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We had both 2 stroke and 4 stroke Ospreys back in the day. 2 stroke very powerful but also very thirsty, I guess you have to pay for power in one way or another. Flymo also had a good little JLO which proved to be a good machine.

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I agree with Alan it is an M&G Hoe.

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Mine arrived safely this morning, thank you Alan, another good issue.

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Alan thank you for the info, I had not heard of a ‘Commander’ before but it looks to be same beast. The 4 stroke ones we used to use were ‘Corvette 4’, That is definitely the twin cylinder 500, it would be good to come across one of those, I imagine they were all thrown away in disgust ! My 2 stroke was new in 1963 according to supplied paperwork.
Cheers
Chris

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Hwllo Alan. We used to use a lot of Victa machines back in the 60s 70s, the twin cylinder 500 was brilliant when running well, but used to go ‘off song’ frequently, usually a whisker on one of the spark plugs, and they were very thirsty. The big 600 was a bit of a beast to push in long grass if ground was uneven, what a shame they did not market a self propelled version, that would have been a useful machine. Good luck with your research.

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I think there is one on Ebay at the moment for a 550.

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Hello there
Ihave a pair of drum rotors wide and a pair of narrow ones if you are interested.

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As joegraham suggests why not contact your local vintage agricultural machinery club and organise with them a ‘play day’ you could if you are lucky get it cut, turned, baled and carted over a period of a few days , if you hit the weather right.

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It is probably all under concrete and legoland houses now Charlie, even if the land had been surveyed I don’t imagine old Horticultural items would be classified as treasure.

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Bantam 38300 appears to be a 1956 made machine.

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If you post the serial No on here I may be able to date the machine.

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I was thinking of just the mower attachment. but the whole machine would be about 200 kg I would think.

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Hello there tonyb, I would think about 40kg.

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I would try Ricky Mapes, he is a member of this forum, I know he has 700 items some probably for sale too.

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A wise move, sadly along with many more of our favourite shows and rallies.

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