I found this old Victa Corvette down the road today and I just folded the handles up and walked it home.
The deck is pretty bad it has a big crack where it's been patched up and it also has another crack on the other side of the deck. I grabbed it because it's an older full crank and I think they are getting hard to find in any condition these days. I thought well it looks pretty good and i'd rather save what's left of it than to let it go to the scrappers.
I had a bit of a look at it today and tried to get it started, it had no spark plug so I just grabbed an old CJ8 from the shed to try it out. Well it has a good spark. I emptied the fuel tank as I don't know how old the fuel was in it and also if it was just straight petrol.
I put some fresh fuel in it and tried to fire it, I just got a tiny flutter but it never really started. I then tried putting some fuel straight into the spark plug hole to see if it will start at all. Nope it won't start at all. Darn it I am thinking it's probably been straight fueled.
I am not sure what exact year this was made, it's missing the original Victa code sticker on the air filter cap, but I am thinking it might be a mid to late 70's model? Also I think it might be an original points ignition model. Can the points go out of adjustment that much that it would cause it not to start at all? I am hoping it's something to do with the ignition and it hasn't been straight fueled.
Also I noticed something weird on the end of the carby where usually there is a cap or the idle screw. It actually looks like a plastic valve cap from a car tyre sitting on the end cap? I don't know what is the deal with that has anyone seen this before? I just tried to turn it a bit by hand and it doesn't move, it might need pliers or something. I just left it for now but I will have to take a look at it one day and see what's going on inside that carby.
Cheers!
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
