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GCV 160
by NormK - 11/11/25 08:22 AM
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Joined: May 2012
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hey there picked up this sad old vc 160 its the purple model. needs a little work to get up and running, is there a story behind the purple vc's ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2013/02/full-5911-9984-purple.jpg)
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Joined: Jan 2012
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After The Super Car Scare Of 1972 And The Deimse Of The Phase 4 GT,The Parts were distributed To All VC Sports Mowers To Take The Pressure Of Ford,And They Made A Limited Run In "Wild Violet" The Rarest Colour Code...If you turn it over you should see the 9 inch and top loader..they did a real good job to camouflage The 4V 351 Too,Who Would Even Notice...Well until you started it up....What? Its my Story and im sticking to it!...Nice find actually.Like the cowl colour too,will do up real nice 
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Joined: Jul 2012
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Yea nice find. I picked one of these up not long ago. An urs is also missing the hardiest part to get/find. The blue catcher :-)
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Joined: May 2012
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yeah its alright , the blue cowl is all chewed out where the starter runs, shame because all the fins are in tact .
should get it going tonight no spark
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Joined: Jul 2012
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Lol mine has no spark either an so far I have replaced points an coil n still no spark so i have put it aside for awhile lol
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Joined: May 2012
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really ? that coil i sent was out of a running engine ..
try a different fly wheel ? thats weird unless the kill switch in your carb is shorted to earth
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Joined: Jul 2012
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Yea its got me stumped lol
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Joined: Jun 2011
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No no no not true the purple VC-sports is the hardest and rarest of the VC-sports range. From what I've found it was to try and encourage the female buyer. It didn't work that way. Also the original catcher was a purple colour. A good find well done I'm still to restore mine. I'll will get to it. I do have the correct catcher.
Here for a good time,not a long time.
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