OT---Lawn Mower ID Help

8N'r--WI · Mar 31, 2014

Does anyone know what kind of mower this is?

crawlerjohn · Mar 31, 2014

Looks like a Gilson or a Montgomery Wards.

8Nr--WI · Mar 31, 2014

Thanks,,,,looks like this pic I found for a Mont. Wards doesn't it?

Billy NY · Mar 31, 2014

Not sure if they were made for any other stores or under another brand, but that is definitely a Montgomery Wards product, my old neighbor, now deceased 19 years, a USMC WWII and Korean War veteran, worked for Wards most of his life, had the same one, styling is a dead on match, its those round headlights that stand out and are synonymous with Wards or at least in my memory.

He was a big ole brute, an extremely nice person and towards the end he used it to get around. He came over one mid-winter morning, and we were talking, he said, "I don't think I'm going to make it too much longer" Its the last memory I have of him, (as I worked out of town), on his Wards tractor. He passed that April of '95 with all of us at his side on a sunday evening, till his last breath. You done brought up some memories LOL !!!, He really got some use out of that one, had the snow blower and soft cab, big lawn, large garden etc.

I did a search on the net to see if I could find any photos or literature of this style/model, nothing turned up.

crawlerjohn · Mar 31, 2014

It was built by Gilson for Wards. They also made some for Sears and maybe TSC.

schrade · Mar 31, 2014

I agree Gibson built. I have one that looks like that only yellow and white. Twin 16 briggs, manual trans, Pulled a one bottom plow real nice.
Wards brand name.

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