Hello ODK members,

This is a series of articles discussing Champion Mowers, an Australian made mower dating from about 1955 - 1960.

Champion mowers have been one of the more challenging brands to research over the years I have been looking at them.
I mean, Champion is: sportswear, spark plugs, agricultural machinery (a haymaker, a tractor), an automobile, a ship, a train,
an air compressor, a supermarket chain . . . and a motor mower [and who knows what else?]. It's a generic brand.

Champion mowers were made by Champion Manufacturing Pty. Ltd. of 109 Church Street, Parramatta, Sydney.
That building still stands today. It is on the corner of Church and Campbell streets.

Below I have two location images, and one of the earliest company advertisements I have from April, 1956.
Please note that the office was 'shared' by another business, Dexter's auto electricians.
Showroom was at the front; small factory at the back.

The thing is, both companies - Champion and Dexter - were very much related [I speculate].
This is the earliest model Champion, with rubber vane cooling on the Villiers engine.

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