PART FOUR – Victa Dealer Sign-up
Everything changed for Ray Tijou when he was appointed
a Victa dealer in 1955.

John Mason commenced employment with Victa in 1955
as Victa’s first General Sales Manager. His first task was
to set up a Victa dealer network across Australia.

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It is no coincidence that a dealer network would sell
Victa’s first ‘true’ model – the Model 1, powered by
Victa’s own 125cc engine.

This was a new start for Victa ...
This would be the start of building an Australian icon.

We are lucky that Mason, at 84 years-old, gave us
insight to Ray Tijou. This is an extract of his self-published
book, The Victa Story [2003], about the initial Victa dealer
sign-up. Victa had eight initial NSW dealers, and then six
VIC dealers:

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TO BE CONTINUED …