OWEN COX - Mowmobile - c1963 - 28/09/16 09:03 PM
Hello ODK History Lovers
The Cox Mowmobile was one of Australia's first ride-on lawnmowers.
Manufactured by the pioneering Own Cox & Company, of 61 Ipswich Road,
Woolloongabba, Queensland.
Owen Cox quickly realised that the rotary lawnmower revolution - happening
in residential lawnmowers - could be applied to larger Australian lawns -
the larger acreages that signified the suburban crawl to larger urban
properties on the outskirts of major cities.
The styling was clearly 'inspired' by the leaders in the field - the
North Americans - who invented the concept of the 'garden tractor'.
But this, like some USA ride-ons, was more ... automobile ... but on a lawn.
It was a Mow Mobile!
TO BE CONTINUED ...
The Cox Mowmobile was one of Australia's first ride-on lawnmowers.
Manufactured by the pioneering Own Cox & Company, of 61 Ipswich Road,
Woolloongabba, Queensland.
Owen Cox quickly realised that the rotary lawnmower revolution - happening
in residential lawnmowers - could be applied to larger Australian lawns -
the larger acreages that signified the suburban crawl to larger urban
properties on the outskirts of major cities.
The styling was clearly 'inspired' by the leaders in the field - the
North Americans - who invented the concept of the 'garden tractor'.
But this, like some USA ride-ons, was more ... automobile ... but on a lawn.
It was a Mow Mobile!
TO BE CONTINUED ...