Unusual push mower with a rotary engine. Get a load of the price though. The magic R word in the title means rivers of gold to some.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/185649138663

Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!

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Re: Another Deluded EBay Seller.

Mowerfreak #118826 18/09/23 07:15 PM

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Dandare

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Something in the words on that control panel that seems to say something.

Danny

Re: Another Deluded EBay Seller.

Dandare #118827 19/09/23 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Dandare

Something in the words on that control panel that seems to say something.

Danny

Sorry I missed that.

Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!

Re: Another Deluded EBay Seller.

Mowerfreak #118828 19/09/23 03:23 AM

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Hi MF, I think what Danny is getting at is if you replace the L in Wankel with a R for rotary you then have a different word entirely

- no way is it worth that price.

Or possibly "thief river"

Re: Another Deluded EBay Seller.

Tyler #118829 19/09/23 12:20 PM

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Mowerfreak

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Originally Posted by Tyler

Hi MF, I think what Danny is getting at is if you replace the L in Wankel with a R for rotary you then have a different word entirely

- no way is it worth that price.

Or possibly "thief river"

Ahhhh thanks Tyler.
Very good Dandare. Yes I had thought of the very suggestive name of the motor but completely missed the other part. I wasn't sure what you meant by control panel. I thought you may have meant a part of the page not that motor in the image.

Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!

Re: Another Deluded EBay Seller.

Mowerfreak #118847 29/09/23 05:51 PM

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Yep some people are asking a lot for mowers that were $100. a few years ago.

There was a rotary mower on UK eBay a while ago and it only sold for a few hundred dollars.

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