I would go with the Bolens id too, looks like the 1053 in my garage. The engine looks like a Briggs aluminum block 7 or 8 horse to me, got one like it out in the chicken shed. Looks like it's a stripped down and modified creation, looks like something I'd do, other than my least favorite color scheme.
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