PART FOUR - Conclusion

For me, it seems highly likely that the mysterious Carter was made by Kirby themselves.
Kirby was a lawnmower manufacturer!

Why the secrecy? I can only speculate...

It may be that the Carter was a marketing experiment. Should Kirby directly enter the lawnmower
market? My best guess is that Kirby remained aloof from claiming manufacture of the Carter
because it decided that small engine production was the most profitable way forward and
overtly manufacturing a mower would undermine potential sales of engines to lawnmower customers.

In any case, the Carter did survive for a few seasons. Then it disappears. However, I do know
that the Carter base of 1957 is pretty similar to the first Turner base of 1959. The Turner
used Kirby's first four-stroke, the GEB1...

All very interesting.
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JACK.

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