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Hello ODK History Lovers

It's not that common to have after-market accessories like pumps and saws to be fitted to lawnmowers.
Here is one 'Engineered & Approved' for the Victa of the late 1950s.

How the 12" Circular Saw attachment actually looked will remain a mystery at this time.
It had a "fixed drive" and "many extras".

I don't know who manufactured the Vic-Mobile. The advertisement reproduced below (from my original) says it was
sold through one of the earliest Victa dealers in Victoria, Ray Tijou.

I did an interesting story on that character HERE.

I know only of one other lawnmower that offered a pump as an approved accessory - the Singer Lawnmower
of the early 1960s.

Offering P.T.O. accessories was not common, but not unheard of. Austral Villiers did so with their
unusual Adaptomatic rotary, and Mobilco did it with their Power Reel Mower.

UPDATE 01

I was lucky to stumble across a newsprint advertisement for the Vic-Mobile.
It suggests that these pumps were introduced some time in 1957.

A History Record for the Tijou company can be found here: -

https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/113124/ray-tijou-dealer-c1955.html

A Very Special Publicity Stunt by Harry & Ray Tijou: -

https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/activetopics/30/1.html

Other PTO Rotary Mowers: -

AUSTRAL-VILLIERS Adaptomatic
SINGER PTO Machine



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