The 1953 had white lettering with a black and red outline, the 1954 had white with red outline and the 1955 had kind of a cream colored lettering with a red outline. You can find complete and style correct decal sets at North York Marine.
http://nymarine.ca/decals.html
Bob
1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20
1982 Evinrude 25hp
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