Hello ODK History Lovers

The Victa Imperial lawnmower was a 14" to 24" reel mower made by Victa
Mowers from about 1966 and it remained in production for over a decade with
it being phased out in 1978. It sold widely, but not in rotary volumes.

The Imperial story might be grand, but it is not simple. The Imperial's
ancestry was British, but its immediate heritage lay with the great firm of
Morrison in New Zealand. The Imperial was a hybrid design - incorporating
UK Ransomes, NZ Morrison;s and OZ Victa's own design features.

For the first five years, the Imperial was powered by 4-stroke Kirby engines;
but its final iteration would be powered by a specially modified Victa 125cc
2-stroke engine.

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The starting point must be with John Mason, Victa's General Sales Manager.
In his self-published book he credits himself as the catalyst for convincing
Mervyn Richardson to expand - or complete - the Victa range by having a
powered reel mower.

TO BE CONTINUED ...