what were Victa thinking when they did away with the left side skirt bolts but decided to retain the front and rear flap retainers in the base? I wonder if they had not given up hope of getting the predicta set up working properly?
I think the edger slot and adjacent bolts were retained in the hope of one day making the edger "non-lethal" and as you said, the hope of retaining the Predicta option also played a part in the Version 1 base design. From what I can gather, Mr. Richardson was not one to give up easily, and probably hoped to produce a mower that could be accessorised not unlike a car. In the vein of Henry Ford, the guy really was a stubborn industrialist who had supreme confidence in the viability of his inventive skills - even if they had "teathing" problems lol
