[Tommie]

Originally Posted by roddy1960

As a little tacker I can remember Dad's old wind up start mower with the ratchet and lever. We had that Victa for yonks and he ended up putting a chord on it when the starter failed . It'd rev it's ring off too and throw stones for miles . it was dark green ..

I'd say your father might have had a Cortina model like mine did. Bought in about 1971 Id say. He also used a rope to start it when the ratchet windup mechanism broke. I still have that mower and still use it sometimes. Starts easy, smokes like hell when on idle and revs like crazy.