<P style="MARGIN: 0px">thanks, it is a 79. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Older than I thought but now that I think about it, the guy I bought it from had it in storage while I was in HS. Looks and runs like it is newer. I pulled it out of the basement last weekend and it started on the second pull. It still has enough compression to make it hard to pull on the motor stand.</P>