Yes the gear reduced side pulls were an early 80s series introduced in 1980 for the 1981 season, most with electronic ignition modules but some with points ignition apparently or am I mistaken?
I haven't seen one without electronic ignition so far.
They overlapped the start of the powertorque era being sold along side and possibly built into the late 1980s for some commercial models and export. I recently saw a UK market brochure with the late 80s Mustang GTS and Powerplus SPFC in the same brochure!!
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
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