PART THREE – Vinco Fan Cooled Engine
The mysterious first model Vinco 125cc air-cooled
engine was developed and modernised to have a
shrouded cowl and fan-forced cooling. It would also
accept a recoil starter.

My best guess is that the engine was
developed for a key project – the Vinco Blitz
home gardening system of about 1960
[see related links].

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The thing is that the Blitz also offered a governed
Kirby 4-stroke and that engine seems to have
been favoured over the 2-stroke in Blitz advertising.

In fact, the final model Blitz dropped the 2-stroke altogether.

This eleven-page Operator Manual for the Air-cooled
Vinco Industrial Engine dates from the early 1960s
and it is in poor-to-average condition; with some
water staining. Beggars cannot be choosers in this case.

Interestingly, note the only image in the
booklet [inside cover] of the engine has been
pasted in upside down…

Also note the Victa-style recoil starter.
[I wonder what the story is there…]

As always, I make this booklet available to
members for viewing or as a quality download.

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Attachments
vinco_125cc_manual.pdf (4.06 MB, 4 downloads)
VINCO 125cc 2-STROKE OPERATOR MANUAL