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Tom,
I was actually wondering if it was earlier than is shown in the catalog?
Here is a 1968, and unless the poster is either wrong about the year or the original kainer wheel was replaced, what is on this boat is an Attwood wheel http://www.whalercentral.com/infusion...er_id=6683
Unless you know the history of a boat or know for a fact it is dead-stock original, I don't think the year of a hull can reliably tell you anything about something as interchangeable as a wheel. For example, my first Whaler was a '61 bought used in 1972. The dealer put a new Johnson 25 on it as well as a newer style plastic wheel (as shown in your second link). I still have a picture of that boat, but it doesn't mean the plastic wheel came on '61 hulls.
i agree that unless you know the history of your whaler, you can never be sure, but that is the point of asking. A lot of whalers do have one or two owners and they do know what was changed over the years. Also there are folks that want to restore their whaler to "factory stock" and for a 13 foot, in the 1970's or later that won't require they find and purchase a Kainer wheel?
