I got introduced to Cubs when my older sister started dating my Brother in law around 1968 his father had a model 70 with a Danco loader and several attachment.I also got introduced to my future wife the same day as the Cub which was Paul's youngest sister!That 70 did huge amounts of work here(The wife and I now live in her family home )including digging the cellar under this house 30x30 7 feet deep.We have a ramp into the basement instead of the usual stairs from outside because the cellar was dug long after the farm house was built and that's how they got the tractor in! It also landscaped and mowed almost 3 acres and plowed lots of snow in 1,000 feet of drive way along with tilling the garden.Dad kept the 70 until I think 1979 when he traded it for a new 682 which only did mowing and snow plowing (I think this is what you guys call a first model motor ) because I inherited the 682 when we moved here 3 years ago with a blown engine when I called about a replacement the guy couldn't believe we were still using this tractor stock saying "these things blew up in a year!"But dads took very good care of his "Tools" I found this site looking for info to repair the 682 I even took small engine repair in adult ed classes to fix it.The 70 bit me with the Cub bug way back then and after visiting here alot I stumbled onto a junk 70 and this is soon to be my very first complete restoration (HEELLP!) and don't you know a few days later I located dads original 70 dead in someones side yard!Now I'm doing the best I can at getting it back home!I have also acquired 6 "Other brand " garden tractors and none are green ! long winded I know but thats how I got hooked on Cubs and these little tractors have almost completely pulled me away from my life of cars!
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