Three minute movie, my 100 year old ATCO Standard lawnmower.
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2020
- This is a short video of my 1921 Atco Standard lawnmower, I explain a few of its features and then mow my grass, its almost 100 years old but runs perfectly and smell amazing running on Castro R vegetable oil at 16 to 1
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‘You can’t beat the smell of Castrol R on a sunny afternoon’…….. Perfect!
Back in the old days machines were built to last, made with the pride and honor of those who made them.
In today's day and age things are produced to fail in order to stimulate consumerism and satisfy the greed of giant corporations............
Thanks for sharing this wonderful machine with us 👍
How is there 23 thumbs down? Allen you are a national treasure and I absolutely love all your videos, please keep making them!
Your enthusiasm is second only to your abilities.
Thank you
When I was a 16 year old engineering apprentice, I worked at a company called Turner Spicer in Wolverhampton. It was on the old Villiers site which was huge. They even had an old Villiers car which we had to maintain and polish all the brass. And now 30 years later, after a lifetime of working as a plastic injection moulding toolmaker, I'm a senior Project Engineer and can appreciate all what Mr Millyard says and does. Proper old school engineering skills which what this country was built on. Thank you sir for allowing us mortals to see your genius at work. 🙂
When he says "I might make a V-Twin out of it one day", you can he can and will. What a legend!
thats what i was thinkin'
Would be awesome, but it would also be a pity to lose the original machine
@@Da5idc he might not do it for that reason. It would be cool but it would ruin it as a mower as it would be too heavy. I'd like to see it but I really Hope's he doesn't.
NAHHH, He's decided to build a radial instead.
Pls No That's Sacrilege!
Is it sad that I am more excited by this video than the 6 cylinder bike videos?
Because if this video I bought one of these mowers and restored it! Video on my channel!
Thanks Allen, an old friend of mine(sadly passed away 10 yrs ago) had a collection of vintage mowers in his sheds, and one of these was an Atco very similar to this with the 99cc Villiers engine on it, then another one was a Ransomes lightweight cylinder mower with the same engine only crank handle start!
Seeing your mower brought back memories.
Don't you just love the smell of Castrol R in the morning during lockdown?
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Douglas Nosferatou indeed.
Have my 77’ Husqvarna almost ready to blast some bean oil
Smells like Victory uh.. Garden! :-)
I love the smell of Castrol R at any time of the day, I ran all my 2 strokes on it :-)
Wuhan Batsoup I run it in my weed eater just for the memories
Someday...this lockdown will end !
Back in the day, people were smart enough to know they should not put their hands into a rotating metal fan, that's why there's no protective cage.
And smart enough not to need labels on bleach and other cleansing products stating 'DO NOT DRINK!'. I seriously worry about where this regressive evolution process will lead us to.
Aerage IQ has gone down at least 10 points in the last century. This is a true fact btw. Idiocracy beckons.
@@wibblywobbly1234 we no longer strive to live in a democracy. A sheep like mediocracy seems the goal now😵
@@howardosborne8647 To the current POTUS
@@simonsharrett9116 tds much the msm were INVITED to JOHN PODESTA in march of 2016 after he received a EMAIL from a globalist cultural stragiset who said THIS AS I've mentioned we all have been QUITE CONTENT TO DEMEAN GOVERNMENT DROP CIVICS DROP CIVICS IN GENERAL CON-SPIRE TO PRODUCE AN UNAWARE AND and COMPLIANT CITIZENRY... it worked they own you!
Fantastic, with the original pink Lodge sparkplug......Allen is always an inspiration.
That is a beautiful old Atco mower, it's a real keep sake. My grand father had a green Atco, and i enjoyed mowing my grand parents lawn in Sydney around 1956 👍 Au
Sir, dear Allen, just found your channel and I am astonished.... The passion you heve, the kindness and explanations are just incredible... I would be proud to be your pupil and learn/work with you. You are a mechanical genius and seem a genuin nice person to be friends with! Thanks for showing us that part of your life!
If I may add...a true English gentleman.
I remember the smell of castrol r and frying bacon in the paddock at race meetings. Who wouldn't
Probably the only man on the planet who I’d enjoying watching mow his lawn.
What a lovely old piece of engineering! I used to love the smell of Castrol R when I hung around with my old scrambling mates. Funny how evocative a smell can be!
I don't know about , "lets take it for a spin" it took you for the spin matey! Great piece of history kept in very good order.
Whew, I couldn't keep up with that one. What a speedster...! Castrol R, 40w I presume.
Seems fit for long fairways, not backyard corners. But what fun to watch!
And he’s considering adding a twin engine!
You put Castrol R in the lawnmower...
You, Sir are a Legend.!!!
My dad bought his Atco standard new in 1927, used it until he died in 1982. Great machine. It was quite an experience to use it.
