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Hello ODK History Lovers

This is a left-of-field story about a publicity stunt.
This one was most probably sponsored by Victa, but was locally organised.

The model was a Victa Commander self-propelled 4-stroke ('with minor gearing changes')
and a riding sulky. A Victa dealer employee, John Miller, drove (rode) the machine 26 miles from
the New South Wales towns of Wagga Wagga to Junee.



p.s. the story says that this run was a world first - using a self-propelled mower to
cover such a distance. This, of course, is not true. I have written about 'Operation Matador'
where a self-propelled Ransomes was driven 400 miles in 1959! [link below].
This, however, is our home-grown 'Operation Commander'! Enjoy ...

PART TWO

MOWER'S amazing 26-mile 'road test'

OPERATION MATADOR



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