Originally Posted by prd
G’day again Blended,

So 4/88 and 9/89.

The 88 decal is a dead giveaway of the build year of that machine (good ‘ol bicentennial year. expo 88 too). I’m assuming it’s the machine with the 4/88 engine.

It’s a fair bet those are the original engines and probably your best indicator of the age of the second machine. Folks here suggest adding up to 6 months (maybe more) from the date of engine build when trying to estimate the age of a machine. This allows for shipping and storage of the engine before it’s use by the OEM. This suggests this machine is a very late ‘89 or early ‘90 build.

Looks like a couple of very tidy machines you’ve got there. I’m curious to see what you do with them.

Cheers,

Thanks again prd for the great reply!

I have taken the body off the "88" last night and from my somewhat limited experience with Ride-on's/Greenfields i would happily say that this machine is original.

The "89" i haven't yet dove too far into, i plan on removing the body panels over the next few days in order to thoroughly pressure clean both of them before i do anything else.

I also grabbed a (from what i can tell) a Tractor 11 last night as well. $25 was to hard to pass up lol.

With some great advice from Norm, i think i will use this one as the donor chassis for my project.

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