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Just realized I never added any photos on here of the TAS pump I picked up awhile back.

I think she is up to 21 or 22 now.

Hi all! Been a while, but I have done some work on my 1978 Westwood Gazelle. I have owned it since 2015 but there's been a few years it wasn't running and I did not have time to do anything with it or sort it. My goal is to get it running, and I would like to fit an underslung exhaust with a rear exit. It's in pretty good shape overall, would be fun to have it running again!

The Gazelle is finally up and running!

I don't think this will answer your questions, but I thought I would add this for anyone interested in the history of this machine. In the early 1970's I worked for a company, Garden Mechanisation in High Wycombe. This was the lawnmower sales and service company owned by Gerry Hazlewood, who subsequently went on to form Westwood Engineering. At some point, Westwood had purchased a stock of Dynamark Tractors from the US (I think). These had been shipped to High Wycombe in bulk and stored at the rear of the Garden Mech location on the A40 east of High Wycombe. Problems were; these were not initially sold in any quantity and also their storage location was at the bottom of the yard alongside the River Wye (the Buckinghamshire, not Herefordshire Wye). The river Wye routinely floods in winter, meaning these units were frequently waterlogged for extended periods. As a somewhat junior engineer, I was often tasked with unpacking one of these from their soggy cardboard boxes and trying to get them to function again as tractors. On most occasions I managed it, and these went on to be sold to some unsuspecting customer. Please accept my belated apologies for the condition of your mower, if it was one of mine.

A very similar one dragged out of it's burial ground yesterday. Same gear lever arrangement, footrests, exhaust, hood. 8 hp engine on this one. The front and rear wheels are the same diameter although with different tires. Turned on it's side to remove the remains of the cutting deck. The exhaust can be clearly seen. Track rod broken.