Transome questions

[zerorulz21]

i repaired part of this transome, which you can see because it is not finished. but i was wondering if someone has already repaired the whole transome in the past. the reason i had to repair was because the fiber glass was cracked on top of the transom. on the top part of the transome there was a 1 1/2 inch piece of wood then it went to a composite. i thought i read on here the transome is all wood? also i thought i read on here that the VIN # was imprinted into the boat, but this one has a tag on it. any advice would be great!!
VIN #:ASPP0123M78E(CANT READ IT IN PICTURE)
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[Marcq]

What year is your boat? I got the feeling your transom was probably rebuild at one point, but why that piece of wood? Maybe the PO ran out of pourable core material

Marc..

[zerorulz21]

The boat was sold to me as a 1979. but the last 2 numbers in the VIN are 78.

[Marcq]

78 or 79, they came with a wood transom, so yours was previously redone. Is the transom solid ? doesn't flex?

Marc..

[zerorulz21]

the transome does not felix, but why would the fiberglass start cracking if this was redone?

[zerorulz21]

any thoughts about the VIN tag? is this original?

[Marcq]

the transome does not felix, but why would the fiberglass start cracking if this was redone?

Because of the piece of wood that was there I guess

I don't think the VIN tag is original, I had one on mine too and later find out that my transom was not  original
Marc..

[zerorulz21]

thanks for the input.