Hi all - new mower collector and first timer here on the forum - wanting to ask about any info that can help me on the latest mower that came home with me :-)
Found it at the tip recycle centre for $15, missing a fuel cap, impulse starter, and the rear right wheel is torched from the exhaust. Quick clean of the plug, freed up the throttle cable and fuel tap, fresh fuel, then a wash, bit of aero start and runs like a dream! I think its a J64? Has a VK-30 4 stroke, chartreuse green in colour.... 60�s but what year specifically? Have found some info from the forum but doesn't seem a common mower - Are these rare? Keen to hear from someone who can enlighten me please. - cheers all!
Hello vk-30 Many thanks for sharing those wonderful record images.
Yep, I guess that is 'Chartreuse Green' there. I note that '4' is cast in the base and the machine has a 'wash port' for cleaning the base.
I note the J64 in Turner material has a different fuel tank. It may be this is a J63 ...?
These are rare ... in the sense Turner has been ignored in lawnmower collecting circles. It's only in recent years that Turner is getting recognition. Needless-to-say, 'rare' does not mean 'valuable'.
I have written a lot - but not enough yet about Turner.
I'd suggest that this might be an early J64, factory fitted with a 'runout stock' J62 engine, as it's colour-matched. That would make it of 1964 vintage, I'd say.
The '4' cast into the base is a J64 characteristic, going by those pics, and would denote 4-stroke.
Cheers, Gadge
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Sorry Gadge, I'm not so convinced... That often-quoted chart has devil in the lack of detail. Note the lack of 1963 models ...?
Turner certainly made mowers in 1963 - but without significant change - best guess. This could very well be a 1963 job. - a '62 model with cosmetic changes.
This is a 19" deluxe machine but with the older standard VK fuel tank. I am thinking older not later. Certainly not 1964. My best guess ... 1963.
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence", after all. Particularly as there's a dearth of original Turner promotional and technical literature, these days.
Cheers, Gadge
"ODK Mods can explain it to you, but they can't understand it for you..."
"Crazy can be medicated, ignorance can be educated - but there is no cure for stupid..."