Dad brought one of these home when I was a kid, there play with that, he was fed up with me "fixing" things that weren't really broken, to his surprise i was running behind it a few days later, 9 years old been watching him tinker with various machines, so put into practice. I was then given the moniker of "Stevie Wonder" which stuck until he passed, he had always wondered how i managed it, probably a bit of luck, but brings back great memories....thank you for posting this
Your story is mine also. 👍👍🔧
That lawnmower, looks like it would eat you alive, I love how it’s taking you for a run round the garden. Great video once again. Thank you for making my day better again
That's an awesome looking lawnmower. I love seeing old engines being used instead of stuck in museums. Clearly any thumbs down on this video are environmentalists who get butthurt at the mere sight of smoke. Sod em.
And dont forget the oil is sprays eveywhere
Another Ripper little vid Allen. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
That is without a doubt the coolest vintage lawn mower.
It’s proper fun to chase it around the garden
When products were built up to a quality not down to a price
The company is still making mowers today just updated a bit
No, it's a label, the original factory in Oxford is a trading-estate, & the company was bought out by Grove Cranes some time before production ceased & the site sold.
I didn't know I could find lawn-mowers interesting, what fantastic viewing!
I want one!
The sweet smell of Castrol R will take me back to my teenage Scrambling and Grasstrack days.
the smell of wet grass and castor oil - amazing
I had one with 20 blades.It came from a very large estate near my home.It had a ride on roller trailer seat and was used to cut the tennis lawns.the badminton court and croquet lawns.It was put in a shed when the Americans arrived in the 2nd world war and was left until 1970 when I bought it.I had to get the mag sorted and the carb was a bit if a mess but when I got it going it ran very well.I gave it to an old friend who has passed away and I am now going to see his widow to see if its still there.
My Dad had one of those engines when I was a kid, I used to take it apart and rebuild it repeatedly, that started my love of anything mechanicle.
Seeing this reminds me of the Atco greens mower I rebuilt. It was a monster with a 4 foot cut. Really well built but sadly the engine had had it so was replaced with a Honda engine. The first time I let the clutch out it leapt out of my hands and was off down the garden at around 20mph !!!! I hadn't taken into account the extra power from the Honda engine nor the gearing !!! Fond memories of trying to keep up with the thing but it cut beautifully.
This is so so nice! I still remember my 90+ year old neighbour - may his soul rest in peace - who used to cut his grass with an Atco. In my mind I can still see him being pulled forward by the Atco. His tiny arms reached out like elastic bands to the handles while his unheard foodpace was one of a 20 year old. He had a beautifull garden, the smell of his Honeysuckles reached out for tens of yards, with my eyes closed it felt like heaven. After he died the house is sold to some modern douchebags, they completely ruined the garden and made it look like some sort of operating theater, obviously with themselves as patients.
What a hero. I bet your neighbors love you and all your toys!
Keep making these fantastic machines.
Allen, I love to watch your videos. I wish the BBC or some other TV channel would give you your own TV slot!
Dammit man, you’ve even got a cool lawnmower 👍
emsjb05 suitably tuned up,cranking out a respectable 2.5 ponies..... all that porting and polishing paid off in the end. Still agree with the’Yard tho’, shoulda been a Vee twin....
You just don't see this kind of awesome engineering from so long ago...what a Beauty.
The workings of bye gone machines is truly fascinating, watching you bring them back to life is educational and entertaining. Steem, may be the future once they turn the switch off. The smell of Castrol 16 to 1, classic reminiscent of the old seagull outboard.
Would even make a great static motor huffing and puffing on a lazy afternoon just to smell Castrol . absolutely brilliant
Mmm, Castrol R - that takes me back to when I was a kid, smelling my Dad's old bike.
Allen she looks like a handful to steer around your small yard. What a wonderful piece of history. They don’t make them like they did in the past.
What a beast. When it first took off I thought it was going to take your arms off!
That's a proper lawn mower! Absurdly, well built. I want one!
there are often a few for sale on eBay
Sir, you are a madman and yes the smell of castor oil brings back fond memories of 2 stroke racing of days gone by. Smashing lawnmower!!!
+ 4 stroke.
Just a man throwing sick drifts with a century old mower. Awesome.
A true engineering genius and a lovely fella. We doff our caps to you sir.
This is a first for me! Never in my life has there been a single moment when I've been interested in lawn mowers - until today 😁 Great video and what a great vintage machine. As if that wasn't enough, there's the suggestion of a V-twin conversion! Brilliant.
That’s the greatest mower I have ever seen absolutely brilliant 🇿🇦
Arhh!! Castrol R that brings back memories of days at Oulton park as a youngster riding there on my James Comet 1956 Villiers 2 speed,the smell lingered in my nostrils well after I arrived home,As a 16 year old ran my Honda C50 on "R" back in the day until it burnt the exhaust valve out and had to push it home....memories brought back into my brain from all those years ago. Thanks Allen been following your exploits for ages,what a guy.
