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Picked this one up this morning, the lady told me it was from her Fathers collection and was using it up until recently

Got yourself a badge for the 3, cool.

Your finding a few mix n matches Paul.

Model 4 base, Model 5 S3 tank, cowl and pulley, model 2 axle housings and Model 5 S1 Engine.

Another good score in a few ways. Hope you got a bargain.

Find yourself an original auto, with or without Predicta set up and a Dep/export model, and with a few tweaks and corrections, youll have the whole set.

Thanks for Sharing.

Paid $50 and got it running after cleaning out the carb, happy with that. She told me her father restored old Victas and all the kids got one when he moved on. I may put it right or just give it a clean and leave it as it is.

and thats how it starts. he he . nice collection there paul_c

After quite a few weeks of emails back and forth with the seller I made an over the border trip early this morning to collect this one



It was his Fathers mower and had been in regular use up until 12 months ago.







Not sure if the choke is right ?



Pulley looks good



I have a throttle for it but part of the plastic that retains the upper thread has broken out



I flushed out the tank and cleaned the fuel bowl, checked and cleaned the plug .... Fired on the first pull and ran beautifully.

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Mmmmmmm....Me likey!

Late run Model 2 Rotomo Plastic wheel.

Choke is correct style, just an unmarked AM version, but good to have.

With a few missing/incorrect parts sorted it will be a little beauty.

Good score Paul, hope you got it for a good Price in the end.

Loving its an original owned. Get any paper work?

Thanks HT6. The son is still cleaning out and there are two sheds, I asked him to keep an eye out for papers and any more mowers etc. It starts and runs so well, I will leave the engine alone for now until I clear a few other jobs.

That's a great score there Paul well done.Should have grabbed me we could have had a road trip.

that's a ripper Paul, i would've come to mate, i'm just over the next boarder!

Yeah from the first boarder.

Could have done with some company, it was a quick trip, left at 5 back at 10:30

Oh see I would have tagged along.

yep, just south of the boarder.

and to the right. Yes I know.

Bleh....Stay outta my side of the border! You shoulda kept driving to Sydney and my Shed!

Took the flywheel off to have a look underneath and all is in very good condition, plenty of meat on the points



Flywheel has all of its fins just has a few nicks here and there

Looking good looks like it still has the original screws still in there.
A couple of chipped fins there on the flywheel,but still in good shape.Won't affect it's running.

Cleaned things up a bit this afternoon, had the carb off to clean it out and found the washer missing from the jet tube. This and the solder on the bottom of the float would explain why it was running rich. Found some original paint under the blue on the fuel tank and a little on the base also changed the wheels


A little bit of white and a feint outline of the oil sticker on the back of the tank






I don't know wether to repaint it or not ?

yep, there's not enough paint left on it to worry about loosing the originality......i reckon at least.

Yeah paint go on make the old girl feel and look great again.After all she's a survivor.

its a survivor all right, remember once it is repainted, you cant unpaint it. and theres more painted ones around than survivors. maybe you should look up the term patina. once lost you can neve get it back.

I have a modle 1,2,3,4. in the same condition. I have replaced parts to get them complete. but I have left them with there original patina. I also have a 1,2,3,4. that were in very poor condition, that I have restored, and repainted.

this is only my personal view, but I love the survivors. and there histories.

what ever you do, have fun.

cheers chris

I was going to repaint it until the house paint came off the fuel tank, now I will probably leave it as is after removing the black paint from the front of the base. I have other mowers to repaint so will have plenty of shiny ones to enjoy. This one was a one owner and I think if I repaint it its identity and originality will be gone.

now you need another one to restore paul, ha ha
cheers
chris

Picked up a few more







I had to tidy up



I also have two in parts that will be back together soon so I had some Dexion racking pieces so I Meccano'd them together



I will have to get some more Dexion as its good to work with.

Crikey, Paul. In all seriousness, have you considered a secondhand Brownbuilt Compactus unit? It'd seem the way to go!

Do you have one Gadge ? I am at my mower capacity now, not planning on adding anymore unless they are very special.

I've only seen Compactus units that were about 15" shelf width, and I think you'd need 24" for mowers. However the ones I've seen were the office variety, not the warehouse ones. Even the office ones were startlingly expensive, though.

i am currently building a 50 mower capacity racking setup, that will allow the handles to be in the up position so I done damage the choke hoses. I am using industrial type dexion racking, and having the rear shelf 50 higher than the front and fitting a roll stop on the front so they don't roll off. if you have the racking 300 off the wall the handle can poke through. this way I can go 4 mowers high and have a top shelf for spares and or long term projects. you can buy this racking second hand very cheaply. and use some 16mm chip board. I will get one made up and post some pictures. my mower count has gone past 60 so I have to come up with some storage solution fast. the only problem is that once I have them stored my wife knows how to count, and I wont be able to buy any more with out her reminding me of it.

it is also a good idea to take the weight of the wheels if possible as long term storage can cause flat spots. ??

cheers

chris

cheers chris

No, but that's just because the larger items I seem to 'collect' aren't really suited to one.
Like motorbikes - there are four of those in my garage at the moment; three solos and a sidecar outfit.
Don't intend to be a mower collector - the three I have is about my limit. And one of those is due to be stripped for parts, when I get motivated .

Yep, they're very pricy new, but quite often go fairly cheap secondhand, on a 'purchase and removal' basis. The shopfitters and racking systems mobs often don't seem to want to know about them.

It is indeed the wider 'warehouse' Compactus units I had in mind.

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