. Sound like its an earlier boat because you have no hull id in the gelcoat and you have the silver tag instead. There was a posting here a while back about the tags your talking about.