Of all the engine videos I've watched this one best illustrates the design brilliance and simplicity of the 2 stroke piston engine. Imagine trying to maintain this engine for 100 years with all the cam and valve mechanisms of a 4 stroke.
that thing is so old the grass has genetically evolved since then.... a spark plug you can take apart, tell me about repairability
Evolution is a lie.....but I get your point.
@@colemanadamson5943 so we have foot fingers NOT BECAUSE MONKEYS HAVE EM FUNCTIONAL... but because they are pretty to look... especially with nail polish LOL... also you can see earth curvature by every place over the sea, do you know ships look shorter after some distance? and this from every (round) angle
but you are the liar... every wise person knows that
i'm not replying anymore to this shitty topic, bye
@@colemanadamson5943 and God created everything.... Right.
@@bananasstuff3344 you forgot "magically" LOL
What a lovely machine! That brass(?) flywheel and the red fan! And the open conical clutch! Plain gorgeous!
I found your channel a few weeks back and I’m hooked. Your ideas are brilliant and your motorcycle creations should’ve bee offered as a factory option. 👍👍👍
Very nice what a lovely machine built to last. The days when people took pride in what they made
Awesome machine, and thanks for the memories of Castrol R - brings back fond memories of my Karting days 🙂🙂🙂
"What do you mean you got your hand caught in the fan? It's painted red!"
If it wasn't red before, it would be after that !
Add that to the "ministry of funny walks"..... :D
Reminds me of the time I hired a rotavator and didn't know about the stick at the rear to act as a brake! :)
Nice old machinery - just can't be beaten!
Nice video on a bit of real history. You commentary is spot on with a little knowledge and the pure joy of ownership.
Thanks for that. Cheers.
Brilliant stuff Allen , turned one of these down once when a friend who had inherited it , offered it to me free as he lost control and took out a low brick wall between him and his neighbour .A V-Twin would be awesome !
Love the smell of Castrol R, I use it for my vintage speedway bikes, never thought I’d be interested in a lawnmower, nice video Allen.
Somehow I feel that no other mower would be appropriate for this extraordinary man.
One day all mowers will be made this way. Fabulous.
This is the make we saw as children in the parks in London, looks like you need to be a runner to keep up.
Wow - what an awesome machine! Totally agree with you on the aroma of Castrol R!
Wow, This takes me back! In 1976 I ran a lawn equipment sales shop for an Englishman in Toronto, Ontario. One of the product lines we sold was the “Atco” line. One of the few quality reel mowers available here without moving to industrial level Toro or Ransommes equipment! A bit of a learning curve for me to learn the “English” way of doing things! Only seems a short while ago! How time flies. (The mower shop wasn’t a big operation, but he went on to make a fortune manufacturing all terrain construction forklifts, Load Lifter by name.
Great machine Allen . Who would have guessed even your lawn mower is a work of art.
16:1 ratio! Don't say that too loud or the British version of the EPA will come and take your fun away.
By the way, I love the machine. Very cool!
I would cut my grass every day just for the smell
This guy is a legend
👍👍👍😜🦄🏴🎣😁🤞✌️
Back in the day,every Ariel Arrow owner worth his/her salt ran their bikes on the famous "Cazzy R".The smell was amazing!Thanks once again Allen,Excellent!
Working on boats you don't see fan on a motor . And when i have to work on a car it's different got my fingers hit a little bit but still have all of them . Thanks for your Videos Al .
That. Is the coolest mower I’ve ever seen! Keep it original, just my humble opinion!
except for a open pod KnN , an oil cooler, a water cooling radiator addition and electric fans and 12:1 high compression wiseco pistons with a complementing yoshimura exhaust can...total: 20hp gain!
That thing looks possessed like a thing out of a Tim Burton movie . I need one now just to cut my hair
I'm a huge small engine nut and these vintage engines that have been saved by proper great people such as yourself just keeps the history alive. Not to mention, I own many vintage Honda Motorcycles and seeing what you can do with hand tools, a bit of casting, welding and machining it just incredible my Friend. Keep doing what you do! Cheers! Zip~
I tought I was the only one who pour Castrol R in the lawnmower. It brings a new dimension to gardening and takes you back to Isle of Man in the 1960
Love Castrol R used it on modded Metro turbo what a smell 👍
Castrol r and fresh cut grass. Enuff said 👍
Smells great, looks great and makes the gophers angry. Asphalt, slaughtered grass and castor oil... fascinatingly pleasant odors to me.
....I must say....at great risk....I have a Husqvarna robot lawnmower....and have completely forgotten what gas and exhaust smell like.
