Hello ODK history lovers
Victa was at the beginning of its ‘second peak’ when it
introduced the Series Seventy Mark Two for the 1971-72 season.

The introduction of decompressor engines and ZIP starting
enabled Victa to limit the influence of the 4-stroke in their 1970s mowers.

In the 1960s, Victa’s were primarily 4-strokes, and even the
two-strokes relied on 4-stroke starters! Victa’s top-end mowers
were four-strokes! This must have irritated Victa …

Here I present the 1972 Professional model brochure that
introduced the Super 24 and other Victa Professional mowers.

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Note the deliberate colour change – Victa green to Victa red.
Isn’t the colour red a warning colour ...?

Note the clever use of colour – with “Professional Work Force"
presented in green, and the large Imperial was painted in green.
The rotaries are all … red! Can this be explained? ... I think so ...

I note that in the early 1970s – in domestic brochures - Victa refers
to these professional mowers as the “Skilled User Range”. The change
in terminology seems to explain the different marketing approaches.

Of course, a domestic user could buy any professional range Victa,
even if they were not a professional. They were 'skilled users'.

Victa ran a balancing act between domestic/professional
and safe and less-safe mower designs.

The 1971-72 Professional mowers were:
The Victa Super 24
The Victa Special – 125cc & 160cc
The Victa Imperial 24”
The Victa Utility - 125cc & 160cc
TOTAL = 6 models.

TO BE CONTINUED …