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I finally got a victa vortex an its in pretty good condition. Will give it a good clean up an put it with my other victas :-)

Nice find there, I have most of the vortex series, including a mark 2 of most of them. Just for the record though you have been supplied with the wrong catcher; that catcher would suit a Victa Monaro high arch or similar.

A vortex catcher is more like this...

Thanks for that. Im gunna have to try find the right one but wen i do i have a monaro base im doing up an it dont have catcher.
But do u think this catcher will work for the time being? Not that iam going to mow with it. But some days i just have to mow the lawns with a old victa lol

I picked it up cheap so i cant complain to much lol

I only actually payed for one of mine, the rest were tip or curbside specials....

Even better lol

I love my Vortex ! i just only wish i could keep the catcher on when its over a 1/3 full ,

Yea thats a nice looking machine.

Do the vortexs only come in yellow an red?

Nice find there.I'm still up in arms as to whether I want one or not,but yours looks fairly good indeed.As far as I know they only came in Red and Yellow,but then there where the GTS's. Which means Guaranteed To Start (yes that was Victa's big selling point with them).I had one that I couldn't bring with me (Just didn't have the room)it was grey base with Red cowl,and they also had the yellow cowl. There was also a GTS that had a White base and I think white cowl.Joe help me out here,I can't remember anything else,or I could be wrong about the white.I think Joe has one.I think (and I hope Joe will correct me if I'm wrong)there was a Mustang in there as well that was the same style.So I mean if I started with one I would want the whole set,just how I roll I guess.So yes I think only two Vortex's but heaps that are similar.

White v40. Is that the white one u wore meaning. Cause that says mustang gts i think lol

What kinda things are different between the series of the vortexs?

Nathan, you're freaking me out, The white one is definately a Mustang GTS, i know because i bought and sold that mower in your photo (with the "bud" sticker on it) about 6 months ago. It actually cleaned up real nice.
I think the main difference between the vortex's is the blade disk, the earlier ones had a large diametre disk with about 10 upturned flaps(much like a late model 4 blade mulch and catch disk) on it with a really short set of blades. The later ones had the standard sized oval disk with a rubber/plastic skirt bolted to it to increase its diameter and give the "vortex" effect. They really are a beautiful mower to mow with but one man can only keep so many toys.
*sigh*, "oh how i miss my gold victa supreme".

Here's a pic of it after i cleaned it up, and yes, i did remove the bud sticker.

U got a good buy. I had that photo from wen it was on ebay. I was going to bid but at the time i was to busy to pick it up lol. An yea it cleaned up really nice.

I believe they Came in Yellow, Red, White and Green

Yellow


Red


White


Green
(Cant find a pic... But almost positive that Rodeobob was selling one on Gumtree while back)

Cheers

Kori

See that's what I'm talking about kori. They only came in two colours. Have a closer look at the picture you put up of the white one. It is a mustang GTS,thanks for that it confirms what I said. They look similar but are not vortex's they are GTS's.

I have a white one and rd definitely a vortex, I have uploaded a pic here somewhere before

Could you upload some pictures here as we'll. I think I may have some articles on my computer about them. I'll see if I can find them when I get home.

Also have the marlboro racing team mustang gts, unfortunately the decals have died just more or less making it a normal white mustang.