Very nice indeed.
Up until this spring I had five old Lawn Boy mowers. Picked them up used for dirt cheap because they weren't running. If they had spark and weren't seized, I knew I could get them running and did. The oldest was a 1964 with points ignition and was beige, not the usual LB green. The next oldest was a bit newer and was green as were the other three.
Since we're moving into a condo, we don't need mowers in town so I gave three away and kept two for out at the camp. One with points ignition and one 1974 self powered machine with electronic ignition. Actually, I have a riding mower at camp. I kept them more for appreciation of the best mower ever made and nostalgic reasons.
They are indeed marvels of reliability, simplicity, functionality, light weight and power.
Prior to going on my Lawn Boy quest, I had bought a brand new 1990 self propelled Echo mower with a powerful Suzuki two stroke engine. I'm guessing that it was a Suzuki engine from the design and appearance. There was actually no name stamped on it anywhere. All it said was "Made in Japan". Maybe Echo built it but I have doubts about that. Compared to the light and nimble Lawn Boys, that thing was a tank. It had to be twice the weight. Once I acquired the LB machines, the Echo never saw daylight again.
A word of advice.... Don't know what year your machine is but Lawn Boy's achilles heel
was their electronic ignition CDIs failing. If you lose spark, there's a very high chance that's the reason. You might want to scout out a source for CDIs. Not saying it will happen but the possibility is there.
Enjoy you mower.
By the way, is your plane all white? And what time did you fly in. I'm near the Bradenton - Sarasota airport and like to watch the air traffic coming and going. I might have seen you???
