Hey All, just wanted to shed a little light on where a lot of Atco mowers were sold in Perth in the 1950's-60's. As per the attached picture you can see the old style aluminium plate affixed to my 1949 Atco alongside the standard factory dog-tag. The plate details the Business name and address of where the machine was sold. I've come across a few 1950s machines with this set up the same way so I'm guessing it was the standard practice here in Perth, I've also purchased a later model (1966) Atco that had the same information on it, only in the form of a sticker.

The business was called Westralian Motorcycles, run by MS Brooking and located on 853 Hay St Perth. I think Mr Brooking was a bit of a big deal back in the day because he also had a dealership selling Jaguars and Triumphs etc....everything English!

I've attached a picture of the front of the dealership taken in 1953 that I found on the State Library of Western Australia website. I think I've lost a bit of resolution in copying it, but if anyone is interested you can have a look by doing a picture search for Westralian Motorcycles on the SLWA website. In the picture you can just make out the distinctive Atco signage in the window.

Great forum,

Craig

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