Vintage Picture

Don McCombs":1tw1jhvv said:
mrdibs":1tw1jhvv said:
I guess the nose ornament was originally not a sticker - long gone unfortunately.
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The original product ID on the hood would have been a water transfer decal. They didn't hold up well when stored outside.
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Just a clarification. The decal that is on the hood was used on cubs early in the run. In today's decal kids from Maple Hunter, I think the only option is the standard IH with a white square in the background. I didn't like how that looked on my 1949 Cub, so I modified the replacement decal by carefully cutting out the emblem from the background. Unorthodox and not original, but I liked the look!

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I believe that TM Tractor Parts has that emblem available as a mylar or vinyl stick-on. I can't currently verify that, due to their site being down for the holidays.
 
Jim Becker":22oxqgvg said:
The mounting frames were most likely blue. Blue and red usually look quite different in a black and white photo.

edit: Came in second again.
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They are blue - what's left of them that is. The sickle bar frame is blue, and that still works.
 
clodhopper":b8p13qbf said:
Two of my favorite things. Old tractors and WW II aircraft
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couldnt agree more. i am a member of the 1941 Historical aircraft group in geneseo, ny and go to the annual airshow. i drove 450 miles to go to the thunder over michigan this summer, they had a dozen restored p51 mustangs including a A36 apache an extremely rare ground attack version of the P51. the worlds only flying B29 superfortress was there flying as well, that's the b29 FIFI. i am such a fanatic when it comes to warbirds i spent quite a bit of money and flew in a restored B17 flying fortress which would have to be my favorite world war II aircraft, i have actually gone on those flights twice. what an experience a "muscle car" for the air. i also love my farmall cub and love how in 2012 i can still make it an effective tractor. they are well built and built by americans.
 
Gary, those B-25's were gathering @ Wright-Pat for the last Doolittle Raid reunion. Wish I could've made it there. My Son-in-law was stationed there at the time. They got a front-row seat. (from the front yard)
 
You're correct, Stan, it had slipped my mind just what event it was. I'd bet they got to see a great show. They used the airport at Urbana as a gathering point so they could fly into Wright Patterson as a group, I'm sure that was a sight to see. It also made for a great show at Urbana, there was a heck of a crowd there!
 
Criswell":4ehj4kh5 said:
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This was the set of cultivators that came with the '52 that I have. They were still on the pallet from the dealer unbtil about 10 years ago when the PO used them for the first time. They had come with the Cub when bought back in 1952.
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Wow Would Like to get them baby's HaHa Nice Find dont find them like that everyday :roll: :mrgreen:
 
ad356":3i19sn09 said:
clodhopper":3i19sn09 said:
Two of my favorite things. Old tractors and WW II aircraft
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i spent quite a bit of money and flew in a restored B17 flying fortress which would have to be my favorite world war II aircraft, i have actually gone on those flights twice. what an experience a "muscle car" for the air..
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WOW. :shock: I have zero military, and zero aviation, background. But as I was saying on another thread, I have always been interested in WWII history, and my two favorite warbirds from WWII would have to be the B-17 and the B-29.

There are two aviation items on my bucket list--one is to take a ride in a B-17. The other is to see a B-52 fly by IN PERSON.

Al
 
Super A":d3lj00p3 said:
The other is to see a B-52 fly by IN PERSON.
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I saw many of these in 1971. An awesome sight at the time just watching it leave the ground, let alone wondering how it ever stayed in the air.
 
Barnyard":9yp16aay said:
Super A":9yp16aay said:
The other is to see a B-52 fly by IN PERSON.
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I saw many of these in 1971. An awesome sight at the time just watching it leave the ground, let alone wondering how it ever stayed in the air.
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This gives me the chance to tell one of my all-time favorite stories. The closest I have ever come to seeing a BUFF in person was in the mid-late '80s. I live about an hour from Seymour-Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, NC, so it's not unusual to see the occasional AF jet fly over. (Since we are only 15-20 minutes from Camp Lejeune, most military AC we see are Marine Corps.) Anyway, I was in middle school, and we were out of school for a holiday. At that time, we had two old chicken houses where the machinery was stored. I was out hitching up a piece of equipment in one of them, when I heard a roar, getting louder, coming from the north. It was loud enough to get my attention, so I ran outside just in time to see about a half a dozen BIG AF planes come over the horizon, low and slow--they were so close to the ground they needed license plates! Since then, from what I could find out on the internet, the B 52's at Goldsboro left in '83, but they still have tankers. So, I think what I saw were either KC-10 or KC-135 tankers. Don't know where they were going, but they put on quite the show! Sometime after, we happened to be in Goldsboro for farm business, and stopped at Wilburs BBQ for an early supper. Got there just in time to see the tankers come in to land. Again, an impressive sight.

Al
 
I've never flown on a Buff, but I've crawled over over them from front to back, inside and out!
As big as they are, they can sneak up on you. I was working on the top of one on a cold day with low cloud cover. We had several up and doing pattern work when one came in directly over me, low and fast. I didn't realize it was there until it was directly above and needless to say, scared the day-lights out of me! I just know it was gonna land/crash on top of me! I was off the plane in no time flat, then had to go inside and change my shorts! :D
8 TF33 engines screaming at full power 500' over your head will rattle you a bit I guarantee!
 
RaymondDurban":1y66mpkc said:
I've never flown on a Buff, but I've crawled over over them from front to back, inside and out!
As big as they are, they can sneak up on you. I was working on the top of one on a cold day with low cloud cover. We had several up and doing pattern work when one came in directly over me, low and fast. I didn't realize it was there until it was directly above and needless to say, scared the day-lights out of me! I just know it was gonna land/crash on top of me! I was off the plane in no time flat, then had to go inside and change my shorts! :D
8 TF33 engines screaming at full power 500' over your head will rattle you a bit I guarantee!
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Funny now, but I bet it wasn't at the time!!

My wife's uncle was a B-52 radar navigator. I never knew about it until his funeral, I just knew he had been in the Air Force. That has piqued my interest as well.

Al
 
Criswell":p4gsr7au said:
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This was the set of cultivators that came with the '52 that I have. They were still on the pallet from the dealer unbtil about 10 years ago when the PO used them for the first time. They had come with the Cub when bought back in 1952.
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Are these pictured shields blue or black? I have always thought shields were blue, and these likely are blue too. The Cub, Cub equipment colors and WWII airplane photo is a most interesting thread.

Bill
 
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