We each have our particular boats and preferences. I don’t convert my boats to long transom because I have 80 other motors that are short shaft.
You may want to post an ad on the classified board to see if anybody wants to trade long for short shaft parts. I have successfully done that. As was said earlier, the only part you can’t shorten is the driveshaft, but someone going short to long needs all the parts and would be happy to trade.
Those 6 HP motors are really sweet runners and trollers.
Dave