Definitely a bitsa, or “hybrid” as they’d term it now.
The pace premiers had that cowl and zip starter. The more upright vented zip starter was discontinued in ‘74.
I’ve seen a 72 Pace premier with that cowl style and the square starter. It was a Mark 2 70 series 160cc with a green painted cast base with “Pace” in raised letters, the cowl, and starter were red.
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/29379/treasure-or-not.html#Post29379
Like this one above.
The cast “Pace” logo kept going til the early 70’s. There’s a choice magazine review floating about somewhere that I can remember seeing that shows the cast base with logo.
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/111343/re-choice-magazine-two-stroke-rotary-lawnmowers-1971.html#Post111343
Bit funny putting a ‘71 125 into that frame with the plug so close to the grass chute. Might be an optical illusion but it appears as though it might be close to earthing out.
It’s possible the base, cowl and zip starter are original, with it having started life as a 72 or 73 year model. I think I can see the aperture for the later model muffler in the base, so it wasn’t originally a fishtail muffler model.
The chrome valance at the front may have been swapped, it’s missing rivets so that’s suggesting a change.
It seems very late for that fuel tap which I suspect may have also been swapped along with the tank from an earlier model.
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