John, You might try a couple of old "gags" that sometimes work on Antiques..
One.. Tissue paper over the surface of the stern's Starboard corner of the transom, under the rub rail.. Rub with the side of the Lead of a pencil over the tissue. It's like doing a tombstone Rubbing. Sometimes doing this form of Rubbing can reveal slight indentations. Perhaps you'll be able to "see" the number. Method Two... Wait until dark (or very low light) hold a Flashlight across that part of the transom. The light at such an oblique angle, may show the indentations of the numbers. No guarantee, but it works on lots of stuff like Furniture and pottery.. It just might work. And for what it's worth, My transom numbers are almost impossible to see. The gelcoat pretty much fills in the ID. Good luck, Ralph Ahseln "Oblio" Gresham OR ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [IC27A] Re: Number for 1994 I will try once again. It must be well hidden. John > --- In [email protected], johnr...@... wrote: >On my 85 it is on the outside starbord edge of the stern. May require a close look as it is right next to the rubrail. > a.. 2 b.. 13 c.. 1 .
