Hello all Contributors.

Sean, the experts have spoken.
Bitsas have potential. HT6 has pointed out the valuable Victa stuff.
I agree with Bunyip - a good buy. vccomm has great advice as to repair & provenance.

Amplions are not well documented at all.
The 'Amp' in Amplion is the signifier - they were a British amplifier and speaker company.
The Australian Amplion company was probably closer to a 'franchise' of the British company.

Whilst Amplion (Australasia) sold the parent products, they engaged in much more.
For one thing, they manufactured engines under that name; they also manufactured mowers.
I suspect they were, largely, a branding company.

Your machine would have, most likely, had a Hurricane engine.
Styled along the Victa 'toe-cutter' lines, this lawnmower sold in the mid-late fifties.
It is collectable, so the chassis could form the basis of a restored Amplion.

I hope to write about this brand at some point in the fullness of time.
[p.s. Sean, I would appreciate a close-up of the height knob]

Hope this helps.
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JACK

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