HONDA BF15 BABE 1212074

by adrian
(richvile,michigan)

Hello, i have this old honda outboard BF15 280 cc. It belonged to my grandfather, he gave it to my father and afther he pas away afew years ago i got it. The engine is running and fine, but now i want to make it remote controled for my sons boat. The thing is that i don't know the model and the year when it was build, so ordering parts is a no go because there are many different types of BF15's. The small plate on the long tail is long gone aswell as the label on the bracket. The only thing that i have to look upon is the Vin-number on the engine. That's BABE-1212074
I have been searching the internet for sometime now, but the vin number from the engine is nowhere to be found on any site.
Does anybody have an idea how to get this information?

Adrian