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This ad extols the Powertorque engine in a humorous way.

One of these red Vortex's has become available for sale in Adelaide overnight for $150

And I sold mine for $80, and I would never expect to see one in that condition again, but I had to continue to reduce the stockpile of mowers here

I'd love to find a yellow Vortex in 1985 or even the $80 red Vortex condition.
The only way I can get the cover on mine looking as spiffy as the commercial is to rub it down, bog it where the cord has cut into it and paint it.

This ad turned up on my recommended. Was this you NormK?

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I did get that a fair bit back when the ads were running Max.

I remember that ad. What was it trying to sell again?

Mow the lawn ,another puzzling ad.

Hahaha classic stuff here!

The first ad Mowerfreak, this reminds me of the little local mower shop where they are still around to this day and I still sometimes go there for parts. Not too many old school style mower shops still around these days. I have seen 2 close down around here in the last 10 years or so.

The Rover ad with Norm is a classic Mowerfreak, now I remember Norm from all those "Life Be In It' ads from the 80's?, but I never knew Norm did an ad for Rover lawnmowers, classic!

As for the last ad from Maxwestern, I don't remember ever watching this ad on Australian tv and at the end it shows that it's from the UK, but it sure is a classic! I wonder what the Australian version of this ad would have been like? Mow and trim your map of Tasmania? lol

Also check out this old Victa ad, can you spot something odd in this Victa commercial?

In the above "Victa 1991 Ad" if you notice when the lawnmower is moving from left to right of screen at around 16 seconds into the video clip, they are showing the lawnmower "mirrored", ever seen a Victa powertorque lawnmower with the head and carby sitting on the opposite side of the mower?

I wonder why they done that? Couldn't they have just shown the mower going the other way on screen to show that side of the mower?

Or it's just a mistake and they didn't pick it up?

Oh well who knows.

Cheers!

Probably did it in editing to make the mower more interesting to the average viewer, who knows?
Yes, I did notice it right away and knew what you were talking about. I loved the jingle -a long lost memory.
What was the noise the beaten up Rover was making?
A sneaky jibe to their rival by the way.
Wish I had another ad to link to.

Haven't seen a lot of ride on mower ads so here is one. (Shell V Power Ad) Shell's enhanced high specification fuels

Here's another with Norm but no mowers this time.

One with a Rover and without Norm this time.

Hi Maxwestern that Shell V Power ad is pretty funny, but I reckon we could have done the same ad with a Victa 2 stroke no problems...lol

Hey Mowerfreak, ahh those good old Rovers, they look like the ones that I have seen dumped on nature strips a while ago. I tell ya what I think they made their bases darn strong though. Even dumped on nature strips the red bases stand out miles away...lol

Cheers!

Here's a good old Victa ad from 1986. You know why don't they make ads with jingles like they used to anymore? Ahh the good old days.

Well today us old school collectors and tinkerers can say "I'm glad I trash picked a Victa?" Well you have to if you want a classic aussie 2 stroke!...LOL!

I used to say "glad I nicked a Victa". In a way I have, from the rubbish skip of a mower shop!
My best finds from a mower shop was a 1974 VC Mustang with good catcher included that started straight away. Another time I found a good VC 160 (no catcher this time) with the smoothest 160 engine I ever had. The handles didn't vibrate at all, even on low idle. Now that was the good old days -early 2000s.

Rover ad with jingle.

Hey Mowerfreak, with my VC160 I haven't started it in a while but I don't think it's idle is that smooth. But on my full crank side pull Commando, it's got a fat lazy lumpy idle that rocks the mower and handles from side to side..lol. Awesome!

I actually love it! It looks and sounds tough, almost like a classic V8 muscle car!

Hey Maxwestern, Yes I also seen some of those Rovers in this ad with those stainless steel looking wheels on the side of the road years ago. Again these bases seem tough and built to last.

Check out this Victa ad from the early 80's. Imagine the sound of 100 Victa full cranks all starting at the same time? LOL! What a symphony! Then i'm also thinking about that massive mushroom cloud of smoke rising from that place! Haha! Classic!

Good morning Converse, Maxwestern and all,
the great Peter Wherrett campaign. Have been seeing some of his classic (power)Torque episodes this week courtesy of YT.
I happen to have one of those in my collection, found in the rubbish pile of a mower repair business it so happens. I won't mind 100 more of them. One of my favourite models.
Enjoyed the Rover commercial too.

G'day Mowerfreak,

Yes I have also noticed the great footage of the ABC's Torque episodes recently appearing on you tube, i'm glad some of this great old classic footage has been saved and is now being shared with the public.

I just watched the road test with the XC Ford Fairmont GXL, it's always been very hard to find anything for the XC model when they were new, this is great to watch. You see quite a few tv ads for the XB and the XA and some earlier falcon models. But the XC really hasn't much to see at all apart from a TV ad on youtube from 1978 that's been online for yonks.

Glad to see something new uploaded with some Aussie motoring history!

I loved that they filmed it in 1976, the year that model came out.

Found this classic Victa Ad.

Nice classic old ad there Mowerfreak, like most ads from back in those days they all had jingles. I think they were great and there should be more ads like these made now.

In this ad we have Ford racing legend Allan Moffat advertising Victa lawnmowers. I reckon he's thinking now if only you could option one of these mowers up to a "Bathurst Special", it would be great!

Can you imagine this..."Now here's Victa's new 500 Bathurst special mower, with a new 351 cubic inch Cleveland V8 engine, purring smoothly, quietly up the final fairway, what a fine finish, and what a champion! LOL!



Cheers!

Good ad.

May as well show this campaign from 1974 showing probably their peak. It shows how successful Victa was when they could pull a long haired Tony Bonner out to wink at the camera.

Haha the golden age of Victa Lawmowers!

Victa was celebrating their 4 millionth mower back then, I just celebrate when I find any Victa 2 strokes now...lol

Ahh haha classic Peter Wherrett. Nowadays, those overseas buyers would be considered typical locals now lol.

Here's a delight I found. Note the box they're using as a receptacle for clippings would be worth more than the mower.

Ha yes that's a pretty rare catcher there, a bit like with some old cars the rego is worth more than the car..lol

Now for some reason this ad featured here and it's preview looks very familiar to someone's avatar on these forums...lol

Cheers!

You got me .

These days yes. I was actually referring to the Victa cardboard box the mower came in, that the kids are emptying the catcher into.

The mowers in this ad look suspiciously easy to pull the starters from removing the starter pawls. Abit misleading to consumers if you ask me.

Ah yes the cardboard box for the previous ad, I missed that one.

Yes the good old green Victa Mustang, that's a great store, as long as all you want is a green Victa Mustang! LOL! Because that's all they have in that mower shop! haha!

Check out this old mower ad from the UK.

Cheers!