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It came in a BIG envelope that measures 13.75" x 18". Inside that was yet another envelope that has a Bolens Parts Number sticker on it. Inside THAT envelope was an OEM set of the Bolens Bi-Centennial Decals. Now I know that they wouldn't be of use for you UK blokes, but for us in the colonies, it's quite a find.

The attached picture shows my O&R display at one of the local shows the summer before last. I have added a number of units since then and will be posting some of the more interesting ones in the coming weeks. I am a returning member. I was on the old Forum but am just returning after getting locked out when the forum moved last year.

The previous tenants had roofed the well house in 1975, they just put asphalt shingle right over wood shakes. It needed replaced 20 years ago when I got the place, but time and money did not allow it. The structure itself was built in 1964, just a pup compared to European buildings. Next I will tear off the old rotten wood siding and install Hardy board and a new door. After that I will remodel the the block shop, then the barn, of course it might be at least a year before I can get into either one of those projects. I hoping that by this time next year I will be employed and being accepted to graduate school.

The trailer is a 1 ton bed from a old 1970 Dodge truck that once belonged to the Corps of Engineers. The Corps of Engineers turned Oklahoma into a water wonderland by building over a dozen LARGE lakes in the eastern half of the state, one lake has 1,300 miles of shoreline. Our lake Oologah is three miles up the road it is more than 12 miles long and was built by damming the Verdigris river and impounding by stone bluffs on the sides. I use the trailer for odd jobs, the most important is to get gravel from the local quarry, I regularly put over 5,000 pounds of gravel in it for my driveway. Our place is 20 acres, mostly prairie, but a small pond a a couple of large oaks, the neighbors to the north and on both sides have over 1,000 acres and my friends on the North side of the the lake have over 10,000 acres, I think that's a little over 4,000 hectares, its 12 miles to the grocery, but we have a small convenience store a few miles away. Land here is generally around 5,000 and acre in large lots, but can run up to 20,000 dollars for acre lots with utilities. Lots of elbow room

That's three of us.

You have my sincere commiserations.

You and me then! You seen my ad then??

That's great news Neil, be nice to have some time together over a beer in the garden

Have booked in at the west leas , from Thursday 4 to Friday 12 , in the milk cottage , apparently I am your next door neighbour chris .

I think I'll be keeping them as they are. There is a fella here un the States that had a batch of them reproduced, so if/when I get a 1976 model, I'll most likely get a set from him.

The Canadian Wisconsin site is still up, the American site is down, the page that had the production date codes is gone on the Canadian site as well, error code 404. I think I made a .pdf copy, just have to find it in my highly organized library of thousands of manuals, lol.

Thanks Ian, and I used a 3M Scotchbrite pad to clean the piston. Matt