My new 1450! Its in need of some desprite engine work, but thankful for now that the skeeters wont come within a mile of my yard!

Heres my 2 restored ones, 1967 123 hydro, 1974 129 hydro.

Great looking Cubs guys. I would love to see some close up pics of that 129. It has some interesting features on it :biggrin2:

Nice tractors, guys! :ThumbsUp:

Looks like your 1450 has the same rotating headlight issue that mine has on the left side! At least your IH emblem is still there. The guy I bought mine from had no idea what happened to the IH emblem or the lower grill. Those are minor catastrophes though considering the engine mount replacement job ahead of me AND the worn-out starter I have to deal with.

Yeah its kinda cock-eyed :biggrin2: but will address that once the bigger issues are solved. Going to yank the engine and replace the iso mounts, they seem ok but cant hurt to do it anyway since the motor needs to be rebuilt (one circle around the yard and there was enough smoke to enshroud the house and half the woods!) if not have it repowered. Plus the engine tins are mangled and the starter feels like its on its last leg, and the dash is a completely different story.

Ive found some great replacement IH emblems at www.steinertractor.com.

Funny, my 1650 project has that cockeyed headlight going on as well. Haven't even looked at it yet, as I'm currently on bigger things.

Here's a few pics of my 1650 as purchased. It's my first resto project:

http://www.michiganmartins.net/image.../DSCN1911a.jpg

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There's that cockeyed headlight :)

http://www.michiganmartins.net/image.../DSCN1914a.jpg

I have a restore thread going on here all feedback and help welcome!

BTW, I got thru this whole thread in about 4 or 5 late-night viewing sessions...whew...lots of nice tractors. I'm getting concerned that I'm feeling "the bug."

Nice 1650, Dave! :ThumbsUp:

Yeah, I noticed it's opposite of what mine has. I'm feelin' the "bug" too. When my 1450 goes into my friend's shop for the rebuild, I'll be borrowing his 147 to work my grass situation. He's interested in my opinion of it over the 1450!:biggrin2: