I have one -1982 confirmed. Sweet engine. With standard prop puts my pontoon boat on speaking terms with 30mph. Idles so low I can almost hear each cylinder fire 😉
Have others noticed the proliferation of companies offering outboard decals? Seems that there are a lot all of a sudden
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Assuming that no one has swapped cowlings and/or messed with the decals…..a site like this can often make it easy to identify a motor’s year.
. https://discontinueddecals.com/store/c/98-Evinrude-Decals.aspx