OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Rare Finds & Donations New Twin added to my family

Hi everyone,got a phone call from my parents last Saturday saying that Dad had found a Supreme at a Garage sale for $5.So down we went to collect.Here's some pictures.






I did get it going but after getting it home now I can't.I guess there must be junk in the carby.When it was running it was running better than most twins,it was very very smooth.Just a bit noisy,as the muffler plate has rusted away,as usual.
The only real problem is the catcher it's not in such great shape.I do have another reasonable red catcher so I guess when it comes to restore time I will have to try and paint one green.Someone has buggered the handles up.It looks like they maybe lost the section divider between the bars and have put a short one in,not to worry I should have another set here.All in all I'm very happy for $5.

Hi Jeffrey, on a good score there mate, It will come up a treat when you give it the treatment....

Should be this afternoon.Going for a bit of job searching shortly.Then I will clean it up and hopeful get it running again this afternoon.Will add clean pictures when it's done.

Here's a couple of more pictures.Maybe better than the other pictures.

Fantastic price.
Good buying for any mower at that money.

Shame about the catcher.
With a soldering iron and some donor plastic anything can be fixed. Might not last or look the best, but it could be fixed.

Yeah I know Bob,but it may just be easier just to paint a red one.I have a spare red catcher that is in fairly good condition.

good score ! the disc is similar size to others but longer blades ? still cant believe th size of those things

Painting plastic is frough with perril.

I would strongly advise against it.

maybe i was lucky ? painted a catcher a few months ago , scrubbed it with truck wash 1st and painted when it was hot with VHT pressure pac still on and looks good so far . been hit with the pressure washer a few times and sticks well it seems . but time will tell

You just have to get a plastic primer and it will work quite well.Remember how many car bumpers are painted in plastic.The paint just has to be able to flex a little,but it is very doable.

With the right paint.

But the bumpers on cars are not 30+ years old plastic thats weathered and dried out.


My thinking was more along the lines of plastic fuel tanks and motor bike plastics. Fuel tanks are a different issue, but motorbike side plastics are not that different.

Twin catchers are hard to find.
If you have a good orange one, painting over it is basically throwing away a good orange catcher that might have been worth a lot of money to someone or might have been a swap for a good green one. (i doubt it the orange ones are by far more common)

Im sure its a ways off yet, if i remember right you have a big pile of mowers to restore.

Yes that's the problem I do have a few restores in front of it.The biggest problem at the moment is to many other fixable/sell-able mowers in the way at present.Can't get to my restores.It's giving me the pips.Anyway your right something may turn up.If not I guarantee painting one won't be a problem.It will work out just fine.

This is the you-tube link for it.

sounds great , realy different sound wish i could get this one running too haha goodonya !!

Yes there not the easiest mowers to get running properly.

or running at all . the one here i would just like to hear running before it leaves ! one day i might try harder with it , finaly got some time off haha but the boss needs things done too around here . a tad worried though , its rumbley in the bottom end so i dont need to do damage !! oh yeh thats the same catcher i said i painted , still looking good too how old would it be ?

Does it have spark to both cylinders and is it getting fuel?

strong at the front , blue but dull at rear .. fuel yes i think but the engine was full of water when i got it , hence the noisy bearings ! but its ok i'll try again soon but dont wanto damage more than it is already but man it would be great to hear it going ! same as yours though no bottom left on the muffler , just gauze type stuff and bits of rusty steel . its been sitting now for a month or more , no plugs and under cover in the warm breeze , we still have !! so nice n dry now i hope .

Sounds like it might be advisable to pull engine apart and check it before starting.

i would for sure yes but its been given to mr davis so i dont like to pull it apart now . i dont like getting basket cases , too hard too work out without proper manuals or knowlage . haha im having enough trouble with plastic carby's !!

Oh well it's not worth worrying about then.

hmmmmm 2 weeks off ? im sure i can work it out . only problem is no blade disc , but a smaller one seems to fit ( not for working tho ) just for a flywheel . i'll see if i'm allowed by the cook . parts might be a problem

Hmm you may need one that is around the right size.Otherwise the engine may be a little unbalanced.

The disc is the same just the blades are longer. Same blades as the later Tornado and the contractor mustang. You can buy the blades from bunnings.

A disc with no blades is fine for running a mower. Not so fine for test mowing grass. lol

Only ones that have their own discs are the compact and the older full crank utilites.
All the other discs have the same distance/diameter blade bolts reguardless of the shape.

Thanks Bob I thought it may have been.I have never actually but them together to find out.