OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Collectors Corner Identification of Particular Machines VC-Mustang Identifying.

So this little thread has some rather large holes in it that I have information that will fill at least 1 gap in the Mustang history that I'm trying to put together correctly. But if I can't get my hands on a franchise 78-79 Dial A Code.

Quickly before I present my theory I will also make the call that the mowers official name is Mustang and never VC-Mustang the VC is just the decal.

Here is my theory: there is another model that is considered a store brand and it only appears in a dial a code I have from 75-76 and it clearly shows the V173 Mustang and I have 2 mowers with that decal and 1 V174 VC-SPORT in Green. On this dial a code it shows quite clearly that all of the other mowers bar 1 show the G4 carby quite clearly with a primer showing. So I was wondering if they didn't have an answer at that stage so they used the sneaky "store brand" to see if they could get It to work. One of my 75 Mustangs has the remote primer.

NOW the story about the:
"MYTHICAL PRIMER-LESS CAP"
Now I've heard a bunch of stories about the failed primerless cap on the first G4 carbys. Now I really don't think a company as big as victa in the mid 70's would put into production a carby cap that was a failure. I think they would have tested everything going into production to the enth degree. Now yes the G4 and LM carburettors needed tweeking but they never had failures. So they had to quickly get remote primers for the next release of the mustang (probably the flagship mower at the time) so they released it in a very shifty way.

Now I believe they did this again in 78-79 but I have no proof. Because there is one other Mustang that doesn't fit into the part reference guides i have but it exists! It's the first time the the throttle cable and air hose came out over the arch through a tear drop shaped hole in the cowling and the cowling was green like the previous Mustangs but a different decal and the deck was still the same as the previous Mustangs. So the next group of pictures are of the mystery Mustang and the one that officially comes out on the parts list.