Your paint and resto came out beautiful. Looks great.
I missed out on the discussion on the bracket but here is my imput on brackets. I would want to create a basic hull extention using the bracket. This will give you the most bang for your buck. You may have to readjust the weight distribution as this will throw off the center of buoyance of the hull.
Here is a good example. Full bracket matching the hull bottom with 30inch outboards. Just like adding 3 feet to the hull.
Just my 2 cents.
