Flymo was the company that had those hovering lawnmowers, right?
Your is the more common style with the powered wheels. Can you share a photo of the complete unit? Curious what it looks like all together.
Good job on keeping it alive/working.
OK - when I can get back to where it is, I will take a few photos.
Flymo were originally famous for the "hover" type, and come to think of it, I still have an abandoned one of that sort stashed in the neighbor's barn. I thought it was not so much "flying" as "dragging around a plastic guard with a spinning blade" in it's undersides.
Great job on the John Deere. The ride-on tractor is not in the same league as a walk-behind mower. John Deere kit is very popular around here, but I think most of the stuff on the farm out back is JCB. When I am done, stuff like mowers will not have a home in my outbuilding. I am already getting picky about what machines will grace that space. I just have to navigate the line between replacement and nonsensical repairs.
Fixing up? Repairing? Refurbishment? Restoration?
I guess it may be about the status of the object when seen through the filter of a guy who is a member of a group called "Hobby Machinist".
If it's a old Flymo, it gets pop-rivets prosthetics in aluminium. Repairs regardless is a kind of extension to hoarding junk!
BUT ..
If its an old South Bend, it gets unlimited TLC. Every part that it needs gets replaced/restored, upgraded, and made to look good. Maybe to be like like original new, but with a specification that likely exceeds the way it was when it left the factory. OR - it might end up with modifications and extras. If it carries some patina, and dings from encounters in it's previous life, that's OK too. This is also "repairs regardless", but not to "hoarded junk".