What did you make of the nudge bar Norm?
I could see that would be handy in keeping the hedgerows unharmed in the English moors.
Onto that ute again, another unusual feature on that base so early on was the 8 inch rear wheels.
That must have been a niche player that one!
As for year, going by the hairstyles and the mowers, probably the 1976 season over there when these would have been first released.