Because it was more or less current at the time Deejay, it still had the round pull-start knob, which apparently has become very rare (just because Victa only sold the T-shaped knobs as spares, so the round ones disappeared by attrition). It was an OK mower if you didn't mind not having a catcher, replacing the spark plug about once a year if you wanted it to start easily, and a bit of a ritual for cold starting it.
After a few years I was going overseas for a year and my mother needed to be able to start the mower easily, so I sold the Victa for $25 and got what I think was a Turner - anyway it had the early Kirby Lauson engine with an impulse starter, and a grass catcher. It was a lot less powerful than the Victa, but more practical for my mother to use. I guess I had that one for about a dozen years - it didn't give any real trouble, but I hated it.
