Ok, below is an email I recieved back from Ariens in America. I sent them the link to the post. Ummmmm..........

Greg

We have no records of our Emperor mower being relabeled under the Mobilco brand name.

It does look like an Ariens machine which we did make. All product from Ariens Company brought into the export market always had the Ariens name on it and not completely removed. We in the past did not sell our product under other names.

Daniel C. Haese



I have since found this picture of one, "Ariens by Mobilco". However the Mobilco logo in the bottom corner of the ad is similar to the logo on the latter ID plates I have, not the earlier plates.

The mystery continues........
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