Based on my thin description, can you identify the lawn tractor brand?

[craigbic 47]

I'm hoping someone in this crowd of awesome old iron experts can help me.

About 20 years ago, I got a small lawn tractor from a cousin who had ripped the recoil started apart and couldn't figure out how to put it back together and then told everyone he had no idea why it wouldn't start.   Anyway, it was a small yellow tractor with a yellow hood but a black, smooth steel front grille. It was older when I got it. There were no lights. All traces of identification were obliterated and I only had it for a year before I moved on to another tractor so 20 years later, I can't for the life of me figure out what it was. If memory serves, it had a 7 or 8 HP Tecumseh engine and I think it had a white & blue pin stripe....maybe. I've looked at hundred of pictures all over the internet and the only thing that comes close is one of the old JC Penny LTs but there only close and seem a bit too big. It was originally bought by my uncle who was, God bless him, CHEAP. I can see him buying this from a store like JCP or Ann & Hope.

 

Anyway, I realize thats not a lot to go on but does anybody have any ideas what it might have been? 

[shallowwatersailor 3,221]

If it was yellow, it sounds like a JCP. The problem is that they had MTD, Murray, Roper, Homelite, and even Simplicity for one year build their tractors. I would go with Murray from your description

Edited November 24, 2014 by shallowwatersailor

[prondzy 3,889]

 I haven't seen much old iron in my short life, but when you said small and yellow I thought of the Mustang mowers

[C-101plowerpower 1,606]

something like this maybe?

 

 

Koen  

[David81 40]

Could it be the spirit of 76 cub ?  or an  AMF tractor maybe

[craigbic 47]

Koen, I've seen that in my search. No, that's too small.   

 

It had, to the best of my knowledge, a solid yellow hood with a flat smooth, black grille (no louvers or lights). I get the feeling, it might be an OEM brand but I've looked at pics of ALL the MTD OEM and department store models and none looked like it. I should have asked my dad before he passed away in June. 

[Wheelin'theSky 57]

Maybe try specific image searches for JC Penny yellow lawn tractor, or Simplicity yellow lawn tractor. Some companies tried private labeling for a year or so and gave up. Not sure what that list would reveal.

I think Penny's had quite a few different models, larger than the one C-101 posted, but maybe of 30" deck or so???

Problem is, if it's rare and no one is that proud of it, a photo may not exist on the web.