Hi Greg and grumpy , yes ,I cut the ring out of the Masport , sorry that I wasn't clear in my post , it was a tedious job with a jigsaw and finished off by filing and grinding but the end result was worth it , in my opinion .

I referred to the Masport as a late model as I prefer the earlier models to restore , 1950's and 1960's models , but if the price is right then I will spend some time on the "later ones " .

I have now restored twenty seven mowers in the last eighteen months since I started , ( have just been promoted to trainee from novice ), and I now have only three post 1970 mowers in my shed ,these are used occasionally on a rotating basis on my lawns , not like my " old " ones which do not get started very often .

My model 2 is the mower that is started regularly for demos if anyone comes around and is interested .

To be honest , all the model numbers and specifications mean very little to me , I just like to firstly get them running and then make them look pretty .

Years ago when I was in the engineering industry I would have known ( and been interested in ) the specs but those days are long gone now .

Sorry if I offend , but there are a lot of better things in life to me than details of machinery .

Cheers Al

ps. these are my other two post 1970 machines which do get used , I believe are 1988 and 1982 models .

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