Hi everyone,
Well I know I have not seen one of these in hard rubbish anywhere since the very first ever mower I found back in 2007 which was another VC160. I think that mower was also the reason I jumped on the internet back then and started searching for some parts and also some help on how to repair and rebuild it. Which led me to sign up to these forums back then. So you could say the old Victa VC-160 has a bit of history with me and joining these forums that's for sure.
Hi Bonnar_Bloke, don't know about saving the planet mate but I know it's saving us backyard collectors classic Victa parts that are only available from old machines now. If you want to keep these old things running, you have to stock up on old parts!
Hi NormK thanks mate you know as well as I do any parts for an older FC are only getting rarer to find now. I will try and salvage anything old school Victa 2 stroke that's for sure!
Hi Mystyler for now I will just try to see if I can get this old beast running. One thing is for sure, it has the most solid feeling handles you will ever get on a VC160! LOL! welded solid! One thing I remember on my original VC-160 hard rubbish find was the sloppy worn out lower handle bushes that I was trying to find back then to repair it. I'll see how it goes anyway.
Hi Mowerfreak, gees mate I had a look at that one you found, yes that one didn't look like a VC160 much at all. It's like they tried to make it look like the later green deck FC with the black top cowling look. It's amazing though how many repairs and modifications people did to these back in the day to keep them going for as long as possible.
Cheers!
