Thank you BigTed, Cyberjack and BonnarBloke for your kind words and very warm welcome that is very good of you and is very much appreciated. BonnarBloke- I followed your link and read your post regarding your own first mower. What a great and interesting story and such a lucky, lucky find to be able to replace what you had in such great condition and at a gift of a price. You were almost paid to take it away!! It is a dream of mine to construct a complete and correct V13 Victa Envoy for identical reasons using the reclaimable parts of my parent's machine including engine. We must be twins haha. I will certainly try and contribute what I can back to the forum regarding my V13 Victa Envoy, Deckson Eagle motorcycle (as off topic of course) and anything that I think will be interesting regarding the fleet of mower related machinery that i look after at our local ball park. I do have photos that I have taken- I just have to follow the "how to" information on how to post them on this forum. Having an "L" plate firmly on my back on this forum, I do know that the information that I need to navigate and use this forum 'is out there". I just need to spend time around other things to work through existing information on here to help newbies like me. Thanks again team.....EnvoyEnvy