I would assume the situation is the same with the replacement for the M-1 - the (non MD) OM-1.
When the OM-1 was originally introduced, there was a factory option available to have the motor drive coupling added. Olympus was surprised at how many customers requested that, so they relatively quickly replaced the OM-1 with the OM-1 MD, which came from the factory with the coupling already installed.
My first OM-1 was purchased new, when the product line change (from OM-1 to OM-1 MD) had not yet made its way to Canadian retailers, but was at least rumoured.