need help identifying 86 Volvo penta out drive

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Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me with out drive questions.
I purchased boat without motor. It is an 86 sun runner 210 with a sp grey colored outdrive. Sp-e? It has a large bullet on back of lower unit unlike any other drives I have seen even dp's and sx's?
I know my drive is an SP drive but cannot find any drives on eBay or anywhere else to match mine.
It has a symmetrical Line on both sides running in a half circle from the drain plug up to the back of lower unit. Looks like a crack to me but buddy says it is just a mold mark since they both are the same??
 
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Re: need help identifying 86 Volvo penta out drive

take a pic a bit farther back to get the whole drive in the pic. your outdrive has been modified with a nose cone. you can see the outline where the epoxy is cracking along the edge of the modification.

do you have a trim gauge?

you should also have a serial number on the upper gear box just in front where the steering helmet pin is.
 
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Re: need help identifying 86 Volvo penta out drive

serial tag.jpg Click to enlarge.

Tag should be there where little red arrow is pointing , hard to see if out drive is tilted all the way up.
 
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Re: need help identifying 86 Volvo penta out drive

OK I'll get pictures tomorrow.
Thank you everyone for answering so prompt.
 
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Re: need help identifying 86 Volvo penta out drive

What motors in the boat?

Looks like a SPA or SPA-1
From a 230A/230B Or 250A/250B

AQ311A, AQ311B - 7743550
 
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Re: need help identifying 86 Volvo penta out drive

There was no motor in the boat when I purchased it.
Getting better pics of outdtrive in a bit.
That nose cone is exactly What's on there.
I'd never seen one before. Thank you. Post pics in just a bit.
 
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Re: need help identifying 86 Volvo penta out drive

As the OP stated, the color is SP-E..but is some of the paint peeling? Maybe a older model painted the SP-E color?
SP-A ,A1 , A2,,(is there a SP-B ?)have 18MM hinge pins, from SP-C on they went to a bigger diameter hinge pins .
 
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