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Hello ODK History Lovers

Sometimes after-market mower parts and spark plug catalogues can be very helpful in
researching vintage mowers and other machinery. On the downside, they often contain errors;
sometimes significant ones. This one seems to have been well researched.

Here is a Repco Motor Mower Engine Parts Catalogue for the 1960s. There is some good information
on 2-cycle engine theory and the fitting of rings to engines in general. The focus is on two-
cycle engines, of course, because the vast majority of lawnmowers were powered by this design.
It would only be in the 1960s that the 4-cycle would become a serious competitor to the
traditional 2-strokes. Today, it dominates.

This alphabetical listing of lawnmower and engine makes is quite good - and comprehensive.
The catalogue is a reminder of the difficult work a Forum Historian has in recording these
makes. There are a few makes that I simply have no information on! I had never heard of a
Bartram rotary, or Catch Pole rotary, or Mowmor Minor. And what is a Beaver scythe or a
Cyclo scythe! Any information from members would be most welcome.

Whilst I have some information on other makes, they largely remain a mystery: like the
Colda, Hasmow, Kleencut, Malvin, Meadow Bank, Mi-Ti-Mow, Pathfinder and Rawco.

The catalogue has eight pages. The scans were taken from my original document.