what year is this mercury 85hp

[jmann]

I have a friend who needs to know the year of his mercury 85hp. We were going to tune it up but didn't know what year of parts to buy. the serial is 4232971, can you help

 

[andrewkafp]

Re: what year is this mercury 85hp

1976 I reckon<br /><br /> http://www.marineparts.com/partspages/techhelp/TECH15.HTM