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About two months ago i was given a 1976 (model 5274) Lawnboy. It was sitting out beside a friends residence and i asked him about it. He said that it was his dads and he didn't know what he was going to do with it. I offered to buy it and he said that i could have it. He said that it had not ran since his dad passed away about 25 years ago. I took it home and checked the gas tank and it was empty so i put some fresh mixed gas in and primed it and pulled the cord about 6 times and it fired up. The deck is magnesium and was missing some paint and the handles had some rust on them so i decided to repaint it and clean it up. I used VHT engine enamel (Grabber Green) and i painted the handles black and took off the grass catcher chute and replaced it with a new cover and took the original plug out and cleaned it and now it starts with the first pull. I didn't take any before pics but here is the after pics.

Nice,,,you can't beat free. You did a great job painting it too.

Jeff

So nice to see another classic Lawn Boy brought back from the dead. That one is a keeper.

Your excellent work is motivating me to start searching for one of those "suitcase" models.

Yeah, I love those suitcase models. :cool2:

Looking good!!!!
Makes me want to jump into my old suite case.
But I am in the middle of a brick top, and only want to do one at a time.
Lee

This is one of my favorite models. You did a really nice job freshening up that mower! It pays to ask questions, as you well know...lol.

That is a real nice find, and a great restoration (with a puff can) That color really looks pretty close to authentic. How does it look in real life?

That is beautiful, great job! His dad would be proud of that if he were there to see it. Always love seeing an old mower resurrected to that condition. Two thumbs up!

To me it turned out fantastic. When i showed the guy who gave it to me he said "that his dad would be very happy". Like i said it sat for 25 years and now it starts first or second pull. It still has the original plug in it. I took it out and cleaned it but other than that it is a great little mower. Thanks

We would have the commercial grasshoppers buying the Toro's the four cycle heavy iron. They would buy fertilizer, lime, fescue and bluegrass, antifungual etc.
My dad's friend, he finally gave a lawnboy a try. It sure was expensive then the regular fours and it made funny high RPM sounds... Years later he did admit that the lawnboy while 60% premium over the other mowers, it sure did outlast 3-4 of them other ones.

fabricgator said:

We would have the commercial grasshoppers buying the Toro's the four cycle heavy iron. They would buy fertilizer, lime, fescue and bluegrass, antifungual etc.
My dad's friend, he finally gave a lawnboy a try. It sure was expensive then the regular fours and it made funny high RPM sounds... Years later he did admit that the lawnboy while 60% premium over the other mowers, it sure did outlast 3-4 of them other ones.

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You sure are right about Lawn Boys outlasting other mowers.

My first and only brand new mower that I ever bought was purchased about 36 years ago-a 19 inch Lawn Boy model 5247. Yes it was expensive for the time: $231.00!! My Dad showed up as soon as I arrived home with it and immediately berated me for buying "that expensive 2-cycle junk". Dear old Dad has been gone now for 4 years, but that same Lawn Boy still runs. It is now part of a collection of 4 other vintage Lawn Boys that get used regularly. Over the years, I watched all my neighbors go through 3 or 4 new mowers--only proving to me that the 5247 was really not that expensive in the long run.

It's a shame that the original OMC-Lawn Boy Co. no longer exists.

2smoked said:

You sure are right about Lawn Boys outlasting other mowers.

My first and only brand new mower that I ever bought was purchased about 36 years ago-a 19 inch Lawn Boy model 5247. Yes it was expensive for the time: $231.00!! My Dad showed up as soon as I arrived home with it and immediately berated me for buying "that expensive 2-cycle junk". Dear old Dad has been gone now for 4 years, but that same Lawn Boy still runs. It is now part of a collection of 4 other vintage Lawn Boys that get used regularly. Over the years, I watched all my neighbors go through 3 or 4 new mowers--only proving to me that the 5247 was really not that expensive in the long run.

It's a shame that the original OMC-Lawn Boy Co. no longer exists.

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You are right with "OMC-Lawn Boy Co. no longer exists." They were fantastic, yes a little pricey but i feel that you get what you pay for. I used to live in a small college town and i found a Lawnboy somebody threw in a dumpster. Of course i jumped in and grabbed it and i got it running and it smoked a little bit more than it should but i ran it for two to three years. I had another Lawnboy at the time and i would use the "free" one for my high weeds and rough stuff. It did fantastic for a free mower.

What a beauty. Wow.