OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Collectors Corner Identification of Particular Machines Victa Model 4 Automatic Specifications

Quite a while back this thread raised some interesting suggestions about the early development of the Predicta mechanism. Advertising images eluded to a possible first and second state of the mechanism, which was later confirmed by the above memo. Withheld from sale until the mower was updated to the revised second state, questions remained about exactly how the first state differed in its design. Where did the throttle cable run?Through the height adjusting trim rod? How many cables were there? What was it about the design that required such a drastic modification?

A patent application has now surfaced which goes a long way to answer these questions:







Somewhere out there, an original first state Predicta mechanism may just exist.