My 8 year old son dragged in an old mower from council clean up. He thought he would remove the wheels to make a billy cart. On closer inspection it looked complete (handles, starter cord, decals, relatively good paint for age, etc and possibly would start). Trying to foster some enthusiasm for the past, and looking for a small project with my son, we have decided to find out as much about this machine as possble and then restore it.
The mover in question has an Aluminium base embossed PACE 18. The engine is a two stroke unit (stamped CB396V). I checked the Victa web site, and it looks almost identical to the 1960-1961 Standard model 8 except our muffler and airfilter are on the opposite side to that shown on the Victa, and our base is more complex.
I have not checked our local library yet, however any information about this machine would be greatly appreciated.