Welcome, Larry!
Hope to see some of your acquisitions from the northwest. Don't want to upset your collecting schedule, but there were a couple of really cool Honda HR17's in the Seattle area, I think in Renton. These are so small 17" deck that you could add them to your future JD collection without taking up a lot of space. Just need carburetor cleaning.
They have side valve 76cc motors on them. Check Craigslist for Seattle!
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Only $75 and I bet he'd sell it for $40. Also comes with the bag which is unobtanium form Honda!
The other one is very clean, but he wants more for it: $150.
This and the HR21 were the first Honda mowers imported and built in Japan!
Good Luck!