1958 Wizard Deluxe Push Mower Restoration

[@jkxelor1295]

beautiful, nice work. Thank you for saving such a cool mower.

[@MaxAC]

Thank you, I was very excited to save this one.

[@adamfuller385]

I have 15 1950s mowers in my rare collection

[@tombarlow6176]

Very nice restoration and what i like most is no talking. This is a bolt this is a carburetor

[@pabloperlo4479]

Beauty work, congratulations

[@MaxAC]

Thank you. I had fun with it. Cheers!

[@tellyvt]

You did a fantastic job on this! With the white wheels and lighter green paint it is a dead ringer for the one I used as a youngster, which would have been a 1959 model. First machine I had a working familiarity with. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

[@MaxAC]

Thanks for the view and comment. I really had fun with this one. Cheers!

[@larrycroft470]

Just discovered your channel. Greatly enjoy restoring old mowers and cars. Good job on your video. New subscriber

[@MaxAC]

Welcome, Im glad you are enjoying the content. I try to improve each video for the viewer. Cheers!

[@poolmotorrepairguyFL]

cool motor #1

[@brucebonkowski9568]

I like the rusteloum hammerite green paint for the deck coat the bottom of the deck with pickup box coating

[@hutchcraftcp]

Montgomery wards sold a version of that mower as late as 1984. I bought a new one with an identical deck and a Tecumseh 2 stroke. 18 inch deck. They were blue. $84.

[@rogercamp6071]

Those Lauson/Tecumseh 2 cycle engines are tough as nails,many years ago Dad took one of those and put it on a magnesium deck to make a brush mower, the carburetor was out to lunch so he put one from a Lawn Boy on it and we mowed a lot of tall weeds and brush with it (as well as a stray copperhead snake I encountered)

[@MaxAC]

Snake slasher!! thats awesome. Cheers!!

[@jeffmullinix7916]

Your right ! This mower you have dont have hardly any hrs on it . You got a good one there .

[@MaxAC]

Thanks, I think its a great mower. Cheers!

[@al52269]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber here from Philadelphia PA

[@MaxAC]

Thanks for the view, Cheers!

[@toberlorenz8784]

I haven't seen one of those mowers in 40 years.

[@whitehunter6492]

so just like to mention. I have a tecumseh AV600 looks pretty much just like this one. Its a 2 stroke. actually has a pull rope with rewinder on it though. at least 40 years old and i have it running as well.

[@markcwynar6394]

That's a Mona Lisa, Superior job, that looks like it should belong in the jewelry box!

[@MaxAC]

Thank you for the kind words. Cheers!

[@kevinchavey8289]

Nice job.

[@MaxAC]

Thank you

[@vicv9503]

A1 job. impressive. make more vids!

[@MaxAC]

Thanks, keep checking my channel. I post videos every couple weeks or oftener.

[@brucebonkowski4526]

Could spray a clear coat but under deck scrape clean I use pickup bed coating or 3coats of paint just use a ice scraper glove box type make made of plexiglass does great job spray with silicone spray

[@kylesavage9028]

U do gud with things u do.

[@jeffmullinix7916]

You should have put it back original . Red wheels , As close as you can with metallic green paint and leave the engine bare but run it threw the sand blaster . to clean it up . Taking off the flywheel .

[@57Banjoman]

I would be proud to cut my grass with that machine!

[@lesdabney2144]

You did a fine job restoring that mower. It looks like new. Where did you get the decals?

[@MaxAC]

The package I showed is a local decal and clothing store. They were perfect replicas.

[@ahorsenamedoaks1377]

Nice early MTD

[@MaxAC]

Thanks

[@michaelfleming40]

I bet that mower cost around $35.00 brand new in the 1960s. 😊❤

[@brucebonkowski4526]

You might like to check out rusteloum hammered green and other colors I feel it give working equipment a nice look the silver looks cheap for handles but spray gray paint dusted looks great I use the black hammered paint

[@MaxAC]

I will have to look for hammered green, It sounds interesting.

[@jasonharlin2803]

Very glad I found your video, I'm getting ready to restore one of these myself. Where did you get that wizard deluxe decal?

[@MaxAC]

I had a picture of the original with the measurements and had a graphic design student reproduce it.

[@tbeery196]

Great video! I have a mower just like this that I recently got to run after a lot of cleaning. I’m still confused on how the throttle works on these. What controls how fast the mower runs?

[@MaxAC]

it has a governor to control engine speed.

[@charlesgreen8604]

Nice restoration. Where did you find the decals and make/model plate?

[@brucebonkowski4526]

Might want to put in a inline filter

[@brucebonkowski4526]

The engine I felt I leave it aluminum and paint the cover and cylinder head

[@tonyrhonda7432]

I have the same mower

[@MaxAC]

That's awesome, I haven't really found much information on it.

[@brucebonkowski9568]

Need a new rope and handle some Lucas or Seafoam fuel system cleaner mixes with the fuel

[@BillLaBrie]

I think they sold these through Western Auto. House brand.

[@MaxAC]

Yes. I have recently discovered that they sold a lot of items with the Wizard name on them.

[@constructioncenter]

Is it for sale?

[@MaxAC]

yes it is actually

[@rdety]

Nice job but I would have left the orig Paint..You can't even get that Color anymore..

[@MaxAC]

I really consided leaving it original paint but in the end wanted to see it like new.

[@melvinthemechanic]

The paint should be a little bit darker

[@MaxAC]

I agree, the original color was more of a blue green metallic but I could not find a match anywhere. Thanks for the comment.

[@michaelerickson1518]

You ruined it

[@MaxAC]

Did I? How?