Is it really a 100?

john hall · #1 09-25-2016, 02:34 PM

Almost 30 years ago a friend gave dad a 100 with no seat, driveline or engine. We assumed it was a 100 based on the hood decal. Dad came up with a used driveline from a Cadet one of their customers was parting out. Also he came up with an 8hp engine. The seat was from a 60's era Ford school bus. The foot rest extensions are part of a metal shipping container that Deere used to ship lawnmowers. With all that thrown together, a butt buggy was born. A few years later we painted it. Long story short, I was setting the timing yesterday and got to wondering was it really a 100. I looked and did not find a serial tag anywhere. Where were the serial tags located and is there anyway to know for sure what this started life as?

olds45512 · #2 09-25-2016, 02:49 PM

its either a 70 or 100, the serial number on the older ones doesn't have a kind code so no way of telling which but id say its a 100.

cubs-n-bxrs · #3 09-25-2016, 02:58 PM

I would have to assume it started life as a 100. With an 8hp in it now I guess you could call it an 80. LOL Nice tractor none the less. I dont think back in those days the serial # had a kind code and would only tell you month and year it was built.

darkminion_17 · #4 09-25-2016, 03:15 PM

Only way I can tell is no motor?,throttle cable for a 70 will be longer.

jaynjeep · #5 09-25-2016, 04:36 PM

John,

I think all the 70/100 tractors had the serial number stamped into the transaxle casting... there was no actual tag until the next series... but it was just a serial.. like others have said doubt there is any way to tell.. I do know that the 70's were built with rear axle bushings at the rear hubs... the 100's had bearings.. but I think you would have to pull an axle to see that...

Nice looking butt buggy though!!

john hall · #6 09-25-2016, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jaynjeep

John,

I think all the 70/100 tractors had the serial number stamped into the transaxle casting... there was no actual tag until the next series... but it was just a serial.. like others have said doubt there is any way to tell.. I do know that the 70's were built with rear axle bushings at the rear hubs... the 100's had bearings.. but I think you would have to pull an axle to see that...

Nice looking butt buggy though!!

Any idea where it was stamped? I thought only the Originals were stamped?
I have no reason to believe the hood was ever changed and I think it had original paint when it showed up here, so I'm content to keep calling it a 100.

Several years after we put it together I bought a Kawasaki Mule and then dad got a golf cart so the hours really dropped on it. Prior to that we used it to shuttle ourselves back and forth to the back of the farm, tow a trailer etc. Even put it in a tractor pull once. We let a 300lb friend drive it. Lets just say he managed to increase the traction enough to wipe out the clutch.

One other thing, I'm positive the tires are wider than original. We changed them out with some others we had already mounted on rims (from a 12x that jumped off a trailer-not ours)--it helped with stability. You put 450 lbs on that bus seat and go bouncing around the farm, well things can get a little sketchy!

Just remembered there is a deck here we think belongs with it. About 10 years after giving dad the rolling chassis the same friend was cleaning up around his shop and brought an odd deck over he thought went with it. It's not for an O and not like what you find under a 122 or newer. Probably never put it on. Then again, should a full on restoration ever be in its future......

jaynjeep · #7 09-25-2016, 09:54 PM

John,

I have a 70 and a 100.. both have the serial numbers stamped into the RH side of the transaxle casting just below the frame.. if I remember correctly there is a little flat pad that was machined off.. the numbers are directly on that pad.

ACecil · #8 09-25-2016, 10:34 PM

Nice 100, John! It's an early one, as it has the big battery box.