PART FIVE - Breakthrough Number Two
The second breakthrough was an exciting find of a specific reference on
the Marvel in the great British Commercial Motor Archive database. The
article, from 19 May, 1925, was titled The Trial of Motor Mowers and it
was a summary of several lawnmowers conducted on the cricket pitches of
Regent's Park, London.

The lawnmowers included 24in and 42in Green's machines; 24in and 30in
Dennis Bros machines, several Atcos; 18in and 24in Auto-Mower machines;
16in and 24in Shanks' machines; 22in Shaw's Governor; the 22in New Godiva
and 18in Marvel machines from Godiva Engineering; and the Mitchell Automow.
There were also the G.N. Motors and the Rendle Limited mower attachments.
Specifically, the article said:-

Two machines -the New Godiva, 22 ins., and the Marvel, 18 ins.-were entered
by the Godiva Engineering Co., Ltd., of Slough, Bucks. The larger model is
priced at £60, and has a 2 h.p. Villiers engine driving by chain to a
countershaft provided with two lever-operated clutches, one for the roller
and one for the cutters, the rollers having differential ratchets.

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SOURCE:
http://archive.commercialmotor.com/page/19th-may-1925/19
http://archive.commercialmotor.com/page/19th-may-1925/20
http://archive.commercialmotor.com/page/19th-may-1925/21
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Attachments
comm_motor_archive_1925.pdf (3.15 MB, 6 downloads)
COMMERCIAL MOTOR ARCHIVE MAY 19, 1925