PART THREE - LawnmowersIt was only in research that I realised an anomaly:
Walmac were making lawnmowers years before the first ads
appeared for Walmac mowers. I know this because of classified
ads for employment at Walmac, the earliest I have found dates
to
1962 [see Gallery below].
The first ad for a ‘Walmac’ mower I have is from
late 1965.
It depicts the first version of the Walmac
Utility (not the one
most collectors know of), and it appears in an
Eric Anderson ad (Canberra) with an Eric Anderson rear-catcher
Lawnmaster.
Take a close look at both mowers. Have you seen them before –
as another brand ...?
It is my contention that the E.A.
Lawnmaster was also
made by Walmac. But both of these mowers appeared
years’ earlier as …
TO BE CONTINUED …