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Hello ODK history lovers
A small AUS lawnmower had always perplexed me...

I could find nothing about it! It was the small Mi-T-Mow rotary.
A simple 15” machine with an alloy ‘toe cutter’ base,

it always presented as a 1950s lawnmower. And so it was …

It was only in recent times that I could identify who made it.
It’s a rare Australian rotary lawnmower. The Mi-T-Mow was made
by Malvin Engineering of 74 Thistlethwaite Street, South-
Melbourne.

The 'other' Malvin mower has been discussed on these forums
[see Related Reading].

The Mi-T-Mow appears to have been powered at times by two engines:
A Villiers and a Trojan, and it appears it sold for just a couple of
years – from about 1957 to 1958. I note that evidence suggests an
Australian Simplex engine may have also been used.

Here is a collection of newsprint evidence …

PART TWO – the Mi-T-Mow Gallery.
I present two machines in the gallery below. One powered by the Villiers,
and one by the Trojan.

Note the height adjuster arrangement.
It's a two-point isn't it. A bit more accurate than a four-point job.

I combined Malvin Engineering with the Malvin-branded
Malvin Mower in the History Forum's Company Forum: -

https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=60956



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