We bought a '74 172M with the Madras super tips. Big droop. They made absolutely no difference to stall, cruise or climb. We removed them soon after we got it home when we found that the STC didn't apply to the M model. Installing the standard Cessna tips (tiny bit of droop, just enough to be fashionable in 1974) got it legal and also allowed us to spin it, which the tip STC prohibited.
The '75 model: did it have an airspeed indicator or knotmeter? Cessna changed it somewhere between '74 and '76. We approached at 65 MPH or 55 kts with full flap. Touching down at 45 MPH is still plenty fast and therefore flat, and might be a three-point landing that can get ugly. The stall horn (if it works) should be blaring just before or during touchdown.
Like others said, take it up, set the flaps to where you usually set them and set the power to idle, and gradually slow it down by raising the nose and see where the VSI starts indicating more sink, and where it finally stalls. A 172 can fly pretty slow, and in ground effect it will fly even slower. If you aren't able to land and stop it in less than 1000 feet, you're likely touching down too fast.
Dan