Thanks Jack,
I haven't found a date stamped on that Brigg's engine yet. Usually they stamped the blower housing on the rear side, but on this one there is nothing.
I'm guessing the first two were made at Northgate and the last one at the new Eagle Farm factory?
In an earlier post I made about the Fairway catcher, you posted a photo of a Fairway advertisement in a 1964 newspaper. I guess they were probably still trying to sell off their original production line of the Fairway, as Rover was a northern company trying to compete with larger, established companies. But this does suggest that the Fairway was probably made around about the same time as the first Rover? From our position the dates seem to merge together, but I am thinking they may have been only 6 months apart in production, perhaps less?
Incidentally, I have yet to see an original Fairway mower in the flesh. I would of course love one in any condition to complete this collection of early Rovers.
