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Help needed to ident engine

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semoir
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Help needed to ident engine

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Help appreciated in identifying model year of engine (900cc).

# stamped in case above oil dipstick hole: 4960336

Thanks in advance.

Hnk in Az
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Using RealOEM, type in the serial number. It returns that it's an R90/6 built 9/74.
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I just checked my '75 R90/6; built in Sep '74 and sold late Dec '74 (Cincinnati, OH) 4960352 It was probably built in the same week as yours, only 16 numbers away, perhaps even the same day.
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