There is always heaps of these 2 stroke Victas out there not running and worth nothing and in nearly every case it is as a result of a bad carby. Victa did very well to trash their name by fitting these to an iconic brand. I guess Merv had been moved on by this stage?
G'day Norm,
There's another reason for there being a predominance of Victas with stuffed G4/LM carbies. It's just sheer weight of numbers!
If we look at Victa's 2-stroke governed carbies only, the G2 was only used in 1968-9 [and maybe 1970], and the G3 from 1970 to 1975. The G4/LM series first came out in 1975, so it has been current for over 40 years now...