I know what u mean I have a little jd model L that's been in the family since the 1940's My dad sold it for a 100 dollars when I was about 12. That was the early 80's. I threw a fit and bought it back with my piggy bank money. Dad threw his hands up and gave up. I couldn't even start it at the time. But he put the money back in my piggy bank and I still have the little L. We mowed our 15 acre field with it and a horse drawn McCormick mower every year And worked our garden with it also. It's just a member of the family