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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47...32e1ab.jpg

It blows my mind that a company would emboss PART of the serial number and then print the rest, lol, that's just nuts. And now armed with this fascinating information, I do see a ghost of a printed letter or two on the id plate. The boat has two such plates, both look like this one. The stencil identification is still intact.

And now looking at the number, seeing the numbers "68" side by side and then "87" I suppose this lead someone to think it was a 1968, now we know it was likely produced in 86 and sold as a 1987.

Interesting find, you learn something every day, thanks,

Paul