MF obviously not a like for like restoration which I can appreciate a purist wouldn�t be too keen on. This was clearly not my intention. I wanted to create two refreshed and functionally improved work horses for maintaining my Santa Ana couch patch. Which, like what you see or not, both do extremely well.
Neither of these two machines had Kirby�s. Both were B&S - one 2.5 and the other 3HP. Their model numbers can confirm both B&S engines were the originals. And I still have both of them - in the shed taking up space and collecting dust on my shelves.
These engines are newer gen B&S 550 IC series. Think of it as like an LS1 transplanted into a Torana ;)
