OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Restoring, Customising and Modifying Reel-Type Mowers Help with my projects...

Just founds this forum HI !!.
These are my latest projects i just picked up so any info about them or any other good sources of info would be great.

The Victa Imperial reel mower is a standard item - you can find many threads on it by using the search function here.
The lngs' edger is new to me, but its layout is generally like the Alroh Imp edger, though all of the details are different. It is probably a decent edger, and was obviously factory-made, perhaps around 1965-1970. That looks rather like a Tecumseh engine on it.
The other two reel mowers are unfamiliar. The top one seems to have a very old English engine, possibly Villiers. The Webb Wasp has a generally English look too. There may be a reel mower enthusiast on the site who can help with them.

Thanks,
I will search and see what i can find.
I like the way they look but i will prob restore back to new.
Oh and they still run ....

Hi squigs, and a big warm welcome to the forum.
It's great to have you aboard, we all love to learn new things and tinker here.
Re your mowers, on a good score there, and all in running order as well.
Re the first mower in the group, I would guess that grumpy is correct is saying it is an early mark of Villiers engine and could possibly be an english manufactured machine.
Does it have any identifying decals or labels on it (or the catcher) as to its make?

Re the Victa Imperial, there should be a sticker on the engine cowling somewhere indicating what series engine it is. this will come in handy if you require parts during the restoration. Also, if you are doing a 'ground up' resto, when you have the cylinder reel and bottom blade disassembled, that is the time to check the reel bearings and have the reel and bedknife (bottom blade) sharpened.
There appears from the pic that there is plenty of meat on the reel. By the way, it is preferable to paint the reel, prior to sharpening.

Re the Webb, can you please post more pics showing it from different angles?

Once again, squigs,

Hi squigs, I just found a pic on the web (sorry about the quality, as the original is pretty grainy)of a Webb Wasp, this will give you some idea of the grass-box logo. Has yours got one of these?

Hey, that logo looks familiar - have I seen it on an English mower collectors' site Deejay?

Hi grumpy, mate there is a topic thread on Webb mowers and there used to be a pic; (no longer there) of a Webb with the same logo....I think that's maybe where you saw it.....It would most probably be posted somewhere in "The Old Lawnmower Club's gallery as well.....Great logo eh!!

It was probably in the thread here that I saw it. However there is a little bit of history of the firm here:

http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/moms/mom41-witch.htm

It looks as if that logo is not the only one they used, and their model names traditionally began with W. Here is a really different one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Webb-cylinder...denPowerTools_CA&hash=item27b255d836

But for real class of course you need a B&S 60102:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Webb-14-inch-...denPowerTools_CA&hash=item4cefb200ba

Good onya Squigs! I hope you get a kick out of restoring them. I have found the people here very helpful and knowledgable and I'm sure you'll feel the same.