Hi again, Folks,
I got this one off eBay because it was interesting. The exhaust (bottom) can is matt chromed as per a Voit VR-1, but the top (inhalation) can with all it's mechanical goodies is painted blue as per 1959/60. The exhaust can has the standard Voit "50 Fathom" label. The hoses look more like Dacor types but with no manufacturers marks. It also came with two chrome tinnermans at the horns and two black tinnermans at the mouthpiece. What;'s up with this one? I personally want to believe that it was an late 60 to early 61 production model and Voit just used a VR-1 top can on it. Initially, I thought the bottom can was spray painted silver and I was going to do a repaint on it. But as it turned out (rather suprisingly) it was matt chromed, unlike my 1961 "50 Fathom" which is shiny chrome on the bottom can and matt chrome on the top can. For any devil's advocates out there, the label is brass not SS as per reproduction ones that Allan makes. This one is just weird! Incidentally, the top can has a permanet marker number of 456 that is definitely not recent. The main actuator diaphragm is gray as per Voit but is off a two stage Voit reg and also has a letter/ number written on it DS 469??? Opinions desired here!