My father came out to visit, and we got the darn 122 up and running.
Swapped the ignition, sanded the points, bought a battery, cleaned the tank and bowl, put in a new fuel line and BOOM! She goes. (insert maniacal laugh)
Awesome compression, good spark, a little loud (that's for safety
...) Needs a few bells and whistles, and I'm there!
Now I need to start collecting attachments and annoying off my wife that I'm taking up the garage with "parts"...
So, I have some questions about the history of these things. Some light surfing tells me when they were produced, yada-yada-yada.
But how many were produced? Do the serial numbers reflect the sales (roughly 600,000 IH cubs) or is it something else? I'm curious about these beasts and inquiring minds want to know.