Vintage race/ski boat project

This old girl is 18ft x 5ft built late 1940s kauri hull all copper fastened decks were canvis covered two coppits. mid mounted motor. wit one exhourst outlet. we are going to restore her as close to original as we can to do this we need Photos of race/ski boats around late 1940s . we have all the deck hardwear bronze bow iron shaft prop and rudder. The only thing we dont have is the engine we are looking for a flathead V8 or flathead straight 6 marine engine with or without a gearbox. And windscreen hardware