Apparently, I didn't see this thread back in June.
It's good that he got it going for you, and nice save.
I will offer this.....try very hard not to run it in salt water. It's really hard on aluminum hulls, and the motors, too. If you do run it in salt, give it a very good fresh water rinse, including running fresh water through the motor. It'll help things last a lot longer. Don't forget the trailer, as well.
If the trailer has bunks instead of rollers, DO NOT use pressure treated wood to replace them, if needed. The chemicals in P-T wood is corrosive to aluminum hulls.
I might suggest you get yourself registered here;
https://tinboats.net/forum/ .
It's a pretty knowledgeable bunch, and the site is geared toward metal hull boats, exclusively. (There was a thread about somebody stumbling across Studebaker wood hull serial #1 once, though.)
Roger