I have a 1980 welded aluminum boat with same year 25HP suzuki. I bought it about 2 years ago, It had a stering console and bench seating.Well that was not going to do, So I ripped out the bench seats and put in a flat deck, rod lockers, casting platform, storage and a live well, It now has a bow mount and transom mount trolling motors, Two fishfinders, a CB radio (no antena yet) many rodholder mounts and two downriggers. All the decking and stuff is wrapped in a vinnal, It is not pretty up close (looks great at a birds eye view) but it works for me. still alot of glitches.