Futaba magnum junior date

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Futaba magnum junior date

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I've got a futaba magnum junior, and I'm wondering how old it is. I googled a bit and have come across a few people saying the first two digits of the serial number indicate mfg date.

This doesn't make sense to me, since I think this particual radio was made in the late 80s-90s. It's not the older style one, it looks like this:

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Need a little more info but it is not 80's and not older than mid 90's? More like in the 2000's

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Well, the SN is 80107350, I know it wasn't made in 1980.

early 2000s is possible, I was figuring mid 90s was most probable due to when I bought this stuff.

What other information would be necessary?

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well if the serial # dating is correct I would say it might be 1998?
what model # does it have written on it.

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I used them when i was racing ABOUT 1994 I THINK it was .I wish i could pick up a few more like them for my kids.DON

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If memory serves, the Magnum Junior came out around 1984 or maybe sl. earlier even. I got one christmas of 1984 that looks like this
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There has been a few iterations of it. Mine looks exactly like the picture posted.

'94 would be about right, according to my poor memory.

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Y'ernat Al wrote:If memory serves, the Magnum Junior came out around 1984 or maybe sl. earlier even. I got one christmas of 1984 that looks like this
I have one of these (silver wheel) too from '84-85 and I thought it was the newer version of the first posted pic. I could be wrong... those college years killed alot of brain cells.

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