Hi Jeffery,
Wow, this poor old girl does need a little help!
The Mower, what yopu have is a second series Victa VC-160, this was released in 1971 and run till the following years release date, when the next model came out.
It is identified by the large crescent shaped latched in the 4th picture, that lock the lower handlebar hinge in place, the first picture shows the parts of the old metal tooth grid height adjustor, this was removed by the next model, and if you take the catch off i imagine you will find the flap on the back is one solid peice of metal, as opposed to the next year, where the lower inch of the flap was a seperate peice.
The engine for this model is indeed a Series 70 MKII, this would have the wide/large head decompression valve, on the long stem, a Victa G3 Carburettor (for originality on this model, you would have had the black float, with the brass pin, and the cast alloy float bowl)
With the throttle controll, your best bet is to get the one sold here (
The top one on the list) and, depending how original you want to go, swap the thumb peice over (re-using old cses can be problematic)
the online store also has a number of G3 carburettor parts, under the Victa section of the Engines menu, in the above link, go to page one, and the throttle cable and end hook are there (I will check the lenght youy need for the cable tonight, i think its the long one)
with the catcher, using the old one, go down to "Tiny's Green Shed" at the mugga lane tip near Hume, and find a replacement if they have one, last time i was there, they had the remains of an even sadder MKI VC-160, i would not reccomend bothering with this one f it is still there, diferent engine. (if you can, get the catcher in dark green, black was the VC-125, and replacement catcher)
Let me know how you go, if you need help getting the carby i have a few re-conditioned G3 carby's lying around, and i work in canberra (Daily Commuter) so it would not be hard to get it to you. if you get stuck on any other parts, let me know, and i will see what i can do.
With the seized engine, this is a bit of a minefield, if its badly seized, then really, its not worth it, save what you can of the flywheel, case & ignition, and store it, then fit your other engine to the base.
Hope this helps, let me know how you go.
