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I finally got a victa vortex an its in pretty good condition. Will give it a good clean up an put it with my other victas :-)

Nice find there, I have most of the vortex series, including a mark 2 of most of them. Just for the record though you have been supplied with the wrong catcher; that catcher would suit a Victa Monaro high arch or similar.

A vortex catcher is more like this...

Thanks for that. Im gunna have to try find the right one but wen i do i have a monaro base im doing up an it dont have catcher.
But do u think this catcher will work for the time being? Not that iam going to mow with it. But some days i just have to mow the lawns with a old victa lol

I picked it up cheap so i cant complain to much lol

I only actually payed for one of mine, the rest were tip or curbside specials....

Even better lol

I love my Vortex ! i just only wish i could keep the catcher on when its over a 1/3 full ,

Yea thats a nice looking machine.

Do the vortexs only come in yellow an red?

Nice find there.I'm still up in arms as to whether I want one or not,but yours looks fairly good indeed.As far as I know they only came in Red and Yellow,but then there where the GTS's. Which means Guaranteed To Start (yes that was Victa's big selling point with them).I had one that I couldn't bring with me (Just didn't have the room)it was grey base with Red cowl,and they also had the yellow cowl. There was also a GTS that had a White base and I think white cowl.Joe help me out here,I can't remember anything else,or I could be wrong about the white.I think Joe has one.I think (and I hope Joe will correct me if I'm wrong)there was a Mustang in there as well that was the same style.So I mean if I started with one I would want the whole set,just how I roll I guess.So yes I think only two Vortex's but heaps that are similar.

White v40. Is that the white one u wore meaning. Cause that says mustang gts i think lol

What kinda things are different between the series of the vortexs?

Nathan, you're freaking me out, The white one is definately a Mustang GTS, i know because i bought and sold that mower in your photo (with the "bud" sticker on it) about 6 months ago. It actually cleaned up real nice.
I think the main difference between the vortex's is the blade disk, the earlier ones had a large diametre disk with about 10 upturned flaps(much like a late model 4 blade mulch and catch disk) on it with a really short set of blades. The later ones had the standard sized oval disk with a rubber/plastic skirt bolted to it to increase its diameter and give the "vortex" effect. They really are a beautiful mower to mow with but one man can only keep so many toys.
*sigh*, "oh how i miss my gold victa supreme".

Here's a pic of it after i cleaned it up, and yes, i did remove the bud sticker.

U got a good buy. I had that photo from wen it was on ebay. I was going to bid but at the time i was to busy to pick it up lol. An yea it cleaned up really nice.

I believe they Came in Yellow, Red, White and Green

Yellow


Red


White


Green
(Cant find a pic... But almost positive that Rodeobob was selling one on Gumtree while back)

Cheers

Kori

See that's what I'm talking about kori. They only came in two colours. Have a closer look at the picture you put up of the white one. It is a mustang GTS,thanks for that it confirms what I said. They look similar but are not vortex's they are GTS's.

I have a white one and rd definitely a vortex, I have uploaded a pic here somewhere before

Could you upload some pictures here as we'll. I think I may have some articles on my computer about them. I'll see if I can find them when I get home.

Also have the marlboro racing team mustang gts, unfortunately the decals have died just more or less making it a normal white mustang.

I dare say someone has changed the cowl on that one. All the articles I've seen we're red yellow on grey base. White was one of the GTS's. What's this Marlboro racing team one I haven't seem that one. I take it it was something someone stuck stickers over? I'd like to see that one.

Yea that white one might be a gts cowl on a vortex base

That's what I thought I'm 99.9865% sure they only came in two colours. I'm sure I've got or seen a brochure (maybe a sales one) that only had the two of them. Then came the GTS range. I have looked into them as I'm still deciding if I want any as there is a few. I guess if I got the opportunity to get one,two or more I may. After all they were the first with a powertorque engine.

it is indeed original as I had spoken to the original owner and questioned the colour, unfortunately a lot of years sitting half covered in the guys backyard has killed it.

Arhhh ! Vortex's everywhere ! Would love to see more pictures of them ! Who else out there has one ,

Ok, here are the twins, they're not vortex's but they're a couple of mustangs i have in the stable. Just for kicks.