Howdy fellas, thought I'd throw a few more newspaper ads I've come across. This one dates to the month of release of "plastic" wheel Rotomos, which we know to be around serial #75,000 (see previous posts).


February 10, 1957 - Sydney Morning Herald

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The following ads are quite a significant find, I reckon. Firstlty, here is the final ad I could find for the fan mower in the SMH. The second ad shown is the earliest SMH ad for the Model 1. It pre-dates the appearance of the same ad in the Canberra Times by some months, and combined with the last ad for the fan, gives us a tidy three month window for the release date of the model 1 Rotomo (some time between March 6 and May 15, 1955):

March 6, 1955 - Sydney Morning Herald

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May 15, 1955 - Sydney Morning Herald

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