Hi pau13z,
A bloke I know who fixes mowers but only collects Victas because he wants the bodies for the 4 strokes he builds. Every couple of years he rings me up to come and collect all the 2 strokes he has because he won't work on them because he hates the carbys on them.
Anyway this afternoon I started testing them, first 10 all fired straight up, then I got one that I drained half a cup of water out, bit of WD40, bit of starter fluid and it fired up and I ran that for 5 mins to try and dry it out inside. I will sit it in the sun tomorrow standing vertically with the plug out and that should sort it out. Then the next 2 were rusty, one just a bit, the other locked up. Testing will continue tomorrow and then they can be stacked away for later.