Hi CyberJack, kymbom2g and Sir Chook,
The engine stuff will always remain a bit of a mystery as the erratic placement of different size engines has always confused the life out of me. I have played with plenty of 45's and some have HK-25's on the 17 inch units (I have just received one with the 25 on it and it does have the larger tank like the 30's generally have) and I know it's a dinky die original machine. The same thing has been the case with the Briggs fitted unit. Some 17 inch machines have anything from a 2 HP, 2.5 HP to a 3 HP installed from new. I just think that it was a bit like Holden's marketing back in the 1970's. You can have it your way as long as we get the sale, while Ford had a moto of if you wanted a GT then it had a V8 in it and not like Holden's 186 3 on the Column Kingswood in a Monaro Shell, then a 186S with a Opel 4 speed as the base level GTS right up to the 350 Chev powered units. Sure Holden sold 9 Monaro's to Fords 1 GT but it was all about a standard with Ford and I feel very much that Scott Bonnar adopted Holden's method of selling and would do anything to stop Victa getting another sale.
I guess what I'm saying here is that from a historical point of view it's very hard to work out a pattern when there was never a blueprint to follow in the first instance and that's a real bugger for a historian, believe me I know especially when you're trying to piece the history of a Footy Club together and there's been many changes of management and protocol over it's lifespan and the baby keeps getting tossed out with the bath water every 4 years or so.
Cheers,
BB
Last edited by bonnar_bloke; 20/11/14 03:14 AM.