Central Scrutinizer I’m gonna need you to hand in your man card immediately.
Your neighbors must love you with that! I wouldn't complain
Awesome my good man--thanks for being so available to share your knowledge...to share your workd with fellow petrolheads!Many thanks
Greetings from South Africa
I stick a wee squirt of the old R in all my garden toys: strimmer, chainsaw, mower & snow blower so wonderful smells all year!! 😎
Yes, you're not the only one, confuses people, ' what the hell are you running that thing on?' 😂
Brilliant! Lol. Looks like she nearly got away from you there when you set off :)
I was surprised at how fast it was!
"I think I'll make a V twin one day, that looks cool".... love it!
That's a veritable contraption! 😍.
Castrol R??! Blimey, not cheap 😱. 2 stroke MX bike memories 😛.
Thanks, Allen. Yet another great video 👍
"I love the smell of unburned hydrocarbons in the morning!"
Tom had one similar in "The good life" !
Me and my brother just got one each off a good guy in Blackburn for free for us to restore. There not as old as your one though ours are from the 60s. I can’t wait to have mine going.
I love your demeaner. The way you talk about it with Propper Reverence sprinkled with a little covertness.
That is a way cool mower. Using tools and equipment that are that old, gives one a connection with OUR forefathers that can be felt in the soul.
It's only a matter of time till it's powered by a five cylinder radial engine made from villiers cylinders!
Hmm theres a thought
I will write in a Protest letter to the BRITISH PARLIAMENT requesting an Injunction and confiscation to that project to save that engine and display it in a museum!
@@fidelcatsro6948 🙄
@@AllenMillyard I dare you. I double dare you! :-)
@@holycrapski Sammy Miller is hated in the restoration community. While everyone else gets up early and cues outside autojumbles . "Sir" Miller turns up late and blags his self in to grab all the best parts before anyone else. He's a self appointed jerk. He was always a pot hunter when he was trialing. Not someone we should respect or vulnerate. Unlike the Gentlemen in this video.
Great!!! ah the smell of a two-stroke!!!!! I used to love the smell of my 1975 Honda CR 125 Elsinore running Klotz. Yep Klotz. great name. Amazing machine. Use that thing on a large lawn and loose 10 pounds!!!!
Ha, ha... shades of Apocalypse Now... I love the smell of Castrol R in the morning! What a machine, I'd love one - especially running with Castrol R, reminds me of when I used to put a bit of it in my petrol tank and savour the smell back in the 50's.
nice to see as much enthusiasm about this engine as a 6 cylinder Z1. . . its the same feeling when they fire up and run . .the ATCO is from a time when all men were mechanics, keeping mopeds and lawnmowers running. .
I just discovered your channel thanks to the RUclips algorithm and I'm amazed by your content! Keep it up! Greeting from France 🇫🇷
I think that Oliver Douglas of 'Green Acres' would have bought this from Mr. Haney :)
Waking up to nice sunny day in NZ , to another wonderful video , great .
It reminds me of the mower used to cut the pitch at the cricket field where my dad use to play. Different mowers were used to cut the outfield and infield too, they were both ride-on mowers though. That was back in the late 60’s and through into the 70’s.
What a lovely machine, probably more reliable than the import engine on the Mountfield I have been struggling with today
I tend to think of Castrol R in the context of a BSA Gold Star, not a lawn mower! Just think of your neighbours sunbathing in the garden. Sniff, sniff. Is that a Goldie somewhere? Nah, just Allen mowing his grass!
r1273m I used to put a drop of Castrol R into my 4-stroke mower’s petrol, so I could be taken back to the Derek Minter days at Brands Hatch as I cut the lawn. Sadly, my mower is now an electric thing! Les
@@leslieaustin151 That's new news to me. I never knew the 'Mint' raced a lawnmower around Brands Hatch 😕
Howard Osborne Always full of surprises! Les
r1273m just wait til he cranks up the barbie,the smell of z900 pistons wafting over the fence will be sure to bring them round with a cold one....
We ran a 20:1 caster oil and methanol, in our racing two stroke outboards. Quincy loopers and Konigs. Love that smell. Great to see that old two stroke mower running!.
You don't take it for a spin ...IT takes you. Very nice ...........Cheers
11/2HP but mines 21/4hp, of course it is after you installed a KZ1000 piston! lol
Nice one mate.
The dreaded Villiers engine, brings shivers to my spine. My experience of these devil engines was as a kid, a high proportion of scramblers fitted them. You always knew anyone who had a vehicle with one fitted, they had a plug spanner in their inside pocket because the plug consistently wiskered up. I had one where the thread in the cylinder head was that worn on trying to start it the plug shot out and nearly took out someones windows.
Certainly a handful, it took off like a rocket. Great to see though. My first lawn mower was an old Suffolk punch as a child. I remember the horse painted on the side.