Hi Justin,
Welcome aboard !
Well I think you've picked up a bit of a Heinz breed mower there with it being made up from a few other machines.
Firstly the engine is a 1994 built unit being made on the 21st. of April of that year but I strongly feel that this is not the original power plant on this chassis as the engine is of the era of a Rover Red Model 45.
Yours is known as a Rover/Scott Bonnar and yes it is powder coated Kermit Green, some thing that will have to be blasted off if it is to be saved. This machine is the perfect example of why powder coating is a poor choice on a mower, just check out all the corrosion all over it and how the powder coating has flaked off over its life once it looses its bonding with the base metal.
I must agree with you that the proposed colour scheme that you intend to choose is also my favourite as well, so from my opinion it's a good choice.
Can you inform me as to what the small white sticker near the ID tag represents ? is it merely a number on there or what ?
The chains and sprockets look reasonable to me with only the cutter sprocket starting to show its signs of wear and will eventually require changing. Depending on how far you intend going with this project you may want to change it in the due course of the restoration.
Please do keep us up to date with lots of photos to document the work being done and don't hesitate to ask questions.
Cheers,
BB.
