what year is johnson 6 hp

[jjsloan]

need help with year model # is 6rl79e does the 79 mean the year

 

[Vic.S]

Re: what year is johnson 6 hp

Its 1979 model.

no prizes for quessing what the 79 in the model number means. It was a sytem used by Johnson but not Evinrude from 1969 and through the 1970s.

I guess R may be for rope start and L for longshaft