Cylinder Mower identification, please
Good Morning everyone,
My Auntie is renovating an old farm house in Scotland, isle of Whithorn.
She's found a few gems for my collection, cylinder mower and rotavator in the out buildings.
im looking for some identification help on the Mower please, it's a little rusty, but I'm still hoping to have a go at restoring it.
kind regards, James
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Good luck with your resto,
Good luck with your resto, but a little too far gone for myself, first thoughts are Webb but maybe Atco a good sand blasting at least is required as an essential I reckon.
To me the clutch lever, the
To me the clutch lever, the tank bracket and the hex cutting cylinder shaft all say Atco.
Thanks for the replies.
Thanks for the replies.
I think most of you are right and it maybe a bit far gone. But once I have it back home I will see what's what. It maybe that I could make a garden feature out of it.
I find it hard to let old relics die and go to the scrap yard.
Hello welcome to the forum,
Hello welcome to the forum, looks like you have another Atco Motor Mower 950/60's 17in cut? (image below), to be honest I would think the only way to restore it would be to sacrifice a similar model that's in much better condition! I have scrapped many similar models probably 10x better condition than this one, there are many around so not sure the time, money & effort would be viable. Must admit the thought of an old mower being discovered at a farmhouse on a Scottish Island would have perhaps been an early Shanks from say 1890's? Keep looking.
Despite the above you have a nice collection of Atco's & a great Tractor.