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The HIN gives us more info on the year and what month it was made.
What is your HIN?
Should be a tag on the back of the transom.

3A8002
Looks like it was made sometime in late 1973 as a 1974 year model.
But without the HIN, we can't be positive.

EDIT:
It is beginning to look like you have a 1974 model and not a 1976 model as you show in your profile.

Here is a trick to reading worn out HIN tags.
Use a flashlight and a magnifying glass. Look at it from various angles.
Here is what your HIN will look like:
BWCA6???M74?

Your boat will come before mrobertson in this list
http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...icle_id=17