RBM wrote:
"ChrisCoaster" wrote in message
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When I was between the ages of 3 and 9, I recall my Dad using a lawn
mower that you had to "wind" to start. It was a typical-looking push
gasoline mower, but it had this wind-up handle that you (1)unfolded
from the top of the engine, then (2) wound up several times clockwise
and folded up again, and finally (3) threw a pair of levers up ontop
near the handle you pushed the mower with.

1. Who made these mowers and
2. Any photos?

I vividly recall to this day the language that came from the back
yard as Dad tried to get that thing to start and run for at least 3
minutes between "winding". The winding sound is actually similar to
rapidly passing a stick across a picket fence or the clickety clack
sound some bicycles made because their owners put a stick in the
spokes that made the sound as they rode down the street.

Thanks for helping to revive these memories!

-ChrisCoaster

I don't know what they called them, but it was a Briggs & Stratton
engine. The thing actually worked pretty well. I remember them around
1965

I had one. It was a Toro.

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Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
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