What year is my boat???

[Trailbum]

I have a Sears 12ft. aluminum open V-hull. I'm wondering what year it was made. The model number is 581-61102-0, serial number is 1S27F557. Is there any way to determine the year from this info??? It appears to be early or mid 1960's perhaps. Thanks!!!

 

[boat doc]

Re: What year is my boat???

57<br /><br />typically how it works is<br /><br />1s2 the model 12' sears<br /><br />7 whatever decade, and 7 ie 57, 67, 77, 87<br /><br />F5 month and day january = 1, so f= june 5 = the fith, 15, or 25<br /><br />57 is the year again<br /><br />this is a guess by the way, that is how the boats I have dealt with (more modern) pan out

 

[Trailbum]

Re: What year is my boat???

Thanks for the quick reply Boat Doc!!! I shoulda' mentioned the "557" at the end of the S/N is stamped, the 1S27F portion of the S/N is printed (painted). That would sorta' lead me to believe that the 557 is a sequence number, as in the 557th boat of this type built that year??? Wow, could it really be a 1957 boat??? Did they even make boats out of aluminum way back in '57?? My '56 Evinrude 10hp looks like it "belongs" on the back of this boat!! Thanks again!!

 

[roscoe]

Re: What year is my boat???

Yes they made them out of aluminum way back then.<br />Alumacraft start make boats after WWII, when they stopped making airplanes.