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Just Picked these up.. I know nothing about age model etc...Happy to be told though  ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2014/01/full-6828-14604-20140120_132329.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2014/01/full-6828-14605-20140120_132404.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2014/01/full-6828-14606-20140120_132412.jpg) amazing as it is ...the Catcher is in Fantastic condition...
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Post the engine numbers up and I'll help you ID them and tell what year they were made.
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Post the engine numbers up and I'll help you ID them and tell what year they were made. Cheers Blumbly Utility (side throw) 2700 1 63 26 (roughly stamped) Utility 160 - 030 ?? 2490 (?? as they were unreadable
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Your Utility I believe would be a 1970-71 125cc model 70VG victacode V82.The only thing is it would have had a different stater.It was the last utility to have that kind of muffler after that Victa went to the box muffler.Your engine number does match that as well.I have noticed a lot of utility's starting with the number 2 and then 70 would be for 1970.Which matches the model above.
The second one that says Utility 160 is not a utility,no utility's had catchers.
So I'm not exactly sure what it is but it would be somewhere from after 1974 at a guess due to having a G4 carby. However if in your engine number the two question marks stand for two numbers that you can't read and the engine number reads,something like this 030802490 then it would be an 80 series engine.The two numbers you can't read could very well be the year of manufacture,and from the decal on the base I'm thinking it is from the 1980's.If it is,it could very well be anything such as a Cortina,Corvette and I think there was even a Commodore in that style,but I'm not sure I don't really know a lot about 1980 Victa's.
Not my era at this stage anyway.
Hope this helps.
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cheers for the info  ....think ill clean up the side throw one......anywhere i can find the colours that it should be?
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They don't look too awful.. The green Low arch could be in better condition.. But Hey.. It's not that bad I Suppose.. I usually just take the engine off and scrap the base if I get mowers in this sort of condition.. Providing the engine isn't stuffed.. Kori 
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anywhere i can find the colours that it should be? Colour match is about the only way. No known formula's were kept ( that I know of) just find good piece of colour and match that. It's what I do,see how you go. I might be able to help don't know how but I can only try.
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anywhere i can find the colours that it should be? Colour match is about the only way. No known formula's were kept ( that I know of) just find good piece of colour and match that. It's what I do,see how you go. I might be able to help don't know how but I can only try. Cheers Blumbly I guess I would be happy with just a picture of an original one...and just work off that
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They don't look too awful.. The green Low arch could be in better condition.. But Hey.. It's not that bad I Suppose.. I usually just take the engine off and scrap the base if I get mowers in this sort of condition.. Providing the engine isn't stuffed.. Kori True..I have seen(& owned) far worse
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green low arch is def a commodore from about 1979/80
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OK sorry to say but this Utility is one that I don't have so I'm unable to show you any pictures of one.However it would be a green in colour. However this one was on eBay not long ago and was produced at the same time as your mower. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2014/01/full-5048-14608-1..jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2014/01/full-5048-14609-4..jpg) So it should be a green a bit like that one. Also I have proven myself right about your other mower and do believe it to be a low arch Commodore. Here is what I found. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2014/01/full-5048-14610-commodore.png) Sorry about the picture I know it isn't great but that is as good as I could get it. Perhaps you should make it look like that. Hope this all helps.
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Great info....thanks Blumbly.....
need to find airfilter box/snorkle top.....as not much remains of this one
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On which one,the utility? Not that I think I can help with that running out of parts myself.
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On which one,the utility? Not that I think I can help with that running out of parts myself. Yeah the utility...i think ill clean this one up...i like the way it looks...like a Bearded Dragon ![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/uploads/usergals/2014/01/full-6828-14619-20061027111851_bearded_dragon.jpg) ..ready to defend its territory 
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No I don't have any like them. I think they are green with the throttle control on one side. I know I don't have any of those ones.
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No I don't have any like them. I think they are green with the throttle control on one side. I know I don't have any of those ones. Seems like mine is a whiteish colour......
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OK I would have thought it would have originally been green.Maybe it has been replaced.Or maybe it was white I really don't know.Maybe someone has some info that could help with that.
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anyways...i am as keen as mustard to get this old gal up and mowing again....in her "Sunday Best"..so any leads on colour etc will be well recieved Never seen ..let alone worked on a G3 carby...so this will be a Big learning curve for me... Looks like i need a snorkle top (?) and some nylon bits for the carby ....
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OK then have fun.Let us know if you have any problems.What bits are you talking about with the carby?
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