No Andrew, I'm not the boss, just one of the moderation team here at ODK.
All I have done is shifted your post to the most appropriate area, which is 'Identification of Particular Machines'. This gives your post the best chance of being viewed by our members and hopefully a helpful reply.
In answer to your second question:
This is usually a hard one to answer; to restore or conserve...but for you there is an easy solution...as you have 2 machines, as you have said, fully restore one to showroom and the other conserve in a sympathetic way, keeping it as original as is possible.
In answer to your third question:
Owning 2 Ransomes and having one in showroom and the other in its 'working clothes' and cutting your lawn is the best possible outcome.
I cannot advise you on swapping or selling...it all depends what you are chasing in engineering or design..Ransomes tick all those boxes and have a long, long history...You are lucky to have 2 examples.
We would like you to post more pics here in this thread, instructions for posting pics using our forum Inline Uploader can be found
HERE You are learning to navigate around the site, as far as forum etiquette is concerned, common sense is the keyword, and you are doing just fine, mate.
