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Hi! This Is Gary
I Have A Victa 18 Rotomo NotSure Of The Model As All The Pictures I Have Seen Are Different To Mine This One Has The Height control in Front Of Mower Between Front Wheels With A slide Up And Down With A wing Nut .Could Any one Help Me?

Gary,

Can you send me a pic of the machine.

Regards,

Bruce

Hi!Bruce
I Will Try And Send you A Photo Soon
What email Address Do I send It To
Gary

Gary,

If you look at the board you will see moderated by bruce just click on Bruce to send and email of the mower.

Thanks

Bruce

Bruce
Just Sent Photos Please Let Me No If You received Them
Gary

Hi!Bruce
Got Your Email Just Wondering If You Have Found Anything Out Yet
Gary

love to have a look at your Rotomo pic's Gary
any chance on sending them on to me !

Where Do I Send Photos To What Email Address

Why are these mowers so popular?They look very primitive to me.I way prefer all the models victa came out with in the 70s and 80s.
Is it just because they are old?They certainly aren't rare as you see them for sale all the time and people want a kings ransom for the things!!Try $300-$500

suziegaz@gmail.com.au thanks gary

You can pretend to ignore me or you can explain the mysterious appeal of these machines.

Mowerfreak
Iam Not Trying To Ignore Anyone All IAm Trying To Do Is Find Out The Model Of My Mower If You Read My First Message OK!

Mowerfreak
Iam Not Trying To Ignore Anyone All IAm Trying To Do Is Find Out The Model Of My Mower If You Read My First Message OK!

Well sorry ,I can't help you on that one.Why do you own a rotomo when there are much better mowers out there?
You must be another collector of these things.
Maybe you can share with me the appeal of them.
There are an awful lot of dodgy looking ones out there with alot of non original parts,yet they want a king's ransom for what amounts to a mower cobbled together out of spare parts.
A totally original one ,ok but people will pay for almost any complete looking one original or not.This I can't understand.

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Gary Markwell,

I have had a look at the picture that you sent me and the machine looks like one of the Villiers range of mowers. I have never seen a Rotomo frame that looks like that one.

I have not yet been able to see my other colleague but I am sure he will agree.

Once I have seen him I will let you know the outcome.

Regards,

Bruce

Thanks Bruce
It Still Has The Victa Motor On It Someone Else could Have Put It On Another Frame But Do Not Know But I Will Find Out Some How!
Gary

Mower Freak
Nice Name Iam Probbley Older Than You I Will Be 56 This Month So Do Not Give Me Any **** OK?> I Have More Guts More Expresncies Than You Have Been Thou Would You Like A Photo Of My Mighty Mower Witch I Aquied From My Father In Law !Give Me Your Email

hey Mowerfreak.. i started driving truck's in 1978. at the age of 19......driving with the Big Boys for 25 years [semi]you asked in the last few message's what's with these old Mower's.well i think it was around 1964 i was 4 or 5 when Dad let me take the wheel of the old Special 18 .it was somethink that a kid never for get's i have a few 18's here at home just for fun !!!!!!!!!!

Gary Markwell,

The motor on the mower is a villiers/Hurrican motor which was used on some victa mowers in the early days.

If you click on this link you will see a parts list for one of the Victa rotomo mowers.

Rotomo

Regards,

Bruce

Mowerfreak
Sorry About The Other Night I Had A Few To Many
I Also Drove The Big Ones For 30Yrs From The Year 1970 Now IAm Just A Worn Out Old Truckie On A Invalid Pension But I Still Like Playing Around With Old Motors&Cars Just For Something To Do
Kind Regards
Gary

I understand.1970s Victa hi arch mowers with g3 & g4 carbies do it for me.
It seems to have something to do with childhood.
The humble Victa mower was the first motorised thing I was at the controls of and the interest has just stuck.

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Hi Gary Can you send me a pic of the mower you have Send to niteglo@vic.australis.com.au Thanks Joe

Jo Brown
Sent The Photos Second Time I Had a The Wrong Email Address The First Time You Should Have Them Now Let Me Know
Gary

Hi Gary Got the 2 pics O.K and have replied in some depth as to what I think.
On looking back thru the posts on this subject I see Bruce refers to it as Villiers -Hurricane, I seem to recal the Hurricane was ageneral purpose engine and did not realize it had any connection at all with Villiers
Two of these Huricane engines were of 125 and 180 cc and were used on Atom outboards / I dont thin Atom were any relation to the present day Atom range of garden edgers but could be wrong.

Any way getting back to Gary's mopwer. a
At around the time it wass made there were as I have just counted in ACL piston ring book for the year 1963 no less than 60 Yes 60 lawn mowers here on the Aussie market. Some I ihave seen and put under the hammer and they have to to smelters. Some I have still got frames etc of which are not enev in the book Pinnock for one. Singer for another.
What I am getting at here is the fact that so many were made they have been forgotten about. I have a pic of a Rover mower chassis . Very nicely made with a side wheel adjuster and though I have in the past sent pics of it to Rover ,they dont know anything about it.
So what hope have we got about fing out who made Gary"s mower. Does any body have a Website where pics could be posted to so we can all have alook?????????????/ Regards Joe

Hi all sorry for the mistake re Hurricane engines used on Atom outboards It should have read Waterboy outboard Apologies to the Atom folks up there in Sydney I have one of their edgers and works well Sorry for all the typos in my spiel Too early in the day This Hurricane engine could be a very interesting topic for another forum ,,,,,another day perhaps Regards Joe

Hi Joe and All,

I have read your post and I could start up another forum just for pictures of mowers but it will take a few weeks to setup.

Let me know what you all think as I will need pictures sent to me so that I can upload them to the site on the Bulletin Board. I have done this before on some of the replies that I have made.

This is the type of picture sent in by Gary:







Regards,

Bruce

i have an old Rover with a frame of similar design with a B&S 4 stroke.it does a good job.

Yes Bruce,please put up a photo section.I want to show my collection to all.

To all Members of the board,

If you have any pictures I will be loading them up in the next few weeks for everyone to see and make comments on.

You can email pictures to me by clicking on moderated by Bruce.

Thanks,

Bruce

Hi Bruce and Everyone
I beleive in the pictures idea. A lot of history is being lost as regards the motor mower industry. . Fir example ,a lot of viewers know about reel mowers like Atco Greens Webb etc but who would know about Champion .Thre is one of the with pics on Ebay right now. I did not know they made areel mower so we can all learn.
Carry on with ther good work Bruce Regards Joe