Reply To: 1953 QD 14

[David Stanton]

Hey Tubs –

The motor in your photos looks like a 10 HP model QD made a year before the twist-throttle version.  I have one.  If you flip that little lever to the left of the tiller-hinge (look in your last photo), then lifting the tiller up and down will move the carb throttle plate open and shut, but not move the spark advance.  If you look close, you will see the word “ON” cast into that lever.  When it’s flipped the other way, the word “OFF” on the other side of it shows toward the driver, and raising/lowering the tiller has no effect on speed.  A crude beginning for the tiller-throttle.

Dave