Originally Posted by Cirillo
Congrats on the 45, great job!

What are your plans for it?

Thanks Cirillo, this will be my daily mower. I have some tighter areas that the Toro can't get into easily.

Originally Posted by CyberJack
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Pretty much gone all-in with this one. New 10-blade reel, new B&S engine, new clutch housing, new chains, new bed-knife, new rear roller bearings, new front roller etc.
Hello Simrice
I guess this is the highest speced Model 17" we'll see.
That Briggs looks awfully big ...

Beautiful photos of the end result.
I love the way the sun glimmers off the reel. laugh

I guess the 45 - with its brilliant landroll clutch - will enable you
to savor mowing at a comfortable pace - rather than going at it like a
... bull - Toro!

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Jack

Thanks Jack, because the reel on the Toro only spins when there the landroll is engaged (fixed clip-rate) it makes it hard to start and move slowly around obstacles. Surprising, but the B&S is actually taller than my GX160 on my 20" and does certainly look much larger than the original 80202.

Originally Posted by bonnar_bloke
Hi SimRice,

Yet another nice result, but then we've come to expect that from you being that you're a Senior member in the group.

I have to ask, was this mower originally the lighter "Apple Green" as I feel it would've been due to it having the kinked lower handle bar section to accommodate the 3 HP Briggs powered unit that would've been it's original power plant. If it wasn't that colour then it would've more than likely had the black chain case and Alpine Green Chassis.

Can you please confirm as you've not put up any before shots, regardless I can't speak any higher of your work as it's always top notch.

Cheers,
BB.

Thanks BB!

I must admit I wasn't thinking when I brought this one home and stripped it down. I can confirm it was the apple green series 2, however it had been repainted quite poorly. I went with the darker green, just because I prefer that colour over the apple green. I wasn't going for the true to original restoration, more of an improvement of the design.

Originally Posted by MattyD1
That looks deadset amazing!!!

Thanks Matt, I look forward to seeing your work on your projects.

Simon