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Beautifully quaint and elegant all at once.

There is a man I know that used to be a Bolens dealer in the 70's and 80's and he has two Quonset huts full of Bolens tractors and parts. He says he will sell things, but when you come with a truck or trailer, he is not ready to part with anything. It's been 5 years, and still have never got him to let go of anything.

buying him ale, scotch, tickets to the game works, lol

yep they started using orange in 1969, the 1968 Serf model 515 was red, but they showed the 515 in the ad I posted with the lady driving. It appears in the photo as if the 1969 Serf 525 is red, but all photos I have found, including yours are orange. This is very common with Bolens they have even used a older single cylinder tractor photo on a new twin engine ad brochure.

Thanks, I found the post, are those weights, and your wheels the same size as the 12" bolt on wheels on the GTs, or are these weights smaller? I want a red Bolens dump cart BAD!

They were red, sort of, Simplicity used a red up until the early 1970s, then went to a orange red, similar to, if not the Allis orange, red in 1972 with the 3400 series, the 3300 series might have had this same paint in 1971, not sure. I would say it is a safe bet to say all Simplicity tractors were red (and later some white accents) prior to 1970 and that all Allis tractors were mustard yellow, after 1971-1972 Allis moved to a white and orange scheme for the transition time when they were building their own tractors in Lexington South Carolina, but at this time the Simplicity was transitioning into a white and orange tractor with the 3330-3400 series. When the forced government split between Allis and Simplicity was repaired the Simplicity's were white bonnet, wheels, and fender stripes and orange frame and fender base, while Allis tractors were Allis Orange. The Allis Orange used on post 1974 garden tractors however is not like the early Allis orange used on farm tractors, in fact it may be the third color of Allis orange that was used on Allis brands. Sorry you asked Nigel?, lol. Here are two pictures of the new 1969 Simplicity tractors, the entry level Serf (translation-your a poor bloke) ridden my the lady, and a step above, Yeomen (translation- your a poor bloke with a bad back) ridden by the man, they are the second color of Simplicity red, a little brighter red than the Simplicity used on the older Wonder Boy and Model 700 and walk behind tractor models

The manual can also be a help for identifying missing or non OEM parts as well. They are a great source of information on how the machine was put together and how it works and is nice to have when you do need parts and find yourself without a manual. I wasn't implying it was broken or somehow defective. They are geat little machines for a small lot, I've had quite a few 7-8 hp machines that cut better than anything made today, your 5 hp is a quality made machine.

No need for a circus bear reference anymore, lol

Here is the parts manual for the tractor and the owners manual for the engine 5hp briggs owners manual.pdf Simplicity 525 parts manual.pdf

Please post some pictures of the wheel weights. Thanks, Alain

oops, lol

I haven't seen them personally, but I did a google image search, and found a few pictures I could post. Like this one of two lovely ladies enjoying the beach, sans sand, but I wish I was a stone under a sandal. I thought you could swim Chris?

I found an nice kit like this with the optional belt powered side discharge grass collector on A ST140 for 300.00 and my friend thought it was to much money. A guy in the next town over bought and sold it a week later for 900.00.. This is a great mower for a small plot, excellent that got a tiller with it!

was that an insult, lol

I learned that a rotavator is not just the English word for rototiller, the way it works, no wonder it was such a hit. I think many rototillers are called rotavators when they aren't one.

I don't even get frisky with the wife without steel toes

My favourite is the 1962 on the far right

Okay, so after doing some research on the internet I'm still confused. Much of what I read says that Howard was an Australian company, no mention of the UK, what gives? Reading the link Dave posted, seemed to help, I gather Howard is more than one company.

I don't think the Dodge truck looked that good brand new, nice pictures. I really liked the Winget 550 yellow tractor in the first pictures. Looks like maybe a Wisconsin engine?

Who was this guy? I would like to know more about the history of the man/company. It seems like an interesting story. A man bent on bringing Bolens tractors to the UK and making sure he had his name on every one. Of course I know a few sneaked in under the fence, lol

Looks like something from Star Wars

Sorry, no here in the states, Iowa https://cedarrapids.craigslist.org/grd/5678406858.html

Built in steps to make it easier to get on the roof? It makes the ladder harder to nick

Thanks again guys, my problems seemed small now that the election has rolled around, lol

I know where two 1477's are for 400 each, maybe less