Is this my serial number???

[Rovernaut]

Hi all I have been spending a bit of time trying to find my serial number on my mid 80s Classic 50.<br />I can't seem to find a whelsh plug, or a tag on the bracket.<br /> I found a few numbers above the fuel pump that were stamped in , but they are un recognisable!.<br />I've been serching again and removed the CDI box Unit and under it was an aluminium plate, under the plate I found a 7 digit number cast into the block 863-8930. Is this my serial number or just the block part number??????

 

[andrewkafp]

Re: Is this my serial number???

Rover.<br />Aussie S/Ns start with 8*, but the best method to find the year besides the number on the plate is by the Cowling markings.A mid 80's would be a brownband or even Red/Grey. Blue bands finished in 1983.<br /> http://tinyurl.com/b25ag

 

[Rovernaut]

Re: Is this my serial number???

Thanks Stacer 460. The pics do not display my Decals.<br />The decals are the same style as the Brown Band but have a small red pinstripe in between the word Mercury letter spacing. It Has various shades of Gray to black in the striping.<br />On the lower unit it has fancy lettering in Silver over the Gray to black with the wording Classic 50.<br /> I believe these are rated at the prop of 45 HP.<br /> They were made in the mid to late 80s, sort of a limited edition model.<br /> I did see a stamp on the top of the carbys that reads 10/86. I think this is a date stamp, 10th month of 1986. So if correct then it must that the production/asembly of my motor is after that date?<br />Some pics here.<br />The 1st pic is not the actual decal, but similar in colours.<br /> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/Rovernaut/mercury.jpg <br /> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/Rovernaut/a0_12_sb.jpg <br /> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/Rovernaut/96_12_sb.jpg