Oh oh... Briggs and Stratton go bust...

[Mike Pailliotet]

Briggs & Stratton, Stalwart of Suburban Lawn Culture, Goes Bust

(Bloomberg) -- Another icon of post-war American suburbia went bust as Briggs & Stratton Corp. declared bankruptcy, felled by weak sales, too much debt and a final push over the edge from the coronavirus pandemic.The world’s biggest maker of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment sought...

finance.yahoo.com

 

[hogjowl]

I’ve never had a Briggs engine that was worth a crap, and adjusting valves ever 200 hours is a pain.

 

[Jimmy L]

Can't they sell enough lawnmower engines?

 

[Nomad74]

My very first Mini Bike had a 5hp Briggs and Stratton engine. I spent many hours driving it around Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz when I was a kid. I remember at the time my dad was driving a blue 1975 Ford Pinto with no passenger seat. We would load the Minibike into the car and I would sit in the back seat and hold the bike. Good times.

 

[Jimmy L]

I drove a 73 pinto to school.

 

[Nomad74]

I drove a 73 pinto to school.

I believe you.

 

[hogjowl]

74 Vega
Aluminum block

 

[ruff]

Damn, we just bought a log splitter. One of the selling point being that the engine is a Briggs & Stratton (made in America baby!) not a cheap Kohler made in China. Supposedly a more dependable engine and more available & cheaper replacement parts.

I hope, at least, that they get bought by a good Chinese company.

Maybe Harley will buy them. They use the same engines, right?

 

[FB19087]

(made in America baby!)

Maybe that is why they are bankrupt . They just moved the Vanguard production from Japan to the US like two years ago..........

 

[BIG WOOD]

Briggs made American engineers look like idiots

 

[bob vawter]

bolt right in

 

[Lee Stockwell]

They closed the plant here a few months ago.

 

[Papa John]

74 Vega
Aluminum block

me Too! haha.
Super easy to work on.
The only car I've ever replaced an engine or transmission in.

 

[Jimmy L]

I remember a suicide dare race I had with a guy in highschool who drove a Vega. I was on the outside lane in a stretch of road that after a couple blocks would end and combine into one lane.

My heart was beating so fast and I knew I could beat him.
The little pinto with it's tractor motor pulled ahead about a car length and he......................had to.................pull in behind me.

Vega's were JUNK!
Used oil!

 

[hogjowl]

A quart for every tank of gas

 

[Brian H]

I drove a 73 pinto to school.

74 Vega
Aluminum block

1965 Triumph TR-4

 

[Jim Pemberton]

74 Vega
Aluminum block

My first car. Added oil as often as you did on yours.

 

[FB7777]

B&S lawnmower engines must be ridiculous low margin items

you can buy a $300 Briggsequipped lawnmower

 

[steve_64]

1965 Triumph TR-4

64 sunbeam.

 

[Ed Valentine]

Personally I had great success with the Brigg's engines. I had a 35 year old John Deere lawn and garden tractor the literally went through hell; worked the day light out of it. Still running to this day! But, I gave it oil changes every 100 hours.

JimMy driving a Pinto? Heck, I thought he drove a covered wagon!

LOL

 

[Jimmy L]

After highschool I drove a 73 Opel GT

 

[bob vawter]

But not one of yous BoZos have owned
A hit & miss motor?

 

[hogjowl]

You’re a hit and miss poster

 

[bob vawter]

Speaking of hits.....see ya!

 

[The Great Oz]

Briggs is just getting breathing room from creditors, but this filing may suggest a "necessary" move of more manufacturing to Czechistan.

Or, it may indicate today's wussy-man doesn't want a noisy, smelly gas powered tool that sometimes needs mechanical attention.

1965 Triumph TR-4

57 Ford 2-door wagon. With curtains. Did not park within view of date's house

 

[Nomad74]

Me with my '63 Vette. I was looking for my pic of my orange '77 from 1995 but can't find it.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

Again, my brother was a lot like you. He had a 64 Vette similar to yours.

 

[Willy P]

Vettes don't crash worth shit. My buddy just wrote this one off. It was a limited edition made for gm executives.

 

[Willy P]

Crash

 

[Cleanworks]

Crash

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I don't know, looks like that one crashed real good.