JUST BOUGHT A BARFORD ATOM 15 OFF THAT AUCTION SITE THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO MENTION BY NAME !!. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BARGAIN AT 10 QUID AND WAS TOYING WITH PUTTING THE WHEEL WEIGHTS OFF IT ONTO THE HOWARD ?? THE ATOM IS VERY ROUGH. BEEN SLEEPING OUTSIDE FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE LOOK OF IT.ENGINE TURNS OVER EXHAUST VALVE STUCK OPEN SO NO COMPRESSION. TYRE SIZE IS 4.00 X 12 IF ANY ONE HAS ANY ?BELT IDLER PULLEY ARM BUSH SEEMS TO BE AWAY BUT THE GEAR BOX AND DRIVE HUBS STILL WORK OK. I WAS LOOKING AT PHOTO GALLERY BUT COULDNT SEE ONE WITH THE AMAL CARB OR THE STARTER PULLEY ON THE DRIVE END. IS IT ORIGINAL ?WHAT ENGINE IS IT ANY ANSWERS ?

WELL MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT PLOUGHING. PHEW IT AINT EASY. THE PLOT I HAD FOR PRACTICING ON LOOKED OK BUT WAS NOT. IT HAD RUTS AND BUMPS BRICKS AND ROOTS AND NEARLY BROKE ME !! BUT AS YOU CAN SEE I GOT A REASONABLE RESULT[ WELL BY MY STANDARDS ANYWAY] AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS SWEARING ADJUSTING AND THEN SWEARING AGAIN. IF NOTHING ELSE IT PROVED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE AND THAT THE 350 HAD PLENTY POWER AND NOT ENOUGH TRACTION. BIGGEST PROBLEM ,APART FROM BRICKS ROOTS HOLES ETC, WAS BOTTOMING OUT ON THE CHAIN DRIVE BOX WHICH LIFTED THE PLOUGH OUT ON SOME OF THE RUTS /BUMPS AND THEN PLUNGED THE PLOUGH BACK IN AND STOPPED ME. SO I PROGRESSED TO MY PLOT AND THE GREEN MANURE PATCH WHICH WAS MUCH MORE DO ABLE AND LEVEL AND NO LUMPS OF ANYTHING . THIS BIT HELPED ME OVERCOME MY MISGIVINGS ABOUT PLOUGHING AND GAVE ME THE SATISFACTION OF SEEING A GOOD RESULT [AGAIN BY MY STANDARDS] . ANYWAY JUDGE FOR YOURSELF AND DONT HOLD BACK ON TELLING ME WHAT A MESS IT WAS. I WONT BE OFFENDED [MUCH]. HAPPY NEW YEAR. JOHN