Here is a short video of my 1954 16hp Firestone out on the lake today should you need inspiration to finish yours. I need a more aggressive pitch prop to push my 14 foot Alumacraft past the 25mph mark as measured today.
It has a nice idle after replacing magneto parts and new upper and lower seals in the crankcase.
Reason for replacing the seals was due to large amount of fuel mixture getting past the upper seal and coating the stator plate causing the points to short out.