Hey Paul & Max,
your suggestions have been an enormous help in deciding what to do.
I have ordered a poly disc from EBay.
Love the pics of the brand new four stroke version, particularly nose cone with the car like grill!
Can't wait to see the new paint. Well done getting an early example of a Victa steel deck. Makes me appreciate the modern ones more.

Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!