PART TWO - Identification

It was with much surprise that I fell across an illustrated advertisement
for a Kit Lawnmower from the Sydney Morning Herald, 01 November, 1959.

The ad gives significant new information about this lawnmower. It appears
to have a cast base (side discharge) with a low skirt, has an 18 inch cut,
and �fingertip height control� (there is a height knob at the centre front.
Perhaps another one operated the rear wheels). This one was fitted with a
Villiers 7F 2-stroke engine.

Of note is that it was sold at a large department store � Anthony Horderns �
and an established lawnmower dealer, Lawrence Brothers.

The most significant revelation is that this machine was capable of
receiving an optional grasscatcher, making it one of the earliest
Australian rotaries to do so. This little mower now has an identity!

The rest is history.
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Jack

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