Reply To: Need Help Identifying Motor Year and Model No.

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Thanks for all the quick and helpful responses!  I took off the cover and the powerhead was painted what I would call a dark blue.  I then found the nickel-sized plug and indeed it has a 1958 10hp model number, 10016 (first attachment).  So I definitely have a bit of a Frankenmotor.  I took a closer look at where the 1958 part attaches to the 1955 part and I was not encouraged by what I found.  While there are several fasteners that look ok, there are also many places where there is no threaded boss opposite a mounting hole, there is evidence the original mounting flange had a different footprint than the one that is there now, and some fasteners are not centered in the mounting holes, indicating misalignment and a fastener that is too small.  Examples of all this are in the second-fourth attachments.  Is this project a lost cause?  Thanks.

Martin