Leon:
The production data in my library agrees with Wild Bill's holdings. The first Cub Cadet with a Hydrostatic transmissilon first came off the Louisville assembly line in June 1966 with serial number 157,490. Any Cub Cadet Serial Number 157,489 or lower will be a gear drive. My guess is that, when found, the photo's will clear up the memory problem.
There were some Hydrostatic Prototypes being field tested before the above date, and they were sometimes sold to the testers/engineers but what's the chance of that.... never say never, but it's highly improbable that your dad was in that group, unless he worked for IH, because test units were not sold on the open market to the general public AFAIK.
Myron B
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