PART TWO – The Sting
It was only through a lot of research that I came to realise
that the Green Hornet was a re-brand of a mower actually
manufactured by Amplion [see Related Reading].

In retrospect, the signs had always been there. Many thanks
to Kye Turnbull for sending me this image in 2016. Note the
wording on the nameplate, “a guaranteed product of …”.

Hornet never held themselves out as the maker!

[Linked Image]

There are a few images I have recorded of two Hornet
rotaries that survive [see Gallery]. More correctly, they
should be referred to as the Green Hornet 18, and the
Hornet 7F Automatic.

Note that the Villiers powered Automatic is original,
the Green Hornet 18 is not. It has been re-powered with
a Victa 125cc engine. That’s my best guess anyway.

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