Thank you for your quick response. The model no. is 75543 B, J0001663 is the ser. no. So I now know that it is a 1975 75 hp. But is there anything else these numbers tell me? Based on what you told me it is not an electric shift.
Yours may be, I am certianly not the most knowlegable on those, I just know they were only made for several years in that period, memory serves, and it often doesn't, the last year was 74 but I could be wrong.
Someone else will along soon that will knwo for sure.