I don't know if Evinrude made drastic changes from year and models, on
the v4's but my pontoon has from what I can tell, a 1976 85 hp
johnson 'Sea Horse' with a long shaft. but my spare engine is a 115
short shaft. and I really don't know what 'model' it is, but it's
probably about a late 60's with the rounded hood. I thought I'd
investigate to see what differences if any there was on the lowers
because I'm thinking about using the 115 on the 30 ft pontoon which
obviously would require making the modification. the 115 is electric
shift, and the 85 isn't...that I know of.