Hi all I haven't been on-line much as I have decided it is time to get some of my mowers up to where I'd like them to be.So I have gone back to restoring my VC-160 Mark I,II and III.In the move to Brisbane the bases didn't make it in great condition so they had to be rubbed back and repainted,which worked out better as the end result was better than they were before.I'll show you how they are so far.I'll have to do this in a few posts.Lots of pictures.Let me know what you think.Wow,it's a lot of work,but so far it's proving well worth it.
This is my VC-160 Mark I 1970.

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This starter ring wasn't in the best shape,but at least it was all together and strong enough for all the bending and twisting required to do with installing and removing from mower.I tried to work out how long I had spent on cleaning it up this part.I believe it was the best part of 10 to 12 hours.I think (Hope as well) the time and effort speaks for itself.

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I had a bugger of time trying to match the colour of the tank.The problem is the the base and the other plastic parts are suppose to be close but not exactly the same colour.The problem I have is the plastic has changed it's colour to much that they are completely different.So I settle on this colour which I think would have been very close to the original.There was now way of cleaning these tanks up.I tired.After all the VC-160's I wrecked for these mowers it would seem that I kept the worse tanks and chucked out the better ones

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Last edited by Bruce; 16/03/13 07:42 AM.