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After a quick search of ebay i found some things that i was unsure about.

First thing i found was this Advertisement for a BUZ-A-CUT mower which you can find

here .

I am unsure if other members have seen or heard about this mower so i thought i would post it here.

Second thing i found was a Meadowbank lawn mower which i have shown

here .

The third and last thing i found was ...

this

Toe cutter style lawn mower with a Kirby 4-stroke engine. At first i thought it was a bitsa, but after looking at it for a while i was wondering if it was perhaps a production lawn mower. It has unmarked hubcaps, half decent (i have seen better looking) axles and handle bars and, the main thing, what appears to be the remains of a decal on the front. I may try to buy this as it is not too far away from me depending on what you guys say. I could swear i have seen that decal before but just can't recall where!



Thanks for reading everyone!
Kye.

Another thing i have just found was this bunch of mower parts, if you look at the snorkels and air filters, one air filter is red, possibly a department store version?

Lots of junk there too haha
thanks for reading
kye

Victa Special packing carton

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-50s...Lawn-mower-Box-Advertising-/201513110050

WOW! very nice find Paul!

Just found this victa department store model

Hello Kye and Paul

I think I might have to split this post up - because of the important
subjects contained here. I hope that's okay?

Kye, it is a production lawnmower.

These were sold as a 'Fairway' lawnmower.
The manufacturer, I believe, was ... Rover Mowers!
Rover would claim 'Fairway' as their own brand much later on.
The handle plate is typical Rover, but that's about it. My best
guess is that these were Rover's store-brand.



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Jack

Thanks for that Jack! I just checked it out then, jumped up to $75! wow hope someone from these forums get it! Also just found this interesting Victa Trolley

Hi Kye

Yes the Victa Garden Buggy.
Sold from 1981 for a few years.

Thanks for that cyber! will fit in with someones victa collection nice. So what do you know about the BUZ-A-CUT? Thats the main thing i found that seemed pretty cool.

Hi Kye

Yep, I will break this topic up after the auctions end.

I will put the advert in the History Australian Rotary Forum shortly.
That ad has been offered for sale since 2014!!!

The description makes no sense to me, "this come apart but lamaned"
It's a pity the exact date of publication is also not known.

More when I do the record.
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Jack

All good jack, i am going to try and find some more things about Buzacotts for now. It seems they were selling more mowers then just there own

They also seemed to sell A lot of Westinghouse products! Besides these it was mostly Farm machinery, with various Rotary hoes, tractors and engines, just to name a few. I'm not sure if you think the same but the engine on the BUZ-A-CUT looks like the 85cc simplex that the Minter uses.




some engines

That Victa Special box is now over $200 and almost 30 bids! wow

A smart person would go to Visy Board and get a few hundred made That is what happens when an interest group focus on a particular marque of anything

G'day all

I'm with you Norm!
This carton is an important piece of ephemera. It was never intended to
be kept - it was just ... packaging. It is significant that this one
survived. Fantastic!

This particular carton belongs in a suitable museum, where it can be
preserved and stored correctly. For everyone else, a nice reproduction
would look fantastic for the collector so-inclined.

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Jack

Hi Jack, I was just speaking with a bloke who called in and I mentioned to him about the box, he said it was sold a few years ago for $900. He seemed to know what he was talking about

G'day Norm

Well that's interesting ... and frightening.
What's that old saying ... "more money than sense".

Jack & the Box.
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Jack

A Quick search of Gumtree

After a quick search of Gumtree i have found some things that may be of interest to members.
first thing was this department store victa for $95, or as the seller calls it, Custom paint!


Next thing was this Clyde Reel mower for $140. It is quite expensive (compared to other reel mowers on gumtree), but i know the rotary clydes are quite rare, so i thought i might post this one up here.


Third and last thing i found was this awesome collection that was negotiable, looks like some super swifts and some other types.

Maybe some Barclays?



Thanks for reading
kye.

That collection looks right up my ally! I particularly like the alloy base in the front left of the shot it has some real charm about it. Barclay? I've never heard of them. What motors did they run?

If it was closer to me then i would have already messaged the bloke! His ad showed 2 Victa mowers and didn't look very exciting, but once i had clicked it i could see that it was a very good collection! As for the alloy bases at the front, they are very similar to the base my pace has, i might be wrong about this but i think victa may have just removed the pace name from it and added a decal back in the day. Jack might know a bit more about it.


Sorry about the bad picture, it the best one i have showing the base and my pace is buried beneath whats left of our Australia Day BBQ

Thanks for reading!
Kye.

Hello all Contributors

This Topic post is becoming unmanageable, with multiple
subjects being posted under one title. This makes it extremely
difficult to manage and index for searching.

The Old Soap Box is the filtering ground for articles presented in the
History Forum. I feel these topics should be presented in Collectors'
Corner or other forums.

Could we please start a new topic for each separate subject.
A catch-all for everything on eBay is overwhelming.

Cheers & thanks
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Jack

Sorry about that Jack, will not happen again!

G'day Kye

Mate, you are an astute, clever and quick learner.
The History Forum is a BIG PROJECT, in that it is attempting to
catalogue the history of garden machinery in AUS.

You have raised very important questions, and I hope you continue
to do so. It keeps me on my feet, that's for sure

These forums are over-complicated, but we are slowly improving them,
so that an improved logic will be user friendly, and we won't get
the "what forum should I post in?" questions.

The bottom line: good forums are underpinned by good moderation.

Cheers
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Jack