Be ready for a fight if you pull the hitch to swap it....I took the rear hitch off my 109 tonight, and it was a struggle all the way. The pin that goes thru the frame and the casting was seized in both frame and casting.....Major heat, carefull hard hammer blows, and lots of PB Blaster and it eventually came out.. Tractor had to be stripped of all rear sheet metal, and both rear tires to do it. Once it is all cleaned up it is going to get a good layer of grease before it goes back together...might even install grease fittings