OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Rare Finds & Donations VC-Auto Drive Mark I (I finally have got one)

Well after a very look and exhausting search I have finally found myself the VC-Auto Drive Mark I.I have been looking for over 12 months, appropriately.These are the pictures that were on eBay.I paid a little more but when he said he would get it to Brisbane for free I said hell yeah.The way I look at it is he is about 4 hrs drive from me or it would have cost about $70 to freight.So I reckon I'm saving with that.So the way I look at it I'm paying about $40 for it.I reckon it's worth it.

As you can see it is in fairly good condition,and it runs.

...and drives

...and I'm excited about seeing it.

He told me it should be here late next week.So as soon as I have it I will add more pictures.Run it and most likely add it to you-tube.If there are any interested party's I will put up the link for that.

Congrats man glad you got it , must get back to mine soon got a move coming up sigh.... and ive got to do the head gasget on my falcon BAH

yea ill be interested in the link. looks good :-) iam hunting around for one also :-) i love the vc's

I think I saw this one up there, I was looking at it myself, mainly for the beautiful cowl, but money is a bit to tight at the moment.

Glad to see it went to a good home, especially seeing as you have been looking for one for ages.

Thanks guys will do when she gets here,and of course you seen it Ty I showed you it before we left Canberra.

very nice VC...bugger think im getting into the VC's now to haha... I kind of want them all now you guy's have such nice examples of the VC Victa's.......

Yeah there not bad and the way I look at it is they are still around but in say 5 to 10 years they will be much harder to find.Especially in good condition.

Good stuff

Thanks Bob it's been a long time searching.

Getting worried now and maybe I shouldn't.The seller said last week it would be up here this week.Now I'm being told it will be here next week.I think next time I send a message I'll be asking for the date of which he is coming this way.

Getting excited I pick this up tomorrow.I have been informed it's in Brisbane and I even know the address. Looking forward to picking it up.Pictures will follow after I get it home.

Picked her up today so I have been busy cleaning her and making her look fabulous.She does look like she hasn't seen a lot of action.I tried to start her,she did start but didn't run.When I tried I seen that somebody had left the fuel tap on so I'm guess the carby is full of junk,so I'm guessing that�s why no run,but a start.Will get out there tomorrow and clean out the carby.So here she is for your viewing pleasure.

Before Clean

After clean

came up realy well great looking jigger

Yes I very happy.Will be happier once I get her running.

a man with your talent it wont take long

No it should be going tomorrow.I'd say it's just a dirty carby.

Thats a gorgez machine there. Hopefully one day i can own one of these. Did u see the two of these mowers on ebay that went for $50??

I did see them they were slightly newer than this one.They were the Mark II and Mark III versions.I already have those two.In-fact with this one I now have all 4.If your going to get one of these,I'd get one the next time you see one and can get it.I have been trying to find one now for over 12 months.There was only one other one that I could have got,but it was only half of one.They are getting very hard to find this version.

Yea iam huntin around to hopefully find one fairly close to me if i can :-)

Nice looking mower.


Its good that people are doing them up.
But is way better when a high percentage of the colletion is mowers in fantastic original condition.

Yes it is good,but I may upset you as I'm going to restore it.Not that it will take much.Just re-chrome handles and paint base.Not much needed for this one.

OK I have got her going woo hoo .I'm a happy she goes and goes well also she even drives herself like she was suppose to.Here is the YouTube link.

This baby is fastly (I know that's not a word,but it's how I feel) becoming my new favorite mower from the 70's.So much so here are some pictures I took of her today.


Very minimal clean here in fact it was just a hose off.

...and just to show you that after the video she got another wash down.



I really do like this one a lot.It took over 12 months to find but it was well worth the wait.

works like a champion ! great job , just gotta get some grass now but its a beauty

Looks very clean. I will check out the youtube clip :-)

Now now her grass cutting days are over now,(well not full lawns at least until the restore.Then no mowing at all.Hi nathan_867 yes it is clean,cleaner that I thought it would come up.By all means watch the video there is a stunningly hansom man there.Not the greatest clothes on but it was fairly warm here today.

Had a little problem with this old girl over the weekend. She changed her mind about being an auto drive and wanted to become a straight away drive, ie when she'd she would just take off. So I had a look and found lots of junk around the clutch lever which seem to help, but when she starts now she still try's to move slowly. Is this normal? I haven't had a lot to do with these so I'm not sure. So need some advice. I can stop it from moving by just putting my hand on the bars,but if you lift while idling the back will turn at reasonable speed, with the handle in the stop position.

belt might be a touch tight ? the idler (brass looking one) siezed or sticky drive cable , one i had here was all of those at once ! now working great . but looks the goods though , brilliant looking auto man again

Belt doesn't seem to be tight at all on fact I would have thought it would have needed to be tighter. The cable when not in gauged is lose and can move at fork end. Not lose or flopping around. Could it be in the gear box itself? I've. Never had one apart so I don't know what's in there.

Does anybody know how to change the oil in the gear box?

Just a couple more pictures of it. More of just testing if I could do it by phone. Just let know about the picture quality.

pic's look good still , better than mt phone !! didnt see anything like a drain plug on either of the ones here but werent they just grease packed ?