Most aren't original.
A lot of other people say the Auto stopped at around 130,000 but at the start of February 1958 Victa had already sold over 150,000 mowers then the Victa Special comes out around March 1958 ,so it's impossible for 130,000 range to be a model 4 standard especially when Victa gave away the 150,000th mower that was also an Auto and this was given
away in February, this 150,000th mower could have easily sat in the factory for a couple of months until Victa found a good
home for the mower.
Around this time Victa made over 2,500 mowers a week ,so this would mean 150,000 range and 160,000 range were made as Auto ,of course the 150,000 range and 160,000 range may have been converted back to manual throttle control fairly quickly when the Special was released.
I own multiple mowers every 10,000 from 110,000 to 200,000 and have seen many early Victa mowers from 100,000 to 200,000
and my 110,000 range have auto badge and other auto parts ,120,000 range have auto badge and other auto parts , 130,000 range have auto badge and other auto parts ,150,000 range have auto badge and other auto parts ,
160,000 range have auto badge and other auto parts.
What people call a standard model 4 is really a mower made as an Auto then converted to manual throttle.
The 180,000 range had the 4 drilled holes for side skirts but never had alloy side skirts or auto parts and
had a Victa Special badge in the handle bars (first model Special)
When I mention a number range it's just the majority of that range .
I think the 160,000 range were made as an Auto but possibly changed back to manual throttle before selling.
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Max.