PART TWO � Analysis & Comment
Advertisements for the Special are not common at all.
I guess the reason for that is simple: I am sure Villager wanted to
promote and sell their own Twin Cooling system � as used on the Standard
and 70 models.

I guess the Special used an Australian-made Midget Mk3 and this would be
one of the first AUS rotaries to use fan forced cooling.

I note that the Mk3 engine was available on imported machines from about
1949 � so it remains a bit of a mystery why they were not used earlier by
AUS manufacturers. Any marketing advantage for the Special was probably
undermined by the new 18� Typhoon model (that also had fan forced cooling.
I do not know when the Special was discontinued.

Specification Changes for the Special
The Special would have had design changes over its life.
The main changes would be:-
- Height adjuster turn-wheel and screw
- Addition of a front cross-axle
- Folding handle
- Thin tyres on metal hubs; then semi-pneumatic tyres.

In this 2012 auction photo from a c1958 Villager parts manual we see the
range for those years: the newly introduced Typhoon, the popular Standard,
and then the Special and 70.

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REPCO Catalogue - c1960
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TO BE CONTINUED ...