1978 Sceptre 23 repower with bracket, what is the best setup? Guidance needed!

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The fuel tank is another 1K and the transom fiberglass work another 5K. I do not have any illusions about the costs. Don, are you suggesting that this is not worth doing? I am not sure I can buy a better boat for 30K. I am betting on finding a slightly used motor (couple years old, couple hundred hours). I may even settle for the DF250, Opti or E-tec depending on what I can find at the time of repower. I think $25K is quite reasonable.