Hi Gavin, and welcome to Outdoorking. If the Victa doesn't keep you busy, it looks as if that Mini will.
You seem to be taking a serious approach to your restoration, and should end up with an impressive example of that fairly early model - I used to have one just like it, in about 1964 I think, but it was second-hand at the time. At this point I don't understand why your repainted handle looks like it's a different colour from the old paint, especially when the old paint looked just like mine did on a fairly new machine. Is it a photographic problem, or have you decided to use a different colour scheme from the original?
We have a number of keen restorers of Victas here, I'm sure you will find people who can help you, and who you can help.
