York Body; Probably a helicon?

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York Body; Probably a helicon?

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Interesting.
Bracing and routing around valve cluster makes me think it's a helicon.

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Re: York Body; Probably a helicon?

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Unless someone swapped out the bell bow brace for a bell brace (which I doubt) it was originally a helicon. The rest is interchangeable.
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