Double checking my Deciphering

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I have Briggs 3 hp engine that I'm going to bring life back to. The shroud shows the number as--
81302 0172 01 640908_

That seems to tell me it's a flo-jet, plain bearing, recoil and was manufactured September 8, 1964. It's a points engine and it has the bracket mount for the flo-jet, though it's got a vacu-jet on it.

Correct Briggs gurus?

I ask because this link says serial # standardization didn't start until 1965:
https://www.briggsandstratton.com/n...e-manufacture-date.html#ManufacturedAfter1965
 
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