Hi Jack, DeeJay and Gizmo along with all ODK members interested in this one,
Well That's really tossed 5 cats in with the 2 pigeons !
Either there has been a blatant mistake made on that receipt or our idea of twin railers coming in around December 1975 has to be re-investigated as that twin brass plate indicates that its a very early twin railer.
I personally always thought that single decks went out before 1975, but DeeJay has spent countless hours on working out the date estimation. The only thing I might propose is that twin railers were first introduced in the 14 inch machines and later carried over to the larger units.
One thing that is always taken out of context is that Brochures and Catalogues do not always have the most current machine pictured as many times older file photos are used which throws any historian a curved ball. There are many examples of this type of practice taking place within Holden's sales brochures where earlier production items are seen on various models and they are trying to sell a newer produced unit which has had running production changes made.
Scott Bonnar were definitely not the masters of self promotion like Coca Cola was in their hey day.
I'm all ears from here I guess.
Cheers,
BB
