Hi everyone...
Long time lurker trying to absorb as much as I can about this fascinating and previously unknown DH world from all the experts here on VDH!
When I first started diving in 1978 a few die-hards were still using DH rigs but most soon switched over to SH, and the lack of spare parts soon relegated them to an ignominious fate in a display case at the LDS!
Seeing them being used must have made a big impression on me as a young NAUI OW diver... and I am keen to dive a vintage DH reg from that era.
From what I can read on VDH, apart from being a balanced two-stage reg and the most refined final development model, it would seem a round label RAM would be the correct mode for the time?
I see various RAM's around for sale... some supposedly late model round label ones have can clips and a very early flat rectangular LP yoke screw fitted... when I thought they should have the later 'tire' type yoke knobs. Or the final years of production should have a can band, and a heavier HP yoke with a more spherical knob?
Have others encountered this or it it just evidence of a 'parts bin' RAM cobbled together by someone to make a quick sale?
I'm keen to avoid paying too much initially and then having to spend another $150 upgrading and rebuilding it... all advice gratefully received