PART EIGHT - Summary

The Sunbeam Twin Rotor Electric Lawnmower kept the flame burning for the
electric rotary lawnmower in Australia. Petrol-powered mowers were ubiquitous
by the late 1950s, and all the other Australian-made electric mowers (except
Tecnico) did not survive to see the 1960s at all.

The Sunbeam was, arguably, the most thoughtful, well-engineered, electric
mower of the era. It entered this market catering to a niche set of buyers -
who didn't take well to noisy, smelly - sometimes cantankerous - petrol
lawnmowers. The Sunbeam worked reliably year in and year out.

Its design was unique; in having twin rotors, belt driven, and swing-back
blades - all grass being discharged through twin discharge chutes (at front
and back).

It was revised here with a new blue/green model that updated the specification
and style. However, the biggest drawback was the lack of a catching system.
This would be corrected with a radically changed Third Model that could cut and
catch. But that is a story for another record.

The rest is history.
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Jack

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