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Hello ODK History Lovers
This one will involve a lot of problem solving.

I have found but one advertisement for the Clean Sweep rotary mower.
The ad was an exciting find; in that it also depicted an Automatic Grasshopper.

Here is that ad, from the Cumberland Argus of late 1957.
The mower is labelled (F) in the news print. Have a good look at it and compare it to the Grasshopper (B).

A keyword reference should be made to all the lawnmowers that appear: the Ogden Motamatic;
the Automatic Grasshopper; the Villager Automatic; the Austral-Villiers Motor Mower; the
Villager Standard; and the Cleans Sweep Automatic.

This was an impressive line-up at Murray Brothers of 197 Church Street, Parramatta �
in the heart of 1950s �Mowtown� in Western Sydney.



The Clean Sweep appears to be fitted with a Kirby 2-stroke that I have written about in these forums
[see Related Reading].

Of particular note is the snorkel and filter arrangement fitted to the engine!

A first point would be that the engine is �automatic� � meaning it had a governed engine, but without a hand throttle.
This was a silly idea � in my view - that appeared to be all the rage in 1957. By the next decade, the nonsense
would be over � with governed engines appearing with complimentary hand throttles.

A final point must be the chassis similarity to the Grasshopper (B). It is tempting to think that Grasshopper
made both machines �

The rest is history.
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Jack

Kirby - first 2-Stroke:-
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/u...st-kirby-lawnmower-engine.html#Post59415


Do you have any information about the Clean Sweep?
Perhaps you work for ASIO...?

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