Hello
HepsibarIt's great another A-V is saved.
Dating is problematic - and better info will probably be
the numbers stamped on the flywheel.
That this carries an 'X' number is important; meaning
it was Australian 'built'.
The record I have says this was a Condeco spec. ...
meaning the engine is original to your machine.
131X appears early in the record too:
![[Linked Image]](https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/download/Number/16137/filename/131x_austral_villiers.jpg)
The problem is that no one seems to know whether AUS
built originally meant 'assembled' or 'manufactured'.
I have little idea when the 'X' engines first appeared.
Villiers AUS were clearly assembling engines from imported parts
from probably the mid-1950s. Early AUS Villiers manufacture
was about changing that parts ratio - as more parts were made here.
Your engine is a Villiers MK2 Midget, and my best guess is that
your mower dates to the mid-to-late 1950s.
Cheers---------------------
Jack