Hi again Boony, I have just done some research for you...your 2, 14 inch Scotty 45's are quite early machines, both solid one piece engine deck and given the date of manufacture (thanks grumpy) being May and June 1969 would, considering freight time from USA, possibly mated with the chassis late 69 or early 1970.
Please note;
all 14 inch Scotty's had the 2HP silver Briggs and Stratton, from the date first introduced in 1968.
The 17 inch machines had the Kirby-Tecumseh HK 25 2.5HP engines, carried over from the Model 33, and later the HK 30, 3HP engine.
Your 17 inch machine is also an early machine; (prior to 1973) with the horizontal chain-case screws, metal screws for the grass deflector, solid engine deck and will have the front roller with the alloy end caps riveted in. I can't tell you much more as it is disassembled.
