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Nice acquisition. You have the long tiller too.
I picked up a VR45 earlier this year. They are gravitationaly enhanced so to speak. I thought I saw a spec of 128 lbs somewhere.
I will be picking up a V45 in 2 weeks. I can already see a truss in my future.
I believe the 32 is the HP in its racing trim but they were rated at 26 hp normally.
Since 32 sounded better for marketing they went with that.
They are known for having crankshaft issues as they weren’t hardened well as I’ve been told.
My VR45 looks great but has crank issues. Hopefully the rougher V45 I’m getting will have a better crank.
I thought they started making them in 1929 to compete with the Elto Quads which were tearing up the racing circuit.