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Great find. I wish someone would give me something like that. You having it?

Those wheels will look good. As to the engine mods? I can only guess.

Nice view.

Interesting photo's Rhys.

Maybe belonged to a park or gardening/landscape business sometime in the past.

What a beast. It's a shame the skimmer and conveyor are missing off Jonathans. But who knows, parts may turn up somewhere.

The Showman wants a big engine for a project. And he really likes Americana.

Ouch!

I use Dropbox now. Photo Bucket got to be a pain.

Well done Jonathan. Methinks I'm due a visit. Really like the wheeled one. BTW. Getting your collection down for display will be fun. Want a hand?

Old Faithfull, my C-125 has just had a change from grass cutting duties. 150 blocks to move ready for building a wall along the back of the house. When I think of it, I've owned it for about 4 years. Cuts the grass verges out on the lane and the green opposite the house, about every two weeks 7 months of the year. Apart from oil changes, greasing and a new air filter, it has not been touched. Not bad for £70. The Saxon trailer cost me £50.

I just might do that this winter. Although the piston crown looks pretty clean through the plug hole. The Spitfire goes to a new home this week, so that'll free up a lot of space in the workshop.

Not seen one of those Francis Barnet twins since my teens. My father had a Leader for years. Looks like a good variety of exhibits. And I stand corrected. Indeed a Granada. What about an HGV licence?

I've a couple of sets of loppers. Handy things to have.

The green Cortina estate brings back memories.

What's the monster mower in the first photo, George?

Engine's not been touched. Got good compression and doesn't burn oil.

The C-81 has been playing up for some time now. Would idle really nice. But open it up and it would frap and bang and die, unless you shut it off quickly. Fuel starvation symptoms. Though could be ignition ones. Not really had time to sort it, as the C-121 had precedence. Decided to see what I could find yesterday. I'd already tried another carb some time ago. The original is a fixed main jet, while the other is adjustable, but slightly smaller bore. Also the original has a plastic float while t'other is brass. Coil had been swapped and another fuel pump, (Courtesy of The Showman) fitted and tried. No joy. Checked for sticking points. OK there. So carb off again, cleaned out, though float bowl clear. Blown and poked and float level checked. Float bowl gasket made from two 'O' rings and carb replaced. No change and the float bowl still leaked. The previous process was repeated several times during the afternoon and early evening, with no improvement. Finally decided to call it a day out of consideration for my neighbours. Those next door anyway. I like them. The others are sort of in-laws. The C-81 is not the quietest of things as some will testify. This morning decided to fit the other carb. Cleaned it out, checked it over, made a gasket and fitted it. Some tweaking of cable adjustment and fired up.Things still the same, though you could open it up a tad more before things went pop and bang. Idle mixture was carefully set and the engine put, putted nicely. Main jet mixture screw twiddled a bit and things marginally improved. SWMBO took the dogs for a walk and next door went out. So fired up and ran the revs up while twiddling the main jet screw. Eventually I got it running reasonably well. Not perfect, but much better. I think a silencer that silences may improve things, so one of those is on the to do list. I'll give it a run out tomorrow and see how it performs. Oh yes! The float bowl leaks.

Looks like it got a bit damp, Paul. Unless the water on the seat was due to over excitement.

He'll get some mileage out of that tank.

Nice job as usual, Richard.

Your not wasting any time. Looking good.

Not much then.

Looks good fun. The dog enjoyed it's self as well.

Nice job there, Darren.