hortiman

Hi Geoff.
The Australian oddity, is in fact a Wolverhampton oddity!, It is a John Shaw ‘Governer’ mad in Wolverhampton in the early thirties I think. Watercooled 2 stroke engine fitted to the end of the cutting cylinder, they made other more conventional mowers too.
I know where there is one, or where there was one not sure if it has moved on.

Chris

Dave.
If you read the Club magazine, you will see that we have a Clifford expert, in the helplines section, Paul Coles, who lives in Kent. he has reprints of most manuals, and I am sure he will be able to help.
Chris

Peter
I notice you have secured your fleet securely, we don’t want any more Simar disasters !!
Chris

well done lads! Keep flying the flag in Kent, and Sussex of course!!

Chris

Could be a useful source of parts Charlie, I hope it is not scrapped!

Peter, your type 5 sounds very similar to mine, I don’t think they ever revved very fast as they had plenty of torque at low revs. Is that original paintwork? or has it been ‘restored’ in the past. There is hardly a scrap of paint on mine, and I am going to leave it just coated with linseed oil mix.
Chris

Hi there.
Could these members of the Fisk family be related to Peter Fisk who has a smallholding in Thurston, Suffolk. he shows Chrysanths and grows a lot of veg. But i guess it is a pretty common name in that area. There is a clematis nursery owned by a Fisk. And I used to know a Derek Fisk who was a top man in the world of Stock car racing.

Hi there Chriscross

I did find a few years ago, that by burning along the base of a wire netting fence, that it upset the galvanising and the base of the fence quickly went rusty. So beware !!

Chris

I don’t think you neighbours will be very pleased when you start mowing the lawn Chris!!!

I believe the landmaster Lion was the largest model, it used the same JAP 500 engine as fitted to the Howard Gem of the period, one of our ex members in Sussex has a Hawk which I seem to remember had a Villiers 40 engine.

I don’t think I would offer more than £ 20-25, depends if it is up and running.
They are not very common now, so worth buying if you can.

Hi there.
I think it was known as a ‘bushwakka’, but I could be mistaken, I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong!!
Chris

Hello Charlie

Allman sprayers are still operating out of Chichester, maybe they could date them for you. but looking at the engines I too would guess late 50s.

Hi ted20

The Howard -Clifford Hako was only supplied with a single sheet of instructions as far as I know. I am not sure if they ever produced a workshop manual, I have a Hako that runs really well, and I might have a JLO book somewhere, Rather busy this weekend, but I will look when I have 5 minutes.

Best of luck with the engine, sounds like a…[Read more]

Has anyone taken photos this year ??

Good luck Steve, I hope it is a success this year. We would be there if there was not such a distance between us, we enjoyed it last time.
I recommend the weekend to all horticultural machinery collectors, even if you don’t have a working machine JUST GO AND VISIT Tea and cake is excellent.
Chris

Hello there
The green painted tines are obviously from the Dowdeswell factory, meaning that they were made for one of the Howard range of cultivators. The ones with the longer blade are for a Howard 300/350/352, and the ones with the shorter blade are the centre row of blades for the same range of models. The Bantam if i remember correctly are…[Read more]

Hi there warmsteel.
Looking at my list I see that the machine listed as 11038 was made in late 1956/early1957. The first ones were made in 1954.

Hope this is useful information for you,
Best of luck with it.

I have a JAP 2a that came from a Bullfinch if you are desperate for a replacement.

Chris