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Cub Experts!!! What is wrong with this picture?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:37 pm
by Mike Schmudlach
I know that there are a lot of "experts" on the list that can look at this picture etc...... and tell me what is wrong.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/ful ... sp?id=7231
Mike
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:43 pm
by Don McCombs
Steering wheel shaft is too long.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:56 pm
by (CUB HUT)
May--31-------------June--9----( 1946 ) ???
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:59 pm
by Ron L
I thought the first year Cubs were offered was 1947
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:11 pm
by Bruce Sanford
front wheel rims ?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:14 pm
by Bigdog
All the information above would indicate that it is a prototype cub. That would explain the differences.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:51 pm
by WJ
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:02 pm
by Lurker Carl
Since 501 was the first off the assembly line, I think this one would be #500.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:32 pm
by John *.?-!.* cub owner
The date on the article is before cubs were sold, front wheels look different, and it's a little hard to tell, but seat looks different.
Re: Cub Experts!!! What is wrong with this picture?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:51 pm
by Jim Becker
Not very well focused and would be nice if it was in color.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:56 pm
by Cub-Bud
I agree with the above.....the date given makes this one pre-production and it is odd looking.....long and short.
The distance between the tool bar and rear wheel is wide, the steering wheel shaft looks longer, the "gap" between the instrument panel and the back of the motor is large, suggesting the tractor is longer than production cubs. Also, the tractor appears to be no taller than the fence on the float.
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:11 pm
by Ralph
I think the corn is planted too far apart
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:42 pm
by Dennis
Can't quite tell, but it looks like the parking meter is expired
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:45 pm
by George Willer
Ron L wrote:I thought the first year Cubs were offered was 1947
Yes, the date suggests a pre-production tractor. The book 'Farmall Cub Photo Archive' has some pictures of pre-production Cubs taken even earlier, in 1945.
Mike has something sneakier in mind. Maybe it's the milk can that isn't against the front bulkhead.
I wonder if the float is self propelled? Which end is the front?
Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 10:10 pm
by John *.?-!.* cub owner
Decals are definitely different, and it's hard to tell from the quality of the picture, but the front rockshafts look a little different. Cultivator frame is unusual, and it looks like I can see daylight between the hood and the engine. Also Mag loooks different, or maybe a dummy. Wonder if it's a mockup rather than a running tractor.