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Finished this today , you'd think that I was addicted to these bloody mowers , no more now 'til new year . ____________ MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE _______Al

Absolutly Beautifull mate, I must say, Ive never seen that engine with the carby set out like that before.

Yeah , way back mid 1900's when I was young , we used to call them ram tubes , fuel could get a bit of velocity up before entering cylinder , same principle I guess .

I wonder how it effects the performance of the mower.

When I had a vk commodore I had 6 standard manifold spacers under the carby, couldn't go anymore as the air cleaner would hit the bonnet with a decent clutch dump. As it was we had to change the carby studs. Made a big difference especially at night time with cool air.


On another note awesome work once again mate!

Hi Al, Wow!! Mate you just go from strength to strength!
Once again Al, museum quality resto...and that great base colour...Just brilliant.
Mate, many thanks with your help and advice for my 'Victa coffee table project'...You've guided me well.
To you and yours Al, Merry Christmas, mate.

[Censored] fine job again alwil.You must have a big shed to put all these great restored mowers in?

Hi Blumby , thanks for your kind comments . No ,I dont have a big shed , I just built one late last year to accommodate twenty eight mowers for display , but that is now overflowing , especially now with the generosity of Ty who recently gave me a Scott Bonnar reel mower , was lovely to meet Ty and it seems that for his birthday , He is giving the presents . ( wrong way round ???? )

I'm just glad to see that one get a good home, With the backlog of mowers here for restore I'm struggling to keep up, and the recent loss of space has seen me find the need to loose about 25, some are being sold off (mostly power torques) on the bulletin board at work, with some others headed to Bob and Joe, that scotty has been plaguing my mind for ages, It's such a beautiful machine, but with so many mowers, I just cant accommodate an electric, and i'd rather see it off to a good home than the uncertainty of sale, and it would be a crime to scrap it.

Now it's headed to become another of your museum grade restorations, which to me seems the best outcome of all!

I got enough to keep me very satisfied for my birthday, if you have any interest in valve radio's, let me know, and I'll PM you all the pic's!!!

Thanks again Ty , will post a new thread soon , gave it a run on Sunday , goes well , just needed a bit of lubrication in a few spots .

Wonderful, I'm glad it's all good, as I mentioned, it had been some time since I had the chance to run it!

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

I know what you mean I have the same problem.So when that fine example of a 2A pops outside due to no room and was forced out due to the pressure.Let me know
I'll be there in about 20 minutes.Ha ha yeah I know I'll just keep dreaming.

Beautiful!