I was out looking through a pile of catchers which had been advertised when I spotted this mustang, same model as Tyler got this month. Did my best to ignore it and you know the rest of the story ! In better than average condition apart from missing a leg, it cleaned up well. Only thing wrong was the end had come off the decompressor valve and melted, engine runs great. There was a lot of build up under the cowling and between the engine and shroud, I can't help thinking that these engines would have to run hotter than average with the muffler and engine block quite tightly covered ? and many must have suffered engine failure and the odd fire or two wouldn't be of surprise to me. As for noise suppression, there is a 72 dba sticker on the handle bar whereby 75dba is the standard, doesn't sound quieter to the ear though. Have no idea what the hand written 5hr with a tick next to it on the engine shroud means.
