SPECIFICATION

Singer made both side-discharge and rear-discharge machines. The first Singers were the side-catcher models.
Later, these would be updated to become the Singer Specials. To augment the new range, a rear-catcher
model, the De-Luxe, would be introduced. These new models would be offered with interesting accessory kits.

SIDE DISCHARGE MODELS.

The first Singer was the side-discharge Singer Motor Mower. It had a 19 inch cutting width and
had an alloy base. It had the obligatory one-point height adjustment, folding handle, and large rear wheels.
It was offered with two engine makes in three variants: the Kirby-Lauson, and the Villiers Lightweight
4-stroke and the Villiers 7F 2-stroke. Wind-up 'Impulse' starters would appear on all models.
There was an optional grass catcher offered for all mowers.

Here is an early advertisement from 1963. Note the unusual single-point height adjuster.
A bell crank with holes in a circular plate mounted on the base seems to have a spring-loaded locking knob for
fixing the chosen height. This, combined with the rear height lever, would have made this an awkward system:-

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The side discharge machine appears to have been revised when the rear-discharge Singer was introduced in 1964.
Note the conventional one point height adjuster here:-

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