Dull Men's Club
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I had a mower like that at an old cottage years ago. It was an old ugly mower from the 70s that a local small engine mechanic had fixed up and sold for $50. It looked like hell but it worked fantastic ... it was more than a mower, it was a brush cutter that could mow down bushes with 2" diameter stems. I used it to clear land. Someone "borrowed" the thing years ago and I lost track of it. I miss those old mowers.
Any motorized device that is over 40 years old was built for practical use and built to last longer than 10 years. Most of the parts are made of metal and the things are tuned to use as much power as possible. There's a reason why that old tank of yours lasted so long. Fix it and it will be good for another few decades.
I'd get some metal strapping, form it into the shape of the tank ... make two of them and secure it all to the motor .. then spray paint it all the same color to make it look like it was designed like that.
Yup that's exactly why I love this old thing. I have a lot of old trees that constantly drop branches etc and this thing is just as happy being a wood chipper as it is being a mower. A friend let his grass get super long to the point his newish mower couldn't handle it, this old machine just walked through it all with hardly any fuss.