DAMM MY LUCK! ...I swear to....

So not only do not have that cowl any more to prove what it said, I can't find the F'n receipt now!!!!! When I got the boat from my Dad I had:

1. The org. receipt; Bought from Pratt Bros. in Redlands, Ca
2. The org "letter of intent" my Dad sent to Mercury
3. The stupid freakn little tags that tell you to be a safe boater etc.
4 The receipt from Witch Craft for one "Bare" hull

...All from 1978! ....1978 being the date of the receipts... maybe the motor is an early '79 model?

There is no freak'n way he bought an '80-later block in '78!

Wish you guys knew my Dad....He ain't got it in him to make-up a story like this! ..and why, for what????? He was just some working stiff that tried to build his own race boat, and race a few races! ...or I wish someone on here knew Dennis Kirby...He could back the story!