OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Tip & Curb Side Finds My Hard Rubbish Part 6

Once again been a busy collecting week end.Here are some pictures of this weeks find.








If any you see anything in this or any other hard rubbish series that you want.Just let me know still have most of them.We could work something out with them.
Not a bad bit of gathering.Wonder how I will go next time.

Another awesome haul mate

Yeah it was fairly good.Would certainly like to find some older stuff.

That red catcher is a good find. Appart from the lightweight and twin i would say its the rarest catcher of the lot. It looks like its in good order too.

With the VC's and the later mustang im sure you will be looking at getting a red and white one together for the collection.

Hi Mate, I take it you decided to go down aftetr all!

What would be sufficient trade for that there corvette? it has some parts that would help with my 3Q Restoration (Recently scored a Victa 3Q carby, Hoping to makle it a good home).

Oh, Also... On a stick.

Yes this right I do need this for my corvette.

No I didn't go down way to [Censored] tried.I had my scouts out collecting for me.Well the only thing I really need from the corvette is the Impulse starter and cover.I'm not sure if it has the same carby or not.So maybe that.Other than that I don't think there would be anything else from it that I need.So if you want the rest just let me know.('in my pants')It's ok guys nothing rude or crude.It's just when you spend over 30 hours in a car you find things (Sayings) that just make you laugh.A lot.

"Theres a windmill in my...

Sound good mate, I'm just after the engine itself, so if you neet the carby & starter, that will not effect me.

....pants.Well that sounds good to me.That's all I need from it.Although I would really like (Right now) a hot dog on a stick,minus the stick.

Will there be a Hard Rubbish run MKVII any time soon?

Yep I'm not done yet.

When/Where is the next one?

Here is a couple more that were picked up today.[Censored] it's good to have scouts out and about.





As you can see the cat is doing a scan.Yes that's right a cats-can.You can never be to sure

Nice find on the little orange utility, I am quite fond of them myself and have a really good one in my shed for myself (the other 2 are on offer to you and Ty) You just need to find a good white mustang cowling and you will have both a white and a green one

So is that the same Utility that we have been talking about today?

I think the bases are the same, some were 125's and some were 160's some also had the small fuel tanks and some had big fuel tanks with the plastic bit on the cowling at the front like yours is missing ....

Those orange utilities restore well , here is mine that I did last year .

Hey that's the one.[Censored] that's a gorgeous looking Utility there.Hey since you did such a nice job,do you want to swap and restore another one.Ha ha,only kidding.It is very nice non the less.

Thats sweet.
Good job on the resto.

Whats the cover over the discharge opening for??

Alwil, are those the original stickers, or do you have a source for new stickers?

(Also, have a look in your PM inbow, I beleve Darryl (Deejay) is trying to reach you, if you scroll to the top, you will see a flashin envolope, othervise, just select messages, under the my stuff menu)

Hi alwil, on a fantastic restoration. mate!!
PS., can you please check you PM's ...in "messages" in "My Stuff" in the top toolbar. Thanks mate.

Bob, I beleive that was an optional gaurd for rocky areas, or to simply make dispersal even, like the toe-cutters.

A bit like an early mulching concept, I beleve some customers were happier with the even-dispersal of the toe cutters, and so Victa released this for them, to give them the option to 'Go Back'

Rodeobob .....Dunno !!!! came with the mower , suppose it would be dangerous without it, I
made up a shute for my "BITSA "

Zip start sticker home made , side cowling stickers and baseplate stickers original ,removed and replaced with care , Utility sticker bought .

What are you doing to make your own stickers Alwil? are they weatherproof?

Actually they are printed on photo paper and laminated , stuck on with very thin double sided tape , wouldn't leave them out in the weather for too long , most of my mowers are not used , only started up every now and then .I do use a couple of 80's utilities and my BITSA regularly ,the bitsa has a four blade baseplate which gives it enough thrust out of the shute to get a jumbo jet off the ground .(nearly)

Would you be able to show us a few close up photo's of the stickers, I would like to see how this has come out.

Also, your comments on the bitsa have left me with a rather funny mental image, a bit like Mary Poppins but with a mower!

OK Ty what on earth are you doing out there in the sticks. Especially with Mary Poppins.Wow this got of topic be time.Let me bring it back from the [Censored] of death.Heading off very soon to go and do some picking in the hard rubbish.Should hopefully find more goodies.Will start part 7 when I have got some photos for you all.OH yeah would like some more info on the stickers though.Maybe it needs to go under a different topic.

Hence why I am imagining a person with a flying mower!

Alwil, the sticker quest has been something on a few minds here for some time, many of the machines we are restoring need new stickers, so we would love to see some close ups of your work.

We have a few people here trying out different things, I have heard of a laser printer sticker set, and since i have a laser printer, i will be testing it out soon, if it works, I will get a colour laser printer!

Hopefully your work can provide us with some hints with how to do this!

Yes it would be good to find some way of doing it.