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April 10, 2015 at 10:31 am
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I don’t think the HD was ever built with the universal mag. The JW/Lightwin was being developed, when the HD-26 was on the market. If I’m not mistaken, the Evinrude 3.3 Sportwin was also built in 1951, with it’s original style of mag too. There wasn’t any sense in designing these two motors to use the universal mag, for the last year of production. that would have involved a new crankshaft, as well as a new mag plate assembly.
It wasn’t till the following year that all OMC’s were built with the universal mag.
There may have been some cosmetic changes, to warrant the new model number.