Briggs Vanguard engines are NOT Chinese junk. They are indeed made in Japan, by a company called Daihatsu, part of the Toyota group. They are known to be pretty reliable engines, and do beware when working on one you'll need a metric set of wrenches/sockets.
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'70 107 with k301 engine swap
'71 106 with 38" deck
'70 147 R with factory replacement k321, 42" deck
'61 Original with 38" timed deck
'63 70 "pinkie"
1863 with 54" deck
'46 Farmall H, '50 Farmall Cub
105 x2 (parts)
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