Good morning Converse, Maxwestern and all, the great Peter Wherrett campaign. Have been seeing some of his classic (power)Torque episodes this week courtesy of YT. I happen to have one of those in my collection, found in the rubbish pile of a mower repair business it so happens. I won't mind 100 more of them. One of my favourite models. Enjoyed the Rover commercial too.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Yes I have also noticed the great footage of the ABC's Torque episodes recently appearing on you tube, i'm glad some of this great old classic footage has been saved and is now being shared with the public.
I just watched the road test with the XC Ford Fairmont GXL, it's always been very hard to find anything for the XC model when they were new, this is great to watch. You see quite a few tv ads for the XB and the XA and some earlier falcon models. But the XC really hasn't much to see at all apart from a TV ad on youtube from 1978 that's been online for yonks.
Glad to see something new uploaded with some Aussie motoring history!
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Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
Nice classic old ad there Mowerfreak, like most ads from back in those days they all had jingles. I think they were great and there should be more ads like these made now.
In this ad we have Ford racing legend Allan Moffat advertising Victa lawnmowers. I reckon he's thinking now if only you could option one of these mowers up to a "Bathurst Special", it would be great!
Can you imagine this..."Now here's Victa's new 500 Bathurst special mower, with a new 351 cubic inch Cleveland V8 engine, purring smoothly, quietly up the final fairway, what a fine finish, and what a champion! LOL!
Cheers!
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
May as well show this campaign from 1974 showing probably their peak. It shows how successful Victa was when they could pull a long haired Tony Bonner out to wink at the camera.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
Ah yes the cardboard box for the previous ad, I missed that one.
Yes the good old green Victa Mustang, that's a great store, as long as all you want is a green Victa Mustang! LOL! Because that's all they have in that mower shop! haha!
Check out this old mower ad from the UK.
Cheers!
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
Very good MF but did you see how long the grass was after he had cut it, I guess if he cut it any lower it would have left ugly clumps of lawn clippings behind
Not a bad ad there Mowerfreak, that reminds me I do see some mowing contractors around here actually using ride on mowers now to do the nature strips and yards when years ago they were using walk behind mowers. The nature strips aren't that big but I guess it's alot faster and easier as they mow heaps of places all day.
Well here's a clip just for a laugh! LOL!
Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee ay, another trash picked Victa, hip hip Hooray!
Many thanks for sharing ---------------------------------------- Jack
FYO: 'Craftsman' was an original trademark of Sears. My best guess is that that brand name was not trademarked in AUS - enabling the MSAA and others to use it here.
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