Blade-clutch Lawn-Boy R7271 with out-of-ramge Serial Number

[FuzzyDriver]

I bought a new (never been started) R7271 last year (no - I'm not kidding, it's never had gas in the tank even). The serial number is B264C0056. This type of serial number does not appear in the service manual. The C is really a C, not a zero. The B should be for a 1983, but from what I can tell there wasn't a R7271 until 1984. Anybody have any idea what this thing really is? Anybody have any idea what a NOS mower like this is worth?

 

[Rivets]

Please post a pic of the ID tag.

 

[FuzzyDriver]

Here you go, Rivets:

 

[tom3]

Pretty decent mower, pretty unique too. Don't know about a dollar figure but not cheap.

 

[FuzzyDriver]

Pretty decent mower, pretty unique too. Don't know about a dollar figure but not cheap.

I've watched that video several times already. Thanks! Is that you in the video?

 

[tom3]

No,not me. Just a big fan of the old Lawn Boy mowers, especially the basic non-propelled models. Got a kick out the guy hitting it with the power washer too.

 

[FuzzyDriver]

Me, too. I have several Lawn-Boy mowers, one other one is just shy of new. There is a thread on it here I bought it off the showroom floor a few years ago. My daily driver is a S21ZPM ('92) and I kick myself for ever starting that other new one (a S21ZSN).

So do you have any idea what that serial number means on my R7271?

 

[Rivets]

You are correct that model was not released for sales until 1984. I suspect you have a 1983 prototype which was not supposed to leave the factory.

 

[FuzzyDriver]

Oh, my. Now I need to go back down to the dealer and try to prod him for more information. He is going out of business (that's how I came to find it in his shop), but maybe he's still hanging around there. If it's a genuine not-for-retail prototype and never been started, does that make it worth a bunch? Any idea how much? I don't really collect them myself, I just couldn't pass it up when I saw it.

 

[Rivets]

Sorry, can’t really help you more, as I’m a tech and even though I’m old I’m not an historian.