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It seems unlikely that someone would replace a valid Boston Whaler HIN with a HIN from a defunct manufacturer -- that would be a great way to diminish the value of the boat. Unless there were some illegal doings at some point in the past, my hunch is that this boat is one of the many Whaler copy-cat models that were available in the 1960-1970 time period. The HIN does not even follow any of the usual formats, making me think it was not manufactured in North America.

Nice looking boat, but not a Boston Whaler.