OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Rare Finds & Donations Do these count as rare?

Oops, yeah I'll get some more pics up tomorrow. Sorry for the tardy reply, but my net's been acting a bit daft for the last few hours.
Umm so, the rotomow's a bitsa, found like that and I noticed that the engine cowl has a mounting recess for the tank, but the tanks on the bars? Someone somewhere has played chop and change I guess.

And I'll get a closeup of the Craftsman too, I like the odd shaped base on that one, something different.

Ah the car, it's reputedly Bathurst special HK (not sure what year). It's a total basket case, still worth a nice bit of coin though. That's not mine. lol

'Ere we go. Yep the Roto's just a bitza, you can see the engine number in pic 2 if that identifies some of it. It was free to a good home, somehow it wound up here instead. haha


And the Craftsman.





and found another one of these today (but no catcher darn it lol), what's the reason for the little cosmetic differences? I noticed the sticker obviously but on closer inspection the one on the right has Victa embossed on the hubcaps as well. Was that a change half way through the model run or something? If so, which one came first?

Love the shape and the lines on that craftsman/rover utility, I think I might have something similar but will definately be keeping an eye out for one to play with, for the pics

Nice Roto Special lols...Id go as far as saying she was once a 2a As for the Monaro,Nice choice of title btw (Do these count as rare).Its that dirty,But its a 1968 HK GTS monaro in silver mink,Since it has the V8 grill opening and radiator support it will be a 327..Unless its been toyed with. As for a bathurst model?....Not really any such thing...They raced them there but they did not hold this title...Any ways its Awesome...Id have another one. My first Monaro was a HK 327 in Warrick yellow,now the rarest of the colours for the HK...but shes long gone sighs..Oh well my HT will have to do...lols...Nice haul anyways

Roto special rofl. Ah well, good for parts anyway although the fuel tank needs a reco I think. The base has a bit of a tear opening up also.

The Munros last owner always wanted a yellow one lol, but this ones got a blue interior so apparently silver mink/blue int was also a pretty rare combo. At least it used to have a blue interior, in good nick too, until a bull terrier ATE it! Bad dog BAD DOG doh!
Yeah I know it's not "Bathurst", it's 818 on the tag
Really is a mess though, almost no floor, one quarters off it's head, Salisbury and shifter got swiped from the back yard about 20 years ago when the car was in pieces too

With the VC-160's the one on the right is the VC-160 mark I,1970 (just has the wrong starter on it) and the other one looks like a mark III 1972,hard to tell as viewing this on my phone. The victa on the nub caps is what the mark I came out with the mark II and III did not. I will have another look tonight on my computer should be able to tell then.

yea hard to find the vc160's with catchers n if they do have em most have seen better days. i picked up a vc125 not long ago with the catcher n i got it fibreglassed n it come up alright :-) if u ever end up with a vc160 base you dont need let me know :-)

Oh OK I haven't had any problems finding catchers infact I ended up with more than I needed and had to get of then. You should have said you needed bases before we moved took about 25 bases to scrap. Most we're still in good condition just didn't need them.

Oh bugger lol. Yea after a base for one of my mark 1's

Thank you very much Blumbly, those are exactly the details I'm interested in.
Oddly, both 160s have the Mark II series 70 sticker on the cooling cowl. I'm pretty sure my granddads Mk II on the left hasn't been messed with, don't know what the story with the one on the right is though. Luckily my pops came with the original catcher.

Nathan, with the Mk1 I'm only after the motor and dress cowl, er and maybe the flap door on the back, I've got a lot of stuff to sort through here at the moment so I can't say when, but if we can sort out some transport then the base, wheels, and bars are all yours. I'll be happy just knowing it's being put to good use.
Geez, I've been sending a truck down to Wonthaggi 2-3 times a week for the last 3 years, but we finally finished up everything at the desal just before Chrissy doh!
Anyway, I'll try and bone it this weekend but cant make any promises. I'll shout out when it's ready to go.

Yea thats fine. When ever :-) but yea if ya have a good base count me interested :-)

No probs mate. I'll send you a couple of pics when the motors off. The base has had plenty of rubbing down the left hand side, but it's not missing any chunks or anything like that. I'll get some close ups and let you see.

Sweet. U should the one i wanna rebase its basically split in two an the prevous owner pop rivoted sheet metal to hold it lol

That's OK if you put the engine numbers up I can tell you exactly what it is.

That would be awesome thanks Blumbly.

Going of the sticker on the cowl the serial number is 52 71 0 19931 on the one with the Mk 1 base, but I haven't checked the crank case on that one yet.

The other number straight of the engine is 52 74 0 31626.

thats one of my mark1 mowers. the base is almost split in two so thats why iam after a base atm :-)

OK this one 52 71 0 19931 is defiantly a VC-160 Mark II from 1971,where as this one 52 74 0 31626 also a VC-160 Mark III from 1974.It must have been almost one of the last VC-160's.Well the one that I thought was the Mark I must have had the badge changed as it does have a mark I badge on the front.If you could take some pictures from the sides so I can see where the handles go on the bases.This could confirm or deign the correct engine numbers.