Hello ODK History Lovers
I would like to discuss here what might be Pace Mowers' earliest recorded brochure.
It is in great condition, but it belies the truth – that the devil is in the detail.

BACKGROUND STORY: -
Pace Mowers was a threat to Victa Mowers in the 1950s.
Not a serious threat, but a clear nemesis to the great Victa company of
the day. Both Victa’s Merv Richardson, and Pace’s John Longhurst would have
seen and understood the mutual competition.

This was a battle about ideas and future possibilities …
John saw that alloys and skirted bases were the future.
Merv, saw that steel based ‘Toe-cutters’ were the go,
but would be history in the approaching, new decade.

Best Merv nip competition in the bud …

As history played its card, Victa’s Merv Richardson would make a ‘secret’
buyout of Pace Mowers late in that decade. John was given an offer too
good to refuse. Mum was the word.

This brochure pre-dates that buy-out. This brochure shows Pace in
its earliest days, but things are not always what they seem …

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TO BE CONTINUED ...