Yes maxwestern, I was thinking surely there is a crack somewhere but the original gold catcher had no damage. I had to grab this! I am questioning my decision to throw out a derelict Mayfair base a fortnight ago as I probably could have used the handles as the one on the K Mart Mayfair are less than exemplary! Deep rust craters on the top of them and they are a unique narrow design.
I'm sure we'd like to take a look at your fleet of Rover slashers with various power plants stuck to them!
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Hi Max, Yes I still have plenty of mowers to build, I have over 40 Victa bases stacked away, at least 30 tested PT motors sitting on the shelf and probably 80 Victa catchers so I have plenty to do to fill in the days during this neverending lockdown
Hope you have enough good Victa wheels Norm for 40 Victa mowers.
Mf ,yep you don't see many good gold catchers for the Mafair. Pity about the rust in the handle.
Not enough hours in the day just to get all the Rovers out ,too much crap on top ,it's mower upon mower here,still waiting to get free time to clear the sheds ,I counted 12 but can't get to the best 2 stroke one.
Thanks for going to the effort MW. Aren't they sweet! You've even got a Tecumseh unit. They'd be fun to take on a recreational mowing jaunt.
I mowed the front garden with the K Mart Mayfair without dramas. It has good throttle control and idle. As for the gold catchers, they keep breeding with me. This is now my third one. The other two were given to me by a guy clearing his Victa two stroke stuff along with matching mowers. It's nice to know how rare they are.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Hi Max, my only option with wheels for the Victas is cut the stubs off and weld new stubs on so I can use up some of the hundreds of wheels sitting here from all the other brands. Bit of a pain but all I can do. Get 4 wheels with hubcaps, weld the stubs on, fit the wheels, tie them together as a set and put them away for future use. Spend a few days just doing that and wheels won't be a problem for a while. I have been doing this before but with the lockdown I might as well use the time to stock up. I will also get 15/15 bases repaired/cleaned up ready for the next lot of warm weather and paint them so they can be stacked away and given plenty of time to dry/harden.
