Quote Originally Posted by Mark75H View Post
A question for Steve ... I see some early VB's I guess with the older smaller lower unit like this ... I thought that was obsolete by the time the VB came out?



Were they sold this way or was this a motor made by a racer upgrading by just buying a powerhead?
This is the way they were sold as the split case units came sometime in mid to late 70's. Early FA's also had this type unit. In a letter from Scott in Wayne's post he talks about the new 14:14 unit with one piece gear and shaft I think dated 1978 or so. These one piece types would not last long after power came up on motors and many changed to new style. I have a 75VC with a unit made in 12/74. Konig used all of what he had, before selling new type anything in the way of units and motors.