Hello everybody,
My sons and I are in the process of restoring a late 1970s Ride-on mower sold here as Gutbrod 2016H, among others.
At the time MTD was already heavily invested in Gutbrod. Today the old seat of Gutbrod in Bübingen in the Saarland is the European headquarters of MTD.
So it's not surprising that this mower was also marketed under other names, some of which I found:
- MTD 16/42
- MTD Super 16
- MTD 16 SL
- Ventzki Super 16
- ...
We immediately liked the "face" of the mower and so we took it with us, although the condition left much to be desired - as it turned out, even that of the engine.
We were very surprised to find that what we thought was ordinary, albeit small, headlights turned out to be the actual bulbs (12V @ 2A ~ 24W) - I had not seen anything like it before.
But look at that yourself in the attachment.
Two topics currently occupy us the most:
- where do we get authentic-looking replacement for the headlights of about 4inch / 102mm in diameter, as while one is fine the other one is broken?
- to get information, what could an exemplary serial number for this mower look like at MTD, as our specimen lacks any number, including the engine we dated to about 1977/78, also with the help of the B & S section of the forum?
Any help, any hints?
Thanks in advance,
greetings
Franz
My sons and I are in the process of restoring a late 1970s Ride-on mower sold here as Gutbrod 2016H, among others.
At the time MTD was already heavily invested in Gutbrod. Today the old seat of Gutbrod in Bübingen in the Saarland is the European headquarters of MTD.
So it's not surprising that this mower was also marketed under other names, some of which I found:
- MTD 16/42
- MTD Super 16
- MTD 16 SL
- Ventzki Super 16
- ...
We immediately liked the "face" of the mower and so we took it with us, although the condition left much to be desired - as it turned out, even that of the engine.
We were very surprised to find that what we thought was ordinary, albeit small, headlights turned out to be the actual bulbs (12V @ 2A ~ 24W) - I had not seen anything like it before.
But look at that yourself in the attachment.
Two topics currently occupy us the most:
- where do we get authentic-looking replacement for the headlights of about 4inch / 102mm in diameter, as while one is fine the other one is broken?
- to get information, what could an exemplary serial number for this mower look like at MTD, as our specimen lacks any number, including the engine we dated to about 1977/78, also with the help of the B & S section of the forum?
Any help, any hints?
Thanks in advance,
greetings
Franz