I picked up the trimmers today. 4 bent shafts (2 Ryobis, a Homelite and one I am yet to identify) and a Pope 33cc straight shaft that was the pick of the bunch. This is the one that I planned to use as the extension piece.
Didn't get much time to work on it after spending most of the day collecting and cutting firewood but I was able fo strip it back to the shaft (which is 1.5m long). The driveshaft is splined both ends so I am going to use the female splined pieces from the clutch and trimmer sections and modify them fo match the Victa ez-fit connections.
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