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Hello members

I managed to find the other bits to complete the Sunbeam, it's all original with no touch ups done other than a bit of gluing to cracks in plastic. I love it ! runs great and the colours make it, in my eyes, one of the most hansome mowers made ? It was a tedious job to remove the black paint that was spayed over the original handle bars at some point in the past but very happy the original patina was all there.

wce

The Sunbeams always looked a little more sleek than the Victas in low arch form. That looks stellar wce!

That looks marvelous wce. Lovely photos too. They are just such a solid mower.

The handles and rust on the cowl spoil mine at the moment, but you can tell how well made they are

I haven't really even mowed much with mine yet, even though its ready

Thanks for the kind words Gents

That's a nice looking unit Tyler, they don't have character without a few blemishes here or there !

Cheers
wce

Plus without blemishes you become too scared to use it None of mine sit on the shelf - they all mow the lawn - even only 2 times a year.

Regards

Both units look excellent and would/will outlast any of the current types of mowers 10 times over

Hello WCE, Mf ,Tyler and Norm,

Yes both are cool looking Sunbeam mowers and driving to the shops today I saw this one dumped at the side of the road,it
even came with the air cleaner and snorkel as they were siting on top of the mower when I grabbed it.

This Sunbeam below looks a little strange as the base and handle has a light coating of grey paint.

cheers
Max.

Not a bad score max. Looks like your plans to stop collecting is not working out well.

About as well as mine - I picked up another mower today

What was it this time Tyler? Tell us!

Without going too far from wce's original thread

In best James Bond voice
'Vantage. Victa Vantage'

Just a garden variety 2010 blue one with 450 briggs. On the plus side, it has a brand new plug in it. I am expecting some issues as the air filter wasn't oiled and the carby throat looks dusted.

I talked to the guy who put it out (he put it out 2 minutes before I picked it up) he said hard to start (split primer) smokes for a while (?) and is gutless - he didn't have lawn - just 2ft high weeds over gravel down the side of the house.

Also on the curbside colections today I picked up a bottle of GTX with 3l left in it for flushing oil, an unopened bottle of coolant, unopened dynabolts, shed locks, brand new caulk gun and other things

Unfortunately I think the days of finding mass 2 strokes are over.

Yes it's a problem Mf ,I've sold one mower lately but found a few more .

You boys are making me envious I haven't found anything for months but I guess that is because I don't/cant go outside my front gates anymore. Getting very tired of this lockdown thing.

NK you used to be the world champion (in the outdoorking world) at finding mowers and getting job lots for low prices.
Looks like you'll have no choice but to try and resurrect your dead pile.

Hi MF,
Times have changed, no idea how many mowers are here but a lot are junk and just need stripping for parts but at the moment that isn't much incentive because I can't even get rid of the scrap steel because all the tips are closed

I feel ya Norm. Hang in there mate. There has to be a silver lining somewhere.

Yes I'm having a run of bad luck ,went to the shops today and 7 mowers in a row ,I don't know what I was thinking but
grabbed them anyway .

Norm you should sell your scrap mowers instead of giving them to the tip ,I usually get at least $20 a trailer load.

A lot of useful parts. You even scored a VC. Some really bad luck. Poor you.
The high arch chute on the original VC is cavernous. Can easily handle wet lawns!

I can only dream of finding those these days Max. Good score

The last few years I haven't found many full crank Victa 2 strokes, mostly find 4 stroke or Powertorque mowers.

I haven't seen a lot of these orange base Sunbeam mowers either ,all the Sunbeam mowers are a little rare these
days.