The previous Rover mowers were images from online the blue one is on ODK and Tyler has a link to that one.
I do have a MSAA 1978 Craftsman ,it's a different Base.
Tyler ,I do think you are right about the time line when the phone number changed ,It's just sometimes there are variables ,like did someone use up old stock (id plates) on this Craftsman model ,I do own a Red Magnet Rover and that has the old phone number but also have a 1981 Red Rover Ute with the newer phone number ,I'm just thinking it's a possibility that the blue Craftsman could have been built with old stock bases but newer engines ,just saying there is sometimes an overlap when old parts are used up with newer parts but this blue based Craftsman does look 1979 to 1980 from the evidence we have so the cowl or engine could have been swapped at some stage.
The safe bet would be to say it's a Rover Craftsman 1979 to 1980.
It's a long time ago that I had the Red Rover Craftsman so maybe that one was 1981 to 1982.
Thats like this old Masport I picked up last year. Curbside collection bob cat was just down the street, so I felt sorry for it and picked it up as it was nearly guaranteed death otherwise
New plug, throttle cable and lever, filter, oil, fuel line, filled it up and goes 2 or 3 pulls every time (I have since taken cowl off, put in fuel tap, cleaned all out, etc. )
Cuts and catches like a new one (so long as you don't want to mow thick grass as its only a 3.5 quantum.
I these old curbside/tip Briggs are like those little green martians in Toy Story Movie 'You have saved our lives, we are eternally grateful' haha
Its good to see you have saved quite a few of them - they are very solidly built.
I've saved too many Tyler , yes it would make identifying the year of manufacture easier if the id tags had the date code. The old Masport mowers are good .
The SupaSwift 767 reminds me of the Rover mower below the front of the Rover has a slightly different shape ,both are good mowers Mf. ( Rover image from another site)
The Masport does look similar to the 767 but from memory the Masport is a 19 inch cut and Rover / 767 are 18 inch cut.
The SupaSwift 767 reminds me of the Rover mower below the front of the Rover has a slightly different shape ,both are good mowers Mf. ( Rover image from another site)
The Masport does look similar to the 767 but from memory the Masport is a 19 inch cut and Rover / 767 are 18 inch cut.
The odd thing about this mower is it's quite ugly without the catcher, but turns into a somewhat beautiful swan when the catcher is attached. Quite a stylish number then. I would like to find a pair of wheel covers for the other side.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Nothing wrong with its looks MF - especially compared to the garish Victa Thunder
Back when mowers were designed to cut and catch - not a compromise for looks.
Was in Bunnings this afternoon (my apologies to Norm if he reads this - the bloody tap has started leaking again, needed a cartridge) and looked at the new mowers coming in.
In a few years, Norm will like the little Chonda's that are on the Cheetah - 127cc, Primer carb that takes a Briggs Quantum bulb, top mounted foam filter (no expensive hard to get Sanli paper ones).
Might be good for when the Lawn beetles run out - although a few cc smaller, so will have to throw on a 4 blade set up and see how it goes. Weird thing is the dipstick isn't a screw in - it just pops in and out like a car one
Worth noting we have SFA in the way of new petrol mowers due to freight issues (melb to perth supposedly - more like Goungzhou to Australia).
Ryobi, Homelite trimmers, Masport or Victa Petrol anything.
Hi Tyler, hopefully today I will be able to pick up a click and collect order from Bunnings without getting a fine so I can keep some of my projects chugging along. "Stockholm Syndrome" is starting to set in.
Hi Tyler, Yes the lockdown had to be done, what has everybody angry is the cause of the outbreak by the bumbling gang of 8 that all now are suffering the Sgt Schults Syndrome. Got my Bunnings C&C so I can go back into hibernation again, and only another 4 weeks to go, unless he changes the road map again. I just wish he would stop using a 1985 Melways as his base for the road map
