Westwood Questions

[WestwoodGazelle 103]

Hi all, 

 

I am thinking of making something of a cross between a documentary and review on some of my mowers, starting with my 1978 Westwood Gazelle W11. However, although I am familiar with some of the stories and history of Westwood, I did have a few questions and I don't know if anyone can help. 

 

1) Does anybody know what year Westwood started production? (I am sure I have seen Lawnbug advertisements from 1975, but I could be wrong)

2) Was Westwood the first mass-produced British lawn tractor? (I know there's fairly old Atco lawn tractors, and hopefully I am not forgetting something really obvious  ) 

3) If anyone has any other general info they think might be helpful, or any advertisement scans, I would love to know/see

[nigel 1,876]

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[WestwoodW8Gazelle 51]

I think that the Westwood Gazelle was around from 1976 or before as I have recently bought most of the mower paper work from eBay including some of the purchase papers from Westwood which states that the mower was a 1976 Gazelle. Will be posting more pics in summer of all the updates if anyone is interested.

[WestwoodGazelle 103]

13 hours ago, WestwoodW8Gazelle said:

I think that the Westwood Gazelle was around from 1976 or before as I have recently bought most of the mower paper work from eBay including some of the purchase papers from Westwood which states that the mower was a 1976 Gazelle. Will be posting more pics in summer of all the updates if anyone is interested.

 

Would love to see more and see any paperwork you might have, if you get time to upload it  (and any updates to your Westwood too!)

Edited February 10, 2018 by WestwoodGazelle