G'day Jack,
The 'Great Hose Mystery of 1955' must be sure fodder for
conspiracy theorists. I suspect communism as the root cause .. .It would be wonderful if a set of NOS fan blades would appear
for Champion or Villager mowers. That would solve the mystery -
rubber or leather. Maybe one day ...
Yep we should have know communism would fail ,there were a lot of red flags.
Pic below of an old Villager but not sure how original the fan is, yes one day
we may see new old stock blades.
Cheers
Max.