PART THREE (CONT'D):

Around the key pages there were many advertisements from OEMs congratulating Villiers
on its official opening. These included mower manufacturers and component suppliers.

Of particular interest to me was the Repco advertisement on page 33.
My interpretation of the copy is that Repco were supplying Villiers with pistons, pins and rings
for the production lines at Ballarat.

The second point of interest was the large advertisement on page 34 for Pace mowers.
This ad depicts an all Villiers powered line-up of Pace mowers for 1957.

That must have made Victa take note: a good engine on a superior base (?) -
the low-arch grass discharge base was coming into currency.
Victa could not match that till 1960.

All very interesting.
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JACK
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