I had a 78 kurtis 500 just like the one waterwitch has posted for sale the only diff mine was a t-deck and a 2 seater, I liked the boat alot and it handled well, unfortunatly it was stollen last Aug. so I only got to run it 1 season. I liked it so much I bought another one and am working on restoration now expect to have done spring 07 . There are alot of pics. in here of stollen boat old thread if you can find them, it was a hot item in here for a few months. Good luck.