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There is nothing with can do with posts that are gone or missing in action.

Time to let it go and get over it.....
I responded to you during that time frame and suggested to you that it would be best to create an article on this subject which is much better in the long run rather than any post, including this one, that is going to get buried in the more than 65,000 posts that we already have on this site.

That's fine that you still hold something to be true.
We just need more evidence to confirm something to be factual rather than just one opinion.

Out of all the photos I have of my prior 1978 Montauk, I cannot tell if it had the ® or not due to the trailers side bunks and no closeup photos of it in the water where the ® would show.

For now we will "Assume" that 1975 models did not have the ® and the 1976 models and above had the ®.....
If anyone else can confirm whether they have the original ® or not please post that info here so we can see if there is a pattern that will define the start of the ® on the decals.