Chris J.
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Found this in a mower shop sitting in a box in pieces covered with 1/16" of dust. Was "strait gassed out of the box". Traded a mower I got at an auction for $5 that only needed a $10 carb kit to get it running. Rebuilt with a nikasil kit for $100. $115 total investment. View attachment 481756 View attachment 481757
Nice!
Back when the Dolmar 7900 was a relatively "new" model, I was in a pawn shop and found two Makita chainsaws, a 7901 and a 6401. Neither had any compression, but the store had a 'buy one get the second half off' sale. I don't recall the exact prices, but they were very reasonable even without the sale deal, because at that time few people knew that Makita saws were re-badged Dolmars.
Stupidly I didn't buy them. One factor was my wife was with me .
The store had the same sale/deal on guitars, and I passed on a very rare--historically significant, but not particularly valuable--acoustic guitar.