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The Last Rover Model 45s
The Model 45 has had an incredibly long and distinguished history.
That history was also chequered ...

From 1970 the original company was lost, when Scott Bonnar
was acquired by Electrolux and became Flymo - Scott Bonnar.

A few years' later the NZ's Challenge Corporation would acquire
Scott Bonnar and further develop the range.

By the 1980s, Rover Mowers [through parent company GWA Limited] acquired
the Scott Bonnar brand. This was a time of considerable consolidation,
when most of the SB range was lost to history. GWA Limited formed the
GWA Group in 1993.

GWA Group Limited (“GWA”) was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
on 20 May 1993, and comprised the business divisions of Caroma, Sebel,
Rover, T H Martin and Poolrite.

These businesses were previously owned by Queensland’s Anderson family
who privatised the former public company, GWA Limited, in 1989.
https://www.gwagroup.com.au/who-we-are/company-history

The Rover Model 45 was reduced to just two models as the 45
entered the 21st Century …

The 45048 and the 45148. Both were classic 17-inch machines; the latter
with a 10-blade reel. [an offering that never made sense on a domestic reel mower].




Here is the final Rover 45 Manual …
Note the safety changes – the cover over the primary clutch,
and the rear-mounted clutch lever.

The new decals were decidedly gaudy. The modern Rover Mowers
owner never understood Rover history; far-less Scott Bonnar’s…
I guess that's the nature of the 'take-over ...