An update on progress, the last of the parts were painted and look great. I opted for Brunswick Green for the bars, originally chromed but the only option was silver paint and having done that before it just doesnβt work for me.
The bars were a real mess, seized broken /bolts rusted through rods, missing springs and of course more rust. Drilled out the sheared bolts and recapped them, found some donor parts from the later Corvette that with machining will work and using a shortened click rod all will be good.
Picked up a blade plate with new thrower blades on it which will be fitted onto my nice painted one. I was surprised at how bent over the blade is to enable enough air to move the grass into the catcher.
