G'day 
AndrewYou speak wisely, young sage ...  

I am embarrassed.
The surprise for me - in looking at this - was the change in
carby on the last examples of this model. The move from the original
Vacu-jet to a Pulsa-jet is something I will note from now on.
There is another surprise too - that the 
Model 40 was also fitted
with a Briggs 6 Series in its final years!
Yep, there is so much misinformation and obfuscation out there.
Many thanks-----------------------------
Jackp.s. I have transferred the money  