Thanks Deejay. I've had a scout about online using that detail. Everything seems to point toward 40's-50's for the build year. Would this be accurate?
I was wondering if I could take advantage of you knowledge and experience and ask a few more questions.
1-Could I be mistaken in thinking these are fairly rare? I ask this because there seems to be so little information out there. I couldn't even find others for sale. youtube only had one short video with no description. The old mower club had limited information. Is this the case or are there none left because they were not a well made or as popular as other marques such as Scott bonnar, atco, greens etc?
2-would dismantling the painted one again and going for a full resto hurt the desirability/collectibility of these mowers? I was only able to find modern fuel and throttle lines and I am afraid that using modern parts on an old mower like this might be seen as "cheating" by purists.
My origional idea was to do keep one in completely "as is, as was" condition and for other, carry out a sympathetic light resto to preserve more than restore.
And lastly, I had been looking at the possibility of swapping or selling these to fund my next mower project. I really enjoyed taking these two non running (one with a frozen piston and bent crank shaft) and bringing them back to life. What would be the next step be if I decided to sell or swap these? can you recommend a particular machine or style of machine that has the same pioneering (for want of a better word) engineering and design.
Many thanks in advance. Andrew.
