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One of the lads found this little baby put out for hard rubbish
Scott Bonnar model 33
Villiers motor (unknown capacity)
no front roller
seems all there and complete

Wowzers thats a great find there, its amazing what people will throw away. It looks like there is plenty of meat left on the reel to have it sharpened with!

Yes, it may never have been sharpened, and it has a catcher! The bedknife probably isn't in great shape, and I hate those Villiers 2-strokes, but it looks like a very early S-B, and it looks to be in original condition. Seems like it "needs" to be restored as an original, Villiers and all. It even has a genuine rope starter. Takes me back to the days of having a wooden-handled filthy black rope wound around the top cross-bar. The starters never broke their springs or seized up in those days.

Hi Shedpest, on a good score there mate!
That is a Model 33 Scott Bonnar made in Adelaide and introduced in 1960.
A good strong 16" machine with a Villiers 2 stroke engine. It would make an excellent restoration project because it is all complete. I agree with all replies, I doubt it has been spin-ground, because of the meat left in the reel, however it may need a bottom blade depending on how the reel has been adjusted in the past.
A fuel tank cap may be a little hard to come by though, and its a shame about the split in the original left-hand rubber hand grip, they are really hard to come by.
Here's an illustration of your machine;

As you would know, this machine is the fore-runner of the famous Model 45 Scottie!

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