had one on an 82' Swiftcraft Dominator, worked fine. yhe hardest part wityh the older glass boats is fitting the winch to the coaming--they are not wide and flat like ally boats, you need to make some sort of bracket. most blokes just get an ally bracket fabbed up to run it inside the coaming. Plenty of info if you do a search. 

heres' a link to what I did.    fishwrecked.com/forum/craypot-winch-2.  Took a bit of work, that one, probably easier to get one put on a bracket inside the coaming. Plenty of ali fabbers around that will do it, and make you a tipper as well.   here is an example on a recent new build, scroll down the pics  fishwrecked.com/forum/another-caribbean-reef-runner-build

Thanks a lot mate, now I have more confidence cause a lot of people say No.