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They aren't all pretty, they need work, most of them, but they're tough as nails and these alone will keep me busy and happy restoring, repairing and tinkering for quite a while.

Left to right, here's the rundown:

Jacobsen uncloggable, unstoppable, incredibly thick and heavy cast deck, Subaru engine...worthy of being in this picture.

C21ZPR, 1969 6252 (almost ready for paint, I partially assembled it so it could be in the picture, 6255 from Canada, 6431, 8431, 6257 w/ remote air filter, incorrect handle-soon to be added metal carb essentially making it a 6259, and finally an 8401 that needs a new hat. Anybody that has one for sale please PM me, doesn't need to be mint, can be from a JCP model too.

These are my favorite models, the tough ones. I wanted just one of them when I started gathering Lawn Boys and now I have enough to last me a lifetime. Of course, I want just one more...








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They're really not that great looking, not all of them anyway. Some are in the midst of a long slow resto and some need a little o' this n' that but they are good solid built machines. Except the deck on the 8431 which might have been used somewhere in Wisconsin to mow around a swiss cheese factory...got a replacement deck already waiting.

Thanks for looking though guys. I'm pretty happy with them and once I make a million dollars I'll retire and do nothing but restore and perfect them and the other 85 I'll have by then...
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Yes ODF and yes TW, those are the ones you guessed correctly. The 6257 I picked up from Ron is awesome.It runs very well and plows through whatever. The 6252 from Croc is in the middle of a S L O W resto. I figured it deserved to be in the family photo though. It's coming along, the motor is together and clean. Needs a coil and some paint yet is all. I even have nos orange wheels and a mag chute waiting for it!
Thanks for all the nice comments, I was pretty shocked once I realized how many commercials I actually had. Haven't looked them over in a bit.
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ODF, you made the right choice. The '57 is a prime/pull/pull/pull/chug/chug/chug/chug...well, you get the picture, I need to go through the carb and also replace the seals and there is a bit of vertical play in the crank also. It's a good pallete and has plenty of potential of course but I think you took the right one.

I picked up that remote air filter NIB from that guy in ST Louis with the huge amount of stuff. I think all LBs should have something like that after seeing some of the innerds of them coated in grass and dirt sucked around and through the low filters. Wish I was crafty enough to fashion something like it from scraps and a vacuum hose.

Thanks Mhdi22, I have a regular sized lawn, maybe even a very small one in comparison. Definitely not big enough to justify all these great machines, but I love them anyway. I have a 100x140 lot here split in half front and back by a fence (the gate isn't big enough to drive a rider through) and a 2 story house that has a small foot print so it's heck to mow with a rider. I'd spend more time turning around than mowing it seems. On the other hand, when I'm done mowing with a pusher, I know I've done a little work. It's right in between.

And Brad, the garage/shop is my brother's. He's kind enough to let me keep them and work on them in an unused/vacant shop so it works out great, until he finds a (paying) tennant! And it's basically in my back yard, about 100 yds from my place. I keep the inside clean and the outside mowed, so it's a win/win situation. :fing32:

Thanks again for the compliments guys, I just hope to get back to work and get some time to do them all justice. I have been working like crazy flipping mowers I find and working a part time job to save the collection of my favorite and cherished machines. I have about 20 +/- I couldn't part with unless it came down to them or the poor house I guess...and if the poor house has a garage, well...:trink40:
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