I owned it from 09 up until the beginning of 13. Ran it on Mojave, Havasu and all up and down the river... a long ways from South Carolina.
I bought it from a guy named Randy that lived in Banning, CA. He was a mechanic at a Chevy dealership somewhere in SoCal.
I think I remember him telling me him and his wife had it restored in the mid 90's. There was one spot on the transom and a few places on the underside of the hull where you could see the original Bass Boat purple metallic gelcoat. Hes the one that moved the engine back 2 inches if you notice the extra holes in the stringers. He is also the one that wired up that rat's nest under the dash...if its still there.
Nice to see the boat again, Sorry about your engine. When I owned the boat it had an LS7 in it, 12.5:1 CR, I separated the hull/engine after I spun a rod bearing in Fall of '12.