There is restore, and there is repair. Which is lots cheaper. Power wash it, plate the transom, ignore the floor and run it for a bit. Then decide what you want for a restore. You never know- if the motor was winterized- maybe it would run? Or find cheap older power for it. I have perhaps $0.35 a foot in mine. Half of which was purchase price.15 year old power, some modernish but mostly low end electronics. Mine is ugly and serviceable. I'll get around to a real restoration, someday. When I buy a light injected outboard for it- after I stumble on some money.
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