The left side is quite deeply scratched, the grass flap is rusted through in places and the handle bars need new bushes where they attach to the deck. Apart from that it also needs a new muffler, the engine cowl is badly rusted and needs re-painting, on the whole it needs more work than the Auto Drive.
I decided against painting the black plastic cowl as compared to the real one, it is really flimsy and as I mentioned in an earlier post it also has a hole and some cracks where someone fitted a kill switch, I think it would just be a waste of paint.
Hmmm, maybe you were right to strip it after all! It's your machine. I wish Blumbly would chime in and give his take.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
