'77 Sceptre Rebuild

[newellchunker]

Lets try again: My son and I bought this boat in '08 and we knew that we'd be able to fish her for a little while and that we were gonna need to re-do her. Well, we fished her for the last two seasons and we finally got brave or crazy and decided that it was time to do something. We were just gonna paint her and then redo the floor next year, upon removing the Lenco's I found water dripping from the holes.....we all know that ain't good, decided to go ahead and tear her on down....floor, transom, repaint her and then upgrade the electronics and wiring. I'm hoping to enclose the transom, add a bracket (need advice here..IE: brand and etc.) add a bait tank in the transom and of course recore the floor. Started a couple of weeks ago and sanded the starboard side back down to gelcoat...had two coats of paint (what a PITA), then moved to de-rigging the engine and preparing to remove it. Removed the transom bait boxes and finally got around to removing the engine. Next we're going to remove the hardtop and start on the transom...removing the old core. Need some pointers on all of this, as I have never undertaken such a project and have very little fiberglass experience. Here are a few pics: When we first brought her home.
Starboard side sanded down.
Where I filled and have started fairing the starboard vent.
The bait boxes removed.
Starboard side box gone!
Port box gone!
The main reason for the whole project!