OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Collectors Corner Collectors General Discussion A couple of interesting mowers

I saw on the eBay a couple of collector class Victa's.
The first one is a Victa Lightweight. I dont know anything about this model, but it looks a bit like the Victa twin.




the other was a nicely restored Monaro, maybe by a forum member. It is a real beauty!



I like both of these Victa's (my favourite)

The Lightweight (and the compact) is the single cylinder variation of the twin.

The twin runs on 2 85cc cylinders, each of which is cast as a single piece incorporating the barrel, head and 1/2 the crank case.

The Lightweight is one of these cylinders with an end cap completing the crank case.

Hi to All, the Monaro is in great condition....anyone know who did the resto? (or maybe it is in original condition and very well cared for....but I suspect the former.

Not original Darryl as the starter should be cream in colour


A very good resto none the less.

Thanks for that Joe...it would look great in a collection, wouldn't it....great to have the pic for the archives as well!

Re the Monaro.The knobs to fold the handles over are they from a later model victa? Or are they right for that?

They are wrong, supposed to have whit knobs like on the older store brands

Thanks Joe I thought so.

The gold looks not hammertone enough if you get what i mean.


Yeah the white knobs, not sure where you would fine a mint pair of them these days.


Its a credit to the owner. Neat looking mower.

The hammer-tone's there Bob.I'd say it was done from a spray gun.You can adjust the effect of the hammer-tone has by the amount of thinners you use.Although I must admit there's not a lot of shine to it.You can still get it to shine (a bit),or was it painted in acrylic?

I have been collecting mint white knobs for a while, when a fairly new mower was in recently for a service for some reason it had really good white knobs on it, the owners were happy for me to put the new age black ones on it...