Hey Sapper,
in the process of getting rid of some mowers at long last. Trying to separate the non ferrous metals. Quite a bit of work at times. I aquired a very sorry looking red 83 -84 Vortex and with a bit of fillers and paint, got it appearing almost like new! After replacing some minor missing parts like decompression valve, some vacuum hoses and giving the carby a squirt with carb cleaner, it came to life very well. I had to travel to Cessnock to get this Gumtree freebie.

I also restored the yellow one.

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