Those treads are remarkable. The body is too. This machine has a lot of life in it.
Looks like England's gardens make for a charmed life for a Victa.
Good on you for saving a good specimen in the northern hemisphere.

PS regards attempting to start it for the first time, manually feed a teaspoon of 25:1 two stroke fuel into the inlet manifold with the piston at the very top of the stroke in the bore and also some in the plug hole. That should provide enough initial lubrication ready to start for the first time after sitting so long.

Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!