Here's my 1974 Cub cadet 1250 "Boo-boo. She has ag tires, wheel weights, tire chains, the exhaust sticks out like a sore thumb, she has okay decals, she's all original, and she came with a mint snowblade and a deck with one patch, surface rust, and two puncture wounds. She's dirty, but she has very little rust. Someone definitely took care of the old girl, don't you think?
So far, I've removed the headlights, which were on the sides of the hood, swapped the racing steering wheel for an original one off my brother's disassembled 1450, took off the snowblade and tire chains, and wiped her off.
Now to add factory headlights, fix the exhaust, pressure wash her, and change the oil and rear end fluid.