G'day nath ,Mf and Jack,
Definitely confusing then! One other interesting point on the Supa swift Greenfields is that they have pictured Steel deck housings, an option I believe never offered up here on the normal machines. The other thing I have come to learn is that anything greenfield changed happened on the fly with the hd series, nothing was really tested in advance as the big companies can afford to do now.
Sometimes equipment is not tested enough before selling and other times they know there's a problem and sell the product
anyway.
With the steel deck housing ,it's what I was saying previously ,the manufacturer makes the first mowers in
a model style (prototype) and images are taken of this machine then when the model is sold ,usually months
later instead of taking images of the new model that is being sold the manufacturer uses the images they
already have from testing the prototype or early batch of mowers.
These incorrect images are often used in marketing , service manuals and owners manuals.
A lot of manuals use incorrect images the images are used for a guide only.
Another mower that was completely incorrect in ads ,manuals ,TV commercial was the Victa Ambassador from
1962 ,1963 ,the Ambassador shown must have been a model for testing because it had a steel base but the
Victa Ambassador people bought all had alloy bases.
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=70029https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=71632For example, those Fuji engines were fitted, then when used up in the heat of the tropics had a lot of overheating problems. So then came about the Louvered bonnet for added cooling.
I read that the bonnet went from flat to louvered and then back to flat ,so they must have stopped using the Fuji engines.
One thing I have to say is all of the mowers of that period had a certain class about them! big chrome handles, fantastic colour schemes, even the logo has something about it. Would have definitely caught you're eye in the showrooms against the in my opinion very bland style and then plastic coverings of the 70's victas
Yes with the older equipment it did seem like they had a lot more pride in their brand , the manufacturers name
cast onto the base in big letters even the old cars had big heavy chromed badges.
Who made those mowers I have seen with no brand that the stores sold, such as Waltons. They were at a lower price point, but value packed.
I haven't kept a list of all the mowers Waltons sold but I mainly see the Waltons Victa and Waltons Rover Fairway .
Cheers Max.
