Hi Mowerfreak,

Good to hear from you again..!

The grass is almost dead here, we have had no proper rain where I am in the south east since the end of May. Who would have thought it eh.. a heatwave in the UK..!!

The green catcher for the VC was the one that came with it. It has some fairly bad cracks though so not sure how long it will last. I don't see that many Victas here nowadays, not as many as there was when I first got interested in them.

The 85cc Lightweight is absolutely perfect for my needs, starts first pull and has all the power I need. It's a proper little workhorse and was used regularly when the grass was growing.

Crikey 19 mowers... where do you keep them all..?

From now on my last mower will be a Twin/500 (if I get the opportunity) and that will be the last and final piece in the jigsaw.

Sorry for mixing you up with Maxwestern, good advice all the same and it could have saved me a few quid had it paid off. What do you recon on the V37? any thoughts on the running problem? Looks like it has had an adaptation to the exhaust, must have been homemade as I cant see anything like it in my records.