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Post# 411679   7/18/2019 at 20:06 (1,737 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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I found this wreck in the woods last winter. The tag says Starbrand corp, which i here is related to the Red Cap brand. Other than that, I cant find any information or even pictures of this specific mower. Does anyone know anything about this? Is it hard to find? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Post# 411737 , Reply# 1   7/19/2019 at 16:40 (1,736 days old) by bisonian (Where the buffalo roamed! (Ocala, FL))   |   | |
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From the Indianapolis Star, April 22, 1951
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Post# 411740 , Reply# 2   7/19/2019 at 17:05 (1,736 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 411829 , Reply# 4   7/21/2019 at 07:32 (1,734 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA)   |   | |
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Post# 411831 , Reply# 5   7/21/2019 at 08:37 (1,734 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 411832 , Reply# 6   7/21/2019 at 08:53 (1,734 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 411851 , Reply# 7   7/21/2019 at 15:05 (1,734 days old) by Lesinutah (Utah)   |   | |
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Post# 412300 , Reply# 8   8/2/2019 at 16:30 (1,722 days old) by huskyvacs (Gnaw Bone, Indiana)   |   | |
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It looks like a very very very early push mower. The staggered wheel pattern was not used very long, and being a smaller deck, it was made for tiny suburban yards of the 50s.
It's worth preserving it and fixing it up. Just simple sheet metal patching to the deck to stabilize it and then bondo the holes and sand it all down. There is no surviving photos of assembled mowers from this brand. The closest deck I could find is this one by Eclipse. www.picclickimg.com/d/l40...
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Post# 412396 , Reply# 9   8/4/2019 at 21:17 (1,720 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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I will this winter. I did end up finding the ad for it, it appears the woods is missing a lot of engine parts.
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Post# 412407 , Reply# 10   8/5/2019 at 01:47 (1,720 days old) by tolivac (Greenville,NC)   |   | |
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Probably will have to get another motor for the mower if its missing a lot of parts.The picture showed the top end bell gone. |
Post# 419419 , Reply# 11   2/2/2020 at 15:51 (1,538 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Well
I went back up to grab a couple things, and took a look at the mower. The entire side is totally gone, but the rain did clean out the engine. Should I still save it? If so I will go up later tomorrow. There are lots of metal pipes and tubes so there is a small chance the handle is in there. |
Post# 419420 , Reply# 12   2/2/2020 at 16:09 (1,538 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Yeah the people that made the pile did not try to fix it. In fact, most of whats there has been destroyed just enough to not be repurposed. I found an antique Western Flyer pedal tractor up there. The hood was removed and someone purposely twisted the bottom part up to make sure no one else could use it.It was rolled up and torn in places. Jokes on them, I untwisted it, mounted it as best as possible, and am now using it for garden art. There is more like that too, I brought down a 1960s bicycle today, there are several broken welds and the rear wheel was crumpled in half. Like the Hulk got to it. It was clearly run over by an atv as there is a now very overgrown atv path leading to it. I am still going to try to fix it, but it is very aggravating. Sorry for that rant but it just ticks me off.
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Post# 419438 , Reply# 14   2/2/2020 at 20:30 (1,538 days old) by Hoover300 (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Mmm, that is a good idea. I will try to bring it down tomorrow. I say try because the hill is incredibly steep and slippery, and it was hard enough bringing a bike down by its handlebars. BTW if anyone wants to see it, I will make a post about it. There is half of another engine up there so I will bring it down for parts.
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