Re: What is a ‘boat builder’ model?

[Don]

Yeah, a victim of the "packaging" era….
Some of these engines had different decals and paint schemes, depending on what the boat builders wanted…The VJ indicates this was a boat builder/package model. I think the Tracker engines began with a "T", so this would have been a "TJ" if it went to Tracker.
The real screwed up thing about these boat builder engines was that OMC deviated from the usual year code "introduces", to identify these boat builder/package engines. In this case, the EN which indicated 1992, was replaced by AN, which was not decodable at all….
Consider this engine to be a J120TLEND when it comes to looking up parts, although the VJ120TLAN model is included on the manual pages called: models covered in this manual.
The "D" at the end of the model number is the usual code that described mid year changes, which would be called out in parts books if needed.
These were sad times for OMC, and our customers indeed.
PS
Joel, email me if you are interested in a cheap 1985 30 down near the cape, saw it on CL….Don