[SEL] Briggs eng dating needed

[cgandree at mchsi.com]

Hey Alan how does one determine the date?  Is off the serial number its self 
or what.
Thanks alot and Ron too.
Curt


----------------------  Original Message:  ---------------------
From:    Alan Bowen <rustaholic777 at yahoo.com>
To:      The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Subject: Re: [SEL] Briggs eng dating needed
Date:    Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:44:31 +0000

> Sorry, Ron, but make that March of 1953.
> 
> >From that site,  8>))
> 
>         1127641              is the last 5S built in February.
> 1138387 is the last 5S built in March.
> His 1135296 would have been built in March.
> 
> rdhaskell at juno.com wrote: It looks like Feb of 1953 to me.
>  http://www.asecc.com/data/briggs/data4.html#5S
> Ron Haskell
> rdhaskell at juno.com
> Riverside, California
> USA
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=3009370&f=0
> 
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:05:27 +0000 cgandree at mchsi.com writes:
> > Today I judged our local 4H fair kids with their small engine 
> > projects and had 
> > a 10yr old youngster bring a nicely restored briggs engine to 
> > display.  
> > Needless to say he received a blue ribbon and I recommended he take 
> > his engine 
> > to our Illinois state fair.  He was asking me for help in dating the 
> > engine so 
> > really could use your help.
> > 
> > Briggs Eng:  Model: 5s   Type:  700302 Ser: 1135296
> > 
> > thank you in advance.
> > Curt Andree
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