Electric mowers are also old hat ... and having to repeat the procedure several times if the motor spluttered and stopped? Now Victa’s “petrol mower” is getting a 21st-century upgrade ...

That was the advertising Victa used to promote their outboard motors that you could transfer the motor from your mower ... another year showing off their mowers and the boat motors they'd ...

My old Victa lawn mower in happier times ... It wasn’t just the motor that failed on me. Its chassis had begun falling apart, so much so the mowing height kept slipping, scalping my lawn.