Hello Mowerfreak
That is a great story you tell laugh

I think Victa coined the name 'Utility' in the early 1960s.
It was a very 'Aussie' name ... the 'Ute'.

What is of interest to me is that Victa had a new category:
the "Skilled User Range" ... And the colour ... 'red'!

For me, these mowers represent the last vestiges of the original
Victa 'toe-cutter' designs of the 1950s.

It is true that a very thin skirt replicated the 'ring guard'
offered on the original toe-cutter bases. But Safety had moved on ...

Along with the Rover Utility, these were the cheapest mowers on
offer in mower stores across Australia at that time.

The Victa 2-stroke will be dead in a few months.
Long live the Victa 2-stroke!

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Jack