The most frustrating part is I probably could've removed the engine, redone the transom, and let them do the rest and saved myself a lot more time/money. The restoration place told me to remove a motor alone costs around 500$ (labor 100$/hour), and to redo the transom costs around 1,000$. Had I taken it to them after redoing those parts or even skipping doing the transom altogether I would still have probably broken even, after taking it back to them to recap and now do the gas tank. It is what it is though, I learned a ton along the way and wanted to tackle this on my own.