BEagle,
I had a Qualcast Royal which was two years older than my mother! It was also equipped with a Villiers 2 Stroke engine with a starting handle and a Golden Lodge 2-piece spark plug. It was a complete sod to start but when it finally screamed into life I would have to sprint behind it to stay up with it. I could do the back garden at our old Type IV at Manby in about 7 minutes which left me blowing like a Grand-National winner. It's cast-iron sides and general over-engineeredness made it a complete swine to load into the car/trailer and after it tore my thumbnail off I donated it to my Uncle. Happy memories!
ABS