Oldtimers, Youngtimers and Vintage Motoring

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A community for everything old and youngtimers! That includes Cars, Bikes, Trucks, Bicycles and all other old Personal Vehicles!

Oldtimers are Defined as Vehicles 30 years or older, whereas Youngtimers are between 25 and 30 years of age!

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The Wonderboy X-100, an experimental air-conditioned lawn mower, 1957 (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] Blue_Morpho 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I find it insane that you can buy a used Toyota Camry with AC for the same price as a zero turn lawn mower.

I've often dreamed of buying a tiny car and welding a mechanical reel push mower to the front. Then I could mow the lawn with AC and relative quiet.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i give you The Ron Beer

[–] Blue_Morpho 1 points 6 months ago

That man is living my dream!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Completely different engineering (ZT transaxles are hydrostatic), but yea, it's nuts they cost as much as a car.

Far, far less material, far less structure, no safety engineering (well, not like cars anyway), and frankly pretty low quality structural design and manufacturing. My family is always welding something back on, or replacing a part.

What the hell are they charging for?