If you can find the engine serial number, that will help if it's the original engine that came on the mower. The first two digits of the "code" is the year. See image below. This engine is a 1972.
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Snapperfreak
Looks like a series 5 and that with the first digit of the s/n being a 6 it should be a 1986 model.