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svsam · 01-02-11, 06:20 PM

I thought i would start a little thread to show ya’ll what i do in my spare time. Those of us who like a good restoration will enjoy. For a good 12 months now my brother and i have been buying lawnmowers! The idea is buy the really really crappy one, old, rotten, dead or alive we get them. When we get the we strip them right down, get the engine running and decide weather its worth the refurb treatment or more use as spares.
heres a few we've got at the moment

this was my brotehrs first an he says he wont sell it, its a good work horse for only 5hp engine!

we got this one sunday as a non runner with no drive.

and with a little clean up it looked a bit better.

have the engine running now, and it has a diff on the axle which is shot so we're going to weld it on one side up. 2 tyres and some tlc should see it in good order again.

svsam · 01-02-11, 06:24 PM

oh yeh, my brother is only 14 and he's the brains behind it all!

yorkie_chris · 01-02-11, 06:33 PM

Careful with such extreme performance, it might take some getting used to the extra speed after riding a pointy

DarrenSV650S · 01-02-11, 06:37 PM

Good project. Do you sell them on?

svsam · 01-02-11, 06:39 PM

we sure do, my brotehr joe lives with my dad, an dont think he'd be to happy at having more than 10 ride ons there. he's keeping one at my dads work to make space.

embee · 01-02-11, 11:10 PM

Hmmm, cutting edge technology.

L3nny · 01-02-11, 11:19 PM

Hope they look like this when you've finished

01-02-11, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by embee

Hmmm, cutting edge technology.

svsam · 07-02-11, 01:37 AM

PROGRESS

i got underneath the bolens to see how it looked, and i must say this is one of the best built mowers i have ever seen! there is a only suface rust on it, no rottin through like most!

so i thought i'd give it a little clean and paint while i was there.

We've also been and got another lawnflite today, a smaller version of the 504 seen on the first post, this ones a 501

this one only has a 5 horse engine opposed to the others 8.

thats all for now

07-02-11, 08:50 AM

01-02-11, 06:20 PM	#1
svsam Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Shropshire Posts: 195	lawn mowers! I thought i would start a little thread to show ya’ll what i do in my spare time. Those of us who like a good restoration will enjoy. For a good 12 months now my brother and i have been buying lawnmowers! The idea is buy the really really crappy one, old, rotten, dead or alive we get them. When we get the we strip them right down, get the engine running and decide weather its worth the refurb treatment or more use as spares. heres a few we've got at the moment this was my brotehrs first an he says he wont sell it, its a good work horse for only 5hp engine! we got this one sunday as a non runner with no drive. and with a little clean up it looked a bit better. have the engine running now, and it has a diff on the axle which is shot so we're going to weld it on one side up. 2 tyres and some tlc should see it in good order again. __________________ SL0 jack up kit-yoshimura can-tial tidy-(so far)

01-02-11, 06:24 PM	#2
svsam Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Shropshire Posts: 195	Re: lawn mowers! oh yeh, my brother is only 14 and he's the brains behind it all! __________________ SL0 jack up kit-yoshimura can-tial tidy-(so far)

01-02-11, 06:33 PM	#3
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: lawn mowers! Careful with such extreme performance, it might take some getting used to the extra speed after riding a pointy __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

01-02-11, 06:37 PM	#4
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,414	Re: lawn mowers! Good project. Do you sell them on?

01-02-11, 06:39 PM	#5
svsam Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Shropshire Posts: 195	Re: lawn mowers! we sure do, my brotehr joe lives with my dad, an dont think he'd be to happy at having more than 10 ride ons there. he's keeping one at my dads work to make space. __________________ SL0 jack up kit-yoshimura can-tial tidy-(so far)

01-02-11, 11:10 PM	#6
embee Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,804	Re: lawn mowers! Hmmm, cutting edge technology. __________________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"

01-02-11, 11:19 PM	#7
L3nny Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: MK Posts: 2,111	Re: lawn mowers! Hope they look like this when you've finished __________________ 2015 GS 1200 Adventure

07-02-11, 01:37 AM	#9
svsam Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Shropshire Posts: 195	Re: lawn mowers! PROGRESS i got underneath the bolens to see how it looked, and i must say this is one of the best built mowers i have ever seen! there is a only suface rust on it, no rottin through like most! so i thought i'd give it a little clean and paint while i was there. We've also been and got another lawnflite today, a smaller version of the 504 seen on the first post, this ones a 501 this one only has a 5 horse engine opposed to the others 8. thats all for now __________________ SL0 jack up kit-yoshimura can-tial tidy-(so far)

07-02-11, 08:50 AM	#10
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