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Has anyone noticed people with a nice house and car with old clapped out mowers.
I know of one such case where the family has a flash looking modern two storey home and three late model BMWs that obtained a bitsa four stroke Victa with a crudely hand brushed deck cobbled together by a guy across the street for about $130.
It works well, but is not a machine that would exactly impress the neighbours with its looks.
When I sold a few mowers on eBay in the days it was worthwhile and attracted decent prices, I was surprised at the cars some buyers turned up in to collect what was a pretty ordinary machine at times ( sold on the cheap of course).
Has anyone else seen this pattern?

I was going to take this post as serious, then I noticed the location of the poster, Woy Woy. Really, this morning we had a go at people from the sub continent, and now describing mowers after their capital city. Anyway I find this forum interesting and enjoyable, I love reading how people find and locate mowers that are to most people had it and of no use, and how they restore them or simply getting them going in their state of neglected
Co.

No one where I live has a flash house and the only BMW in town has some serious panel damage that is probably more to repair than the car is worth. Mostly it is dirty dusty 4x4's and utes around here.

That's not how you spell Bombay bellarinelawns, which is Mumbai now anyway. He meant the mowers were old bombs but I suspect you knew that.

I often tell people, "looks don't cut long grass", more important to have a rugged, tough mower than some fancy new thing that will fail in a year or so and you won't be able to get anybody to look at it.

Strangely enough I drove past one of the houses I always drive past up the street and saw an old 1960's style mower on the footpath thinking it was out for disposal, only to find it was still running with the elderly owner coming back with the steel catcher that he had just emptied. There's still heaps of really old mowers out there being used on a daily basis, not that I'd say that for today's style mowers that will be in landfill in just over ten years from now.

Think of how many Model 45 Scotty's are still being used on a daily basis and many of them are over 45 years old now.

Cheers,
BB.

BB, a mate of mine cuts quite a few lawns for elderly people in Melbounes inner eastern area.I pointed out to him that he has probably about 10 years left with many of his customers, because the second they die, developers will be swarming to put as many units as they can on those blocks. Same will happen with many mowers, dad dies and his old mower will go straight in the bin, the kids are not interested in it or what it represents

Norm, that's basically what I tell people about John Deere ride on mowers. They look stylish but can only cut lawns.

Here's my 1988 Greenfield Anniversary cutting phalaris grass more than twice it's height. Not a John Deere in sight

Caleb, Victas and Greenies, built tough for Australian conditions. I built up an Anniversary for a mate of mine up out of Ballarat a couple of years ago and he loves it, bit smokey but oil is cheap

Yes Norm, they're a great mower. Definitely people who have bought one hang onto them as second hands are very hard to come by.

I've also obtained a 2003 Cox Stockman that is awaiting an engine rebuild after the throttle butterfly came off and over-revved the engine.

It cuts tall grass as well as the Greenfield and has a simpler drive system but I don't like all the plastic panels compared to the Greenfield's tin panels.

Here are some more pictures of the Greenfield.

Old Theo knew what he was doing when he built those things, and I know only too well how hard they are to come by, I keep looking but they don't turn up too often
I have sent those pics to my mate at Linton, he will be impressed

Norm,

Here's an impressive youtube video of a limited edition 30HP Greenfield you may be interested in.