E15 Restoration Page 3 -
Receiving
When it arrived, I unpalleted it (the crate was scrap) and snapped these pictures:
The seat, rear battery box, and fenders were disassembled. There was some upholstery on the seat back, but that bottom would NOT be comfortable!
The interior of the front compartment didn’t look too promising, though everything was there.
I don’t think that’s supposed to hang loose like that…
That one either.
The lower edge rust on the front panels wasn’t too bad, but they would have to come off to fix the frame, and they were rusted solid.
The front…
And a closeup of the bumper. Yes, it has a lift, but the strap isn’t visible here.
The other side was a little worse.
The dash looks more dirty than corroded.
Well, OK, the dash panel is corroded, as is the throttle assembly.
I don’t know about the support arms or the casters. The casters are bent, and the arms seem to be, also.
New (or rebuilt) mower motors!
No project would be complete without a few miscellaneous parts!
The deck. As you will see, it’s pretty bad, but all there.
That’s the remnant of the crate in the foreground, and the dissolving blocker plate on the deck. It’s the only part that was actually rusted through.
The back end was pre-disassembled.
The deck support arm pegs were the worst point of rust on the frame.