I mainly want it for the blade disc as it's the only model that carried it. It was supposed to represent a revolution in mowers since the VC160, but quietly disappeared into the ether, probably not helped by the royalty fee for every mower sold and the average consumer not appreciating this hidden feature that really didn't cut grass noticeable better. BB makes a great point that the average person is not going to appreciate it taking up space unless it is displayed in a tasteful fashion with other collectables.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
MF, what are you talking about, the rubber disc, I have thrown a couple of those out recently, probably still a couple left here, but they all seem to have chunks missing near where the blades bolt on
MF, what are you talking about, the rubber disc, I have thrown a couple of those out recently, probably still a couple left here, but they all seem to have chunks missing near where the blades bolt on
This red Vortex has the rubber add-ons with normal blades? If so, someone has removed it's original disc with the stubby blades, OR Victa started fitting the rubberized disc some time through it's production run during 84/85.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
I don't know MF, all the ones I have pulled off have all been the same, the rubber disc is bolted onto what appears to be a standard oblong PT blade carrier
Yes, a great video that one Mowerfreak. I should point out for the folks at home that the disc and mower depicted in the video are larger than the actual product.
This reminds me of that famous IKEA hotdog ad ... 'not actual size'.
I think the CSIRO involvement shows that Victa was still interested in ideas at this time.
The disc was a 'research vehicle' that led to all those funny discs that Victa would later use. The disc was not a 'better' disc, but one as efficient as a more convention disc, but at a lower RPM.
Hardly quiet though CyberJack. Here is the ad for the final incarnation of that body style touting their Guaranteed to Start technology -which had already been around for seven years! Perhaps I should put a GTS label on my 82 full crank Mustang! We used to make fun of the ad as kids by making up acronyms like GTB -Guaranteed to Break down. Here's the ad.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
I have a number of those fluted blade carriers here, I never thought they were aimed at reducing the noise. It is hard to keep up with the huge variety of blade carriers they came out with. No other manufacture messed around with them, they all used either a round disc or a straight bar
1st: At the time I used to cringe at what we used to trot out as 'Aussie identity', these days I look back at it with with nostalgia. These days you'd go a long way to see a piece of advertising of the type with a gum tree in it or a bit green and gold. Sigh.
2nd: This was filmed before computer fudgery of photos and images. That means someone had to march down a taxiway with a lawn mower while a 747 taxied past!
1st: At the time I used to cringe at what we used to trot out as 'Aussie identity', these days I look back at it with with nostalgia. These days you'd go a long way to see a piece of advertising of the type with a gum tree in it or a bit green and gold. Sigh.
I cringe when they ham up the old school stereotype Aussie today. Nothing will ever match the 70s and 80s no matter how much they try and relive it now.
Originally Posted by prd
2nd: This was filmed before computer fudgery of photos and images. That means someone had to march down a taxiway with a lawn mower while a 747 taxied past!
Did you see the GTS ad? That was an early example of computer graphics. Sure, not involving background images, but related to your point.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Found this 1979 footage of people being asked about refugees in Sydney. Note how clearly they speak and the English bent in their voices, compared to today.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
I'm sick of the chestnut of it being a "big country" we have the room. Sydney and Melbourne doesn't. One of the right wing (correct wing more like) commentators on an AM station mentioned that 80% of an intake settled in Sydney town. I agree with the ones against in the video. The ones for are in cloud cuckoo land.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
