Well It has cost me 35 dollars so far as i only paid for the sand blasting. I was lucky enough to know a paint supplier who gave me a litre of hammertone green enamel (for nothing) to spray.. I had the red paint already in the shed - galmet signal red and mixed a dash of golden yellow to make the briggs orange. That will be for the engine and reel..

But i suppose if i had to pay for all the paint you could set aside say $75 at least. So total $110 for the paint and sandblast and all labour done by me. I think thats getting out of it pretty cheap though!

So Id say 350 is probably a fair price for someone else to do it esp if he has to prep it all.. But if you do it yourself you need the tools, materials, consumables such as thinners, masking tape, clean up, utensils etc plus the time.. So I'd say for everything painted with no fuss or worries it'd be reasonable..

The thing I keep reminding my self is that to buy a new 20inch cylinder mower i am looking at upwards of $1400. So if i can get away with spending half that or less for a fully restored machine with all new components, bearings etc you'd be getting an ok deal..

I have also spent $100 on getting the handle bars rechromed.
I am yet to buy bearings and other small parts I require. I'm thinking my resto will be up around 350 but i have done it all myself and have had luck with having a few things already.