1975 23' Sceptre i/o to outboard bracket

[CoreyTrx]

So I bought a 1975 23' Sceptre from a CSC member last year around this time. It was an I/O and came with a spare engine and fairly new trailer. The plan was to put the newer spare engine in and run it until it died and then convert it to a bracket. Well after pulling the old engine I found out the transom was totally junk. It looks like both ice box drains leaked considering there was no sealant around them. This looked to be factory. So the water just wicked its way from the holes to the bottom of the transom and it was just mush. So I decided to just do the bracket conversion while replacing the transom. This has already been done over last winter, spring and summer and I finally got the boat finished enough to use for the last few weeks of the season. I have a bunch on pictures I'll post and show what I did. Including building the bracket. I'll try to keep them in order as best as possible. I got a lot of good advice from some guys on here. Here are some pics of when I picked up the boat.