What model year?

[petteralexanderson]

Hello everyone!

I just found this ad on a local forum (Sweden). It does not say what year but the trailer is from 2011. Can it be a 2011 SN as well? https://auktion.kronofogden.se/auk/w...304_1023&inO=2

BR

Petter

[Neptune442]

In trying to zoom into that hull identification number stamped on the transom, it appears to be a 2004

[Stevemo14]

I would say 03 - 05, maybe an 03, I thought 03 was the last year of the hatch release buttons.

[NautiqueJeff]

I think it is a 2005. The last number appears to be a 5 to me.

Can't be an '03 with a red engine cover.

[James]

Certainly a clear photo of the HIN would answer the question definitively. Owners are known to make modifications to their boats but if the Perfect Pass is original I’m going to stick my neck out and lean toward an ‘06 since there are no Faria speedometer pitot pickups on the transom.

[Stevemo14]

Ok, I got 1 Strike.

Did they ever change the octane requirements between years? I belive engine cover on my 05 says 87 octane, but this one says 89. Does that lean one way or another?

[MikeC]

I have to agree with Jeff. It's an '05. The third to the last digit in the HIN (the year of manufacture) has a vertical component to it, that would mean it could only be a 1 or a 4. Since the last digit (the second digit of the model year) doesn't look like a 2, by default it would be an '05 that was manufactured in '04.

[petteralexanderson]

Thanks a million, everyone!