Looks like a nice, well-kept, rig. Hard to see, but it looks like an aftermarket power tilt unit on it. I don’t think OMC offered them that far back. What I’m seeing may just be the factory tilt-shock absorbers painted gray, and not hydraulic tilt cylinders. Some of the early aftermarket power tilt units only tilted and were not strong enough to provide power trim, but not a problem if it has that as long as your trim pin is set right. Of course the power tilt will not work with a dead battery. There is probably a way to allow it to be tilted by hand if you need, but you may have to put a foot up on each side of the transom to brace yourself as you manually pull to tilt it up. That’s what I used to do – I had no power tilt.
Camera angles can be deceiving – be sure it’s not a long shaft motor on a short shaft transom. If the black looking area under the bottom of the finished wood on the transom is the boat and not the trailer, then, I believe is is a long transom and correct for that motor.
Dave.
