congrats on the new hondo, I am in the middle of doing a full restore etc, on the same style Hondo, if it is like my boat it should have something very similar to a southwind bottom.  They are very tunable and you can make it run pretty hard for a v bottom.  If you have any questions feel free to hit me up and I can share whatever info I know-

i have a 76 18ft hondo with a wj pump....im going to purchase a adapter ring from jet boat performance that alows me to then run anything for a berkeley from the bowl back...sure will save money being its easy to find a used place diverter and so forth....you can also run a wedge or drop snoot if you wanted.   the rebuild for this pump is pretty cheap as well.  but be carefull with the impeller...they are not cheap. 
first thing i would do is fire the motor....get it in good running condition.

then i would clean the wires and stuff up....also check the controls to make sure they all work well.

then clean the hell out of the inside and cut and polish the outside. 

then put it in the lake!!!! 

welcome and good luck.

if you need anything feel free to pm me or send me an email.


pix are of my 950$  76 hondo i bought last week.

Good looking boat Repo      did you Repo it ??