I've had another revaluation after finding the axles on the motor-less base have no surface rust on them, so I want to use those for my repainted gold Victa high arch base instead of the Corvette's which have unsightly surface rust in parts. So, seeing as I have to remove the wheels off the spare base, I put them onto the Corvette for the time being as the old nylon bearing wheels make the mower harder to push. The difference is very noticeable with the ball bearing wheels installed. Much nicer looking too. The nylon bearings made one of the axle stubs mirror clean.
I used your flap wheel idea on the tyre edges NormK and repainted them again. It removed quite a lot of rubber bits sticking out and tidied them up well.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
