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No. 0106Yard and outdoors

1960

Craftsman lawn mower

Craftsman

Running 66 years

A wire wrap on the plug, the rest original

An old Craftsman gas rotary push mower. Not the one in the story. — An old Craftsman gas rotary push mower. Not the one in the story. Photo: Hugo-90, CC BY 2.0. The real one is in the original post.

The family that owns this 1960 Craftsman mower bought it new. Every summer, while they're away on vacation, someone else cuts their grass with it. It always starts on the second pull and handles hills and tight spots well. The only trouble has been the spark plug cap. Its metal is too worn to grip, so a piece of wire wrapped a few times around the plug holds it on. Everything else is original.

Retold from a post on r/BuyItForLife. Read the original

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