Stepney 2,314 #1 Posted April 4, 2021 Interesting 24 hours it has been.. Little old Simplicity 725 shows up on Marketplace last night, so I headed right out and ended up coming home with it. No idea why.. but never got the chance to have a early Simp for a good price before. Cyclops headlamp is original, real solid deck too. One owner prior to this fellow, stored for many years in a garage before being pushed outside to rot. Pity, must have looked great before. Sent a few pics of it around, fellow I know had been looking for one. ...Annnd offers this, admittedly, somewhat over the hill 1957 Country Squire as a trade. On the simple condition that the Simplicity could be driven off the truck and moved on it's own. Touched up the points, stuck a battery in it, and everything works perfectly. Almost a shame to move it along.. Anyway. Grabbed the Squire this morning. Basically it is an Economy Power King, in almost every detail they are the same. The brakes .. when it had brakes.. were somewhat different, the badge reads differently, and most seem to have not had a hood. This one I am unsure.. extended starter pulley and a bracket on one side, but not the other.. so who knows? The Economy was bad enough about maintaining a single design, these off branded ones may have been even worse. She's a New England coastal special. The shroud is hung by one bolt. The entire front, bottom, and one side have rotted away. The mag is shot and there seems to be no new (good) coils made. 16" rears are ballasted and a little punky. The frame itself is rather pitted, but still strong. But if it doesn't fire right off and run like a watch.. The brake gear has rotted off the frame. Originally it had rather sketchy rods under the frame and you stepped down through the rails around the drive shaft to depress one at a time.. I'll likely make up some hand lever brakes up by the fenders. 4 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 62,980 #2 Posted April 4, 2021 Love that thing. Have to check it out sometime.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHNJ701 4,164 #3 Posted April 4, 2021 I think I would have kept the 725, that patina would really clean up nice. I kinda regret selling my 700 wonderboy. There is a really nice all original 725 for sale by me, it's priced on the higher side but it would be the one to get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stepney 2,314 #4 Posted April 4, 2021 28 minutes ago, jabelman said: I think I would have kept the 725, that patina would really clean up nice. I kinda regret selling my 700 wonderboy. There is a really nice all original 725 for sale by me, it's priced on the higher side but it would be the one to get. Indeed, but in the end I have 4 WH's that are too small for much rational work and only mow and occasionally push snow. F-Cub is .. still not doing so hot. This is perfect for skidding firewood and moving trailers about the yard. In the end all that Simplicity would have done is cut grass. Limited room. Around here a PK sort of machine is ridiculous money. For what I had in the Simp, it only made sense. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,981 #5 Posted April 4, 2021 Country Squire sounds like a ford station wagon.... 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 8,837 #6 Posted April 4, 2021 @Stepney I have a memory stick that has a ton of EPCO tractor files on it. I’ll search it to see if it has The Country Squire on it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 38,848 #7 Posted April 4, 2021 Country Squire was made by a Economy outlet and was geared toward the mail order crowd I think. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildman 205 #8 Posted April 4, 2021 That Simplicity looks just like my 1963 .Nice score Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
