"O" with original K301?

[darkminion_17]

Muffler looks to be from an 86.
if you look close you can see the hole in the before pic.

[J-Mech]

I found some info in a google search that landed me on Cub Cadet Collectors. There is some info on it over there. I don't know about the motor swap part, but I think the deck is legit.

[Berwil]

Originally Posted by Oak

I'm thinking that is bs. He purchased it from the original owner but is listing it for a friend? A 3 digit left the factory in 65-66? Whatcha think O owners?

If I put my Columbo hat on, sounds to me IH warrantied this tractor and brought it back to the factory. Someone dumped a 12 hp in it and used it as a mower around the shop. The "original owner" bought it in 65/66, so it "left the factory" with a 12 hp in it. This guy got a Lew price from the guys son and sold it to a friend to make a few bucks. Now his friend is too old to work the computer so this guy is selling it for him (possibly make a few more bucks).

Just one more thing

If it was factory why would the hood be spaced up AND still need a window to clear the fill cap?



Bill

[finsruskw]

Yeah, Lew,......... I see the hole now that I expanded the e-bay picture.
Buck$ and more Buck$.....sad to say, but that's what a lot of this hobby is also getting to be about. Same thing over in the old car hobby to the point that if Ya don't have deep pockets (and/or high social status). you need not apply.

[red56turbo]

The mower deck is legit. Those are very hard to find. The O with "original" 12 horse I don't think is legit. Anyone can claim anything. I would hope that if someone would spend big bucks on a restoration like that, they'd atleast go through and replace all seals, especially the ones that leak.

[DoubleO7]

That "O" could have been an IH engineering test mule before it left the factory.
But without documentation to support that, it is only a nice story.

I would also imagine that any such equipment used for testing was scraped versus sold. Even to an IH employee.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by DoubleO7

That "O" could have been an IH engineering test mule before it left the factory.
But without documentation to support that, it is only a nice story.

I would also imagine that any such equipment used for testing was scraped versus sold. Even to an IH employee.

No, IH sold a LOT of test equipment to employees. That is where they got rid of it at most of the time. The guy who was doing the testing, the engineer that designed it...... Lots of the IH/Cub Cadet history books back this up.

I hate to link to another forum, but here is what I found over on CCC.

[mrmiller]

I'm going to say that there is NO WAY this is a factory setup...

[darkminion_17]

Jonathan,
the ebay link on the ccc forum says the seller was the same one in the link by the dx3

[Merk]

Serial number 802 was built January of 1961. It had an 7 horse power engine in when it was made in Louisville, Kentucky. The Hinsdale facility was a test area for all IH equipment. Odds are 802 was sent to Hinsdale for more testing-in this case it was attachments. The Pennington mower was one of the attachments that was tested. I have a feeling Hinsdale found out that the 45 inch Pennington mower needed more horse power that what the 7 horse Kohler had.

When 802 was put on ebay in 2011
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cub-Cadet-Or.../260779540824?
the add said it had a 10 horse power Kohler in it. Now it has a rebuilt 12 horse power Kohler in it. That tells me the 10 or 12 horse power engine is not orginal to the tractor.

This would be a neat set up to have.....not for what he is asking for it.