1734 is the production number and BB3 indicates that it was manufactured in February 1973.įrom 1983 to 1992 a single letter was used again in the code to indicated the month manufactured and from 1993 to 1996 two letters were used, however, this is not necessarily accurate. WSPCL indicates this is a long shaft Silver Century Plus. Therefore identification of a model and date of manufacture can be found as follows: WSPCL 1734 BB3. A3 = January 1963, B3 = February 1963, etc., and M3 = December 1963 (the letter L is not used in this code sequence).įrom 1973 two letters were used in the code to indicate the month, i.e. The letter indicates the month and the number the year of manufacture, i.e. Serial Numbers (1963 to 1996)įrom 1963 on a letter code, production number and ending letter(s) and number code were used in the serial number to denote the model, production number and month and year of manufacture. For production number and year manufactured information, click on the 'Year' link in the tables. Use the tables below to identify your outboard model and the date range it was manufactured. Home > ID Your Outboard > Identification Information Identification Information Serial Numbers (1931 to 1962)Įarly models, manufactured from 1931 to 1962, used a letter code and production number to denote the model and year of manufacture.
