I can't really say "find" because I've known about it all my life,but not many others did. It's been on a 40 acre farm over 4 miles west of me all my life. I thought the old guy bought it new,but his grandson said it was two years old when he bought it. I thought it was original paint too,but it's been repainted a long time ago apparently by the look of the ignition switch plate and shift pattern plate,but the paint's worn off the fender where somebody had their hand on it will working it.
The old widow died in 2011 at just a few days shy of 105 years old,so it's been sitting a while. Her husband passed away in the 80s. It's still 6v. The generator works,the rear 10 38 tires are original,it still has the rubber bumpers under the battery and the original battery hold down. I put a new battery in it and it fired right up. It just needs new rubber torsion springs for the seat. It's a 54 model with disc brakes,serial number 4501 542. Despite the wrong muffler,the hood isn't even cut. They've taken care to make a heavy curved bent pipe so it comes straight up through the original hole.
I plan to just buff it and try to bring back a shine and put new decals on it. It's just way too nice to paint. You can see from the hole in the drawbar how little use it's had.
The old widow died in 2011 at just a few days shy of 105 years old,so it's been sitting a while. Her husband passed away in the 80s. It's still 6v. The generator works,the rear 10 38 tires are original,it still has the rubber bumpers under the battery and the original battery hold down. I put a new battery in it and it fired right up. It just needs new rubber torsion springs for the seat. It's a 54 model with disc brakes,serial number 4501 542. Despite the wrong muffler,the hood isn't even cut. They've taken care to make a heavy curved bent pipe so it comes straight up through the original hole.
I plan to just buff it and try to bring back a shine and put new decals on it. It's just way too nice to paint. You can see from the hole in the drawbar how little use it's had.