Steve that front roller is a beauty, i was thinking of going down to the local exhaust guys and seeing if they had pipe this size, what did you use ? Since my last post i have made up my mind i like the galmet jade green. im not going to stick with the original color scheme, on my 14" it appears the handle bar plate and gear cover plate are black i have seen this on other pics of this model the kirby 2.5hp engine 45 series mower. saying this i found a nice hammered brown sounds odd but looks good for now when i get the frame worked out and put it together ill post a pic.
on another note, i posted 2 frames both are in need of repair as they are cracked; the red around two of the nuts and the green one well it obvious, which one would you choose and how would you go about the repair? thanks for any advise in advance. regards Mark