well they really did re badge this model to anything huh,
Quite so. That's why Victa Model ID docos list them as 'store brand' models - Victa would make a batch labelled as whatever brand the client wanted. Catcher and cowling colours varied, but that was about all, apart from decals.
Subject to a minimum order of course, but I have no idea what the quantity was, back in those days.
However, it's clear from the number of these with long-forgotten retailer names that pop up on ODK, that it can't have been all that large!
The Mower Specialists Association of Australia, a servicing dealers' buying group, introduced their own 'Craftsman' branded line of storebrands [and not just Victa-made models] in the 70's, so that they could compete in this market segment.
