Victa (and Rover as well) has never made ride-on mowers. All of their machines have been rebadged from other companies. Some of them have been Murray, and if I recall correctly there have been some MTD and even some Cox mowers wearing their brand.

Now that you have stated what you are looking for, let's see if any members have parts available or can tell us what the 8-34E actually was, so you can go to the manufacturer.

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Here is a picture: someone may recognise the shape of it.