Hi All
Has anybody come across 'Ron Wiley' he runs the Australian Villiers records and has lots and lots of info on Villiers and can date all Villiers engines he also does Cooper engines
Anyhow this is what he sent me on my Scott Bonnar
Ian
Hi Ian.
Your Scott Bonnar mower; it is a Century model that came out in 1936 to celebrate the first one hundred years of SA. It was replaced by the Super Cut in 1950; I used to have a Centenary # C831 dating from 1949 so not that many were made in 14 years. The magneto with a date of 12/6 (December 1946) means you have a 1947 model. The engine is a 147cc Mk.11-C that first appeared around 1931/32, the 11-C was replaced by Mk.25-C in 1949. My centenary has a Mk.27-C q 25-C minus the metal cowl, it had a cast iron flywheel and fan on the drive side crank with cast alloy cowl to direct air over the cylinder and head.
Regards,
Ron
