Might have found my first seacraft, but.....

[Yachtie]

Hello All!

I've been looking for our first seacraft for quite some time now. Timings right financially so ready to pull the trigger. I've found what I think is a good candidate. But it has some issues I wanted to ask you opinions on.

First and foremost question is its Title.

Owner claims it is a 1979 20', but he bought without a title so he got a new title issued for it. Title shows it's a 2007, but numbers and names Match.

Now. I snapped a pic of the hull ID which I will post here, if I'm reading it right it claims it's a 1975. But the number does match the title. Does this hull id look tampered with? Are any of these title issues cause for concerns?

I believe the boat was an inboard 20' that was converted to outboard with bracket. I am pretty confident it is a Potter era Hull, whether it be 75 or 79

Boat is Original less the bracket and outboard.

Decks are rock solid, which is awesome as I've looked at 4 others. All soft spots. This one is solid! Except the deck plate where the old motor cover used to be. That will need to be removed and cut off the transom and redone. I posted a pic of this section. The two side seats/hatches are solid. But the center contraption is no good.

Transom rock solid.

The outer hull when I push has some flex, which I've noticed on nearly all the other 20 and 23's I've looked at. Wasn't soft, but does move when I push. Is that pretty typical?

Owner is firm on 5k. It has a running old 80's Johnson 120.

Original fuel tank. No electronics.

Our plans for the boat, are to fix any cosmetic issues, have some deck/transom work done where the motor cover was, sand, prime, repaint, hermco bracket and new Suzuki 140

Given those issues and the title issues, would you give it a green light? Or stay away? Or is he asking too much?