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PART TWO – Identity Design Clues
Yes, I know this is speculation …

I knew, when I wrote here in 2013, that the Mini-Master chassis
had Tecnico lineage [Tecnico was Australia’s first rotary mower].
That pressed steel chassis shape said it all.

That topic can be found HERE.

But this was no Tecnico chassis from the Tecnico days.
The British Pye Company took over Tecnico in the mid-1950s,
and they continued manufacture of the Tecnico electric
lawnmowers for a few years – but with stylistic changes …

The Pye electric lawnmower of c1960 incorporated design
features that would be used on the Mini Master. Note the
similar pressed chassis and front wheels. Note the wheel
scrapers [one just visible on the Pye].

Most importantly, not the triangular styling cues [the ‘reuleaux’
triangle] incorporated into the pressed steel base and also
evident in the Pye’s motor nameplate. Coincidence? I think not.



TO BE CONTINUED …