It's very exciting to discover someone is on their way to making these diamonds in the rough into polished gems.
As you have pointed out, there are so many out there as they have been produced for forty years for a great chunk of domestic mowers out there and even despite the tens of thousands that have ended up at the tip without being harvested for their bits, the sheer numbers produced over that time will ensure that they will be plentiful for some time to come.
This will make a great lawnmower engine the perfect lawnmower engine. I just wish the word would spread so as more people won't give up on their treasures and turn to the throwaway four stroke.


Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!