Thanks guys.
Blumbly, I'll grab that engine no. for you but where do I look? I've pulled the white plastic cover off and removed the black metal cover to expose the motor, but no sticker of tag on the tin cover. A quick casual eyeball of the motor and it's not jumping out at me, wait lemme guess, is it under the motor? lol
If there's a bit involved then I may have to put it off till the weekend, but I'll post it up or msg you when I find it.
And thanks again grumpy, so I'm looking at a 14" from 1952 here it would seem. She was seized up rock solid when it arrived. Took about a full can of silly spray and more than a few beers and some not so gentle persuasion before it finally turned over by hand.
It's seen better days lol but cleaned up and some fresh paint and I'm thinking it'd make one heck of an ornament, I just love the way it looks.
Also, I thought I saw a reference somewhere here to a Victa 18 register? I can check the serial no. of the one in the shed if anybodies interested?