Hi wazzbat, you're right mate, Scott Bonnar history is very thin on the ground, as far as I can ascertain, no records survive, and that they were scrapped after the take-over by Rover Ltd., and the only knowledge of the Company is held by the prior employees or dealers themselves....Thank God for that.
Unfortunately, these gentlemen are getting on, and unless someone can document their history, it will be lost with them.
In fact, Rover have stopped production of the Model 45, and no longer manufacture mowers in Australia. I have it on good authority that the factory in Brisbane is just a shell of what once was a thriving plant.
There were a lot of players in the Scott Bonnar saga, with companies such as Flymo, Masport, Morrison (Victa)in New Zealand, Rover-Scott Bonnar all playing their part until be swallowed up by an international conglomorate.
Scott Bonnar itself started in Adelaide back early last century by a Mr. Scott Bonnar and his brother Mr Malcolm C. Bonnar producing low pressure brassware and agricultural equipment before dedicating their business to the manufacturing of various types of mowers including the first successful electric bowling green mower in S.Aust. Mr Scott Bonnar left the business in 1947 due to illhealth and died in 1961 aged 68 years. Upon the death of Mr.M.C.Bonnar, the company CEO was Mr Bonnar's son, Fax, who ran the company until the take over by Rover Ltd.
That is as much as I can find out at present, heres hoping more of the history will come to light.
