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[Bolens1054]

It has a rope tied to the shifter that has my alittle concerned but the engine turns freely.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY INFO? IT ONLY SHOWS A 0 . IN THE MODEL

[Bolens 1000]

Nice Find!
Looks to be in good condition!
I'll take a look in my manuals and see if I have an owners manual/ parts list for your 26

[wilberj]

I belive the earler ones came with that hood.

[sacsr]

Great find! First time I have seen one of them!

[Alc]

Neat little , another tractor I've never seen before ,good luck with it , Al

[Bolens 1000]

For some reason I cant get my Microsoft office to work properly so I'll have to upload the manual as an image for you:
You will probably be able to see it better if you print out the pages.
So far I have got it narrowed down to 1966-1969
Can you read the numbers on the briggs?

Judging by the seat cover I think its a 8728 Model

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[Newpaws493]

No info to add about model#, but congrats and as farmerall said., I'm glad it came home to GTT family. Good luck gettin her back in shape. Lookin forward to the updates.

Edited by Newpaws493, July 28, 2012 - 08:11 AM.

[KennyP]

Cool little mower! Should be able to get in small areas with that.

[Bolens1054]

Got It Started today . cleaned the carb out and i cant believe it it work the transmission works and it even mows. Here are a couple vids of it.

Edited by Bolens1054, August 14, 2012 - 07:16 PM.

[Bolens1054]

Here are some pics of the carb and air cleaner. I need to find a rebuild kit for the carb . no ID marks any where it is a 5 HP Briggs

Edited by Bolens1054, August 14, 2012 - 07:29 PM.

[Newpaws493]

Congrats on getting the start & Run, Cool lil rider, makes me want one too ! Whats next?

[Bolens1054]

Congrats on getting the start & Run, Cool lil rider, makes me want one too ! Whats next?

After i restore this either a walk behind tractor or ride master.

Edited by Bolens1054, August 14, 2012 - 10:15 PM.

[Newpaws493]

After i restore this either a walk behind tractor or ride master.

Oh, so this is to be a restore, I must've missed it. Looking forward to the progress.

[Bolens 1000]

Great Job on getting it running! It sounds good too

[MailmAn]

Wow, that runs pretty well! It sounded like you were a bit concerned when you first picked it up whether it would run at all, let alone drive. Congrats on a great find! Can't wait to see it when you're done if you're going to restore it. Looks like you do have a couple of rust holes on it to patch up unfortunately...

This looks kind of like a newer version of the little rider that you have, Bolens 1000, the Green Brier? Can you tell us a bit more about these two? Was the Green Brier the first small riding mower Bolens made in the late 1950's to early 1960's and the suburban mower here was made in the late 1960's-1970's? They are pretty neat little riding mowers and it's good to see them up and running again!

Edited by MailmAn, August 15, 2012 - 08:24 AM.