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Hello everyone, first post, first whaler. Looks like a great forum here. Heres my situation....

I bought and thought I stole a '91 13 whaler on a trailer with no engine for $600 bucks. It is exactly what I needed since I have a 40 horse mariner to put on it. I looked at it in the dark (first mistake) and everything looked OK. It had been converted to a CC with a flip back seat/cooler and had been repainted at some point in time. No big deal, I really figured I cant go wrong for what I'm going to use it for. The boat is actually in decent shape, cracks in the painted over gelcoat and floor etc. Nothing too bad. My second mistake was not really knowing the history and specs of 13's thru out the years, I should have educated myself.

When I got it home and started looking it over then online at various years of them, I'm realizing something is not right. First of all, I can't find any serial #'s anywhere. Should it have a tag or are the #'s engraved in the transom? I have the title with the #'s and it states its a 91 model. But, after looking at pics of different years, I'm noticing my bow storage locker is rectangular shaped and not more squared off like I'm seeing in pics of later models which makes me think something isn't right. What have I got here?? How can I verify its what the title states it is? It is currently registered here in NC but I'm worried this thing might have been stolen and retitled at some point. Any Ideas?
Steven B