New here. Need help finding brand

[1990Unkown]

Hello everybody. I just decided that I want to fix an old lawnmower that my dad bought for $1 about 10 years ago. He bought it from my grampa who had it since it was new. It burned oil pretty bad when my dad got it, so he didn't use it long. It has been sitting beside the house for about 6 or 7 years now. He said I could do whatever I want with it. I figured that I would rebuild the engine, do a pulley swap and some other mods and make a racing mower out of it. I started looking at it today and couldn't find out what brand it is. It has a 12hp Briggs motor. I found that it is a 1990 model. Has a 40" deck. I took a few pics of it. I need help determining what brand and model it is.

 

[midnite rider]

Definitely made by Murray, as I have a model similar as you can see in my avatar. Yours is probably there Pro series. Look at the similarity between the models in the pictures I attached below and your model.
In your last picture is the identification tag which should list the manufactuer, model and serial number. It is located in the rear just above the towing hole. It should say that it was assembled in Lawrenceburg, Tennesee. Hope this helps. :thumbsup:

The following are brands that were owned by Murray
AMF (American Machine & Foundry)
Dynamark
Dynamark Plus
Murray
Murray Classic
Murray Performance (Sold at Mills Fleet Farm and AAFES (Army & Air Force Exchange Service)
Murray Pro
Murray Select
Murray Ultra
Murray 2000
Noma
Noma Cady Plus
Noma Performance
Noma Signature Series
Sentinel (sold in Europe)
Stanley (under license)
TurfMaster (sold in Meijer stores)
Ultra
Yard King
Yard King Elite
Yard King Performance

The following are brands that were built by Murray
Agway
AL-KO
Bertsche
Bestgreen
Cast
Dynastar
Eaglestar
Ering
Eumot
Flandria
Granja
Hako
JardiPro
JC Penney
Lawn General
Lowe's
Masport
NESI
PowerPro (for Kmart)
Quality (for Quality Farm & Fleet)
Quality Pro
Ronz
Scott's (sold at Home Depot)
Sentar (for Univert)
Statesman (for Southern States Cooperative)
Tempo-Trac
Texas
TTI
Turbogreen
Unilux
Uniropa
Victa
Wizard (for Western Auto)

 

[midnite rider]

Oh and by the way
:welcome: to the forum. Lots of good information here to help you with your task. :smile:

 

[midnite rider]

As a sidenote, last I heard Murray was purchased and is now owned by Briggs and Stratton. I believe they are no longer being made or in business at this time. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[metz12]

my dad had the newer version of that. its a murray but i cant find what kind of murray it is. sorry

 

[jakewells]

As a sidenote, last I heard Murray was purchased and is now owned by Briggs and Stratton. I believe they are no longer being made or in business at this time. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

The brute mowers uses the Murray design Briggs and stratton produces those and MTD is currently producing Murray equipment but it's just a red mtd with Murray stickers on it.