My Intro
I guess it's time I finally introduced myself. I started lurking here this summer when I decided to restore my Dad's old 102 that he bought new in '67.
I suppose you could say I grew up with Cubs, this photo shows me as an eager 1 year old with my Grandpa in May of '61 on his new original. Looks like I'm trying to figure out how to start this thing! I ended up with a lot of seat time on that O mowing his 5 acres a few years later.
The second is of me on the 102 on Labor Day of 1968 at the local tractor pull. This was the first pulling contest for the old girl, but my Dad would soon get hooked. The next is of sled pulling duty with my little sister in the winter of '70. Dad started serious pulling in the early 70's and that's all the tractor was used for then. The other two photos were taken in around '76 or '77. It had gotten pretty radical by then, running nitro and alcohol, and tearing up parts left and right. Wasn't much of an aftermarket for parts then, when I tore it down this summer to restore it, I had to shake my head when I came across some of the modifications he had made so many years ago. Luckily he had saved all the original parts. The old girl had sat for most of the last twenty or thirty years, but she came out pretty nice. Dad passed away about 10 years ago, I wish he could see his baby again.
Bob
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