Like I need more projects.... :laugh:
BTW, I am up to 4 now if we have a Build-Off!
Anyway, saw this on Ebay. Seller had 0 feedback and noone had bid. I said to myself "What the heck, bid on it." My one bid was the only one and the winner. Local pickup only... No problem, about 50 miles North of me. Nicest little old lady answered the door and led me back to a shed and said its in there. We talked for a bit and she had asked her son to setup the Ebay acct to sell off some of the stuff that had collected in the shed for years. She was growing her own herbs and has quite a garden. Definitely someone from a by gone era.
Wife thinks my buddy that lives up there found it in a barn... :laugh:
Anyway, here we have an almost complete Model B. The only thing really missing is the seat. I have the side screens. Looks like it was originally yellow, with repaints in red and finally grey.
The serial number looks like BC88 or BG88. Very hard to read and lightly punched.
Briggs has no numbers on it, just an old flojet 3hp.
Nothing is seized up. Motor rolls over and has compression, wheels roll, forks move up and down, and the in-grip throttle works! Grips are shot though.
On with the pics!
Your basic 3hp Briggs...
Sticker makes me think the recoil/shroud at least was replaced... :shrug:
Funky homemade throttle setup, and how do you use the kill with a spark plug boot?
And the clutch. Salisbury...
Only one problem with it...
Serial number barely visible here. I had to take about 8 pics to get one where you can see it.
Jackshaft pics
And the front brake. Someone added the bracket to it which is tacked to the fork. Grrr. Chrome might be salvageable.
Now what? I keep thinking to myself :doah:, but the dirty is done.
BTW, I am up to 4 now if we have a Build-Off!
Anyway, saw this on Ebay. Seller had 0 feedback and noone had bid. I said to myself "What the heck, bid on it." My one bid was the only one and the winner. Local pickup only... No problem, about 50 miles North of me. Nicest little old lady answered the door and led me back to a shed and said its in there. We talked for a bit and she had asked her son to setup the Ebay acct to sell off some of the stuff that had collected in the shed for years. She was growing her own herbs and has quite a garden. Definitely someone from a by gone era.
Wife thinks my buddy that lives up there found it in a barn... :laugh:
Anyway, here we have an almost complete Model B. The only thing really missing is the seat. I have the side screens. Looks like it was originally yellow, with repaints in red and finally grey.
The serial number looks like BC88 or BG88. Very hard to read and lightly punched.
Briggs has no numbers on it, just an old flojet 3hp.
Nothing is seized up. Motor rolls over and has compression, wheels roll, forks move up and down, and the in-grip throttle works! Grips are shot though.
On with the pics!
Your basic 3hp Briggs...
Sticker makes me think the recoil/shroud at least was replaced... :shrug:
Funky homemade throttle setup, and how do you use the kill with a spark plug boot?
And the clutch. Salisbury...
Only one problem with it...
Serial number barely visible here. I had to take about 8 pics to get one where you can see it.
Jackshaft pics
And the front brake. Someone added the bracket to it which is tacked to the fork. Grrr. Chrome might be salvageable.
Now what? I keep thinking to myself :doah:, but the dirty is done.
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