[charlie]

Yes it is the same company. According to 70 Years of Garden Machinery, the Rowtrac was designed in the late 1920’s by William Catchpole. The first tractors were made for him by Robert Roby Ltd, Bury St Edmunds. Geo Monro bought the patent rights in the early 1930’s.

[charlie]

I will get photos of worm wheel and work out postage.

[charlie]

The brass worm wheel is worn but not as bad as some I have seen where you could cut your finger on the edge of the teeth due excess wear. I think it should be OK. It would be horrendously expensive to make. The drawings are at MERL !!!. I do have a spare which is in slightly better condition if you should want to change it.

[charlie]

I will give said wallet a good dusting with DDT, if I can find it, the wallet not the DDT, I know where that is. That way it will avoid any issues with moths and related diseases, also you wont know if it is dust from lack of use or DDT when (if) I open it. Are the white £5 notes still OK to use, what about the £1 notes too?

[charlie]

Good to hear from you. Bearings and seals will be imperial sizes, not metric, this will make them harder to find and more expensive if UK prices are anything to go by. If I can find anything about sizes of these I will let you know.

[charlie]

Value is very subjective, especially as we collect items for their interest not monetary value.

[charlie]

As far as I know there is only one known example, so yes they are rare and no they do not turn up often.

[charlie]

Geoff, not that rare.

[charlie]

I booked my room months ago. I will be there with something different and very rarely seen. Find out what in September.

[charlie]

Below are the relevant pages showing clutch. The manuals do come up on that well known auction website.

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[charlie]

What model of Clifford is it? Photos would help, note file size limit for uploading photos.

[charlie]

A summary of the consultation is available at gov.uk website You will see our club (VHGMC) is listed at the end amongst the organisations that responded.

[charlie]

Alan, thanks for all the detective work, it helps tell us more about the company.

[charlie]

Thank you for all the suggestions and ideas. I think I will have to put an article in The Cultivator to see if that brings anything new.

[charlie]

Thanks for looking Alan. Information about the Universal does seem a bit thin on the ground. I have a sales leaflet for the two way machine.

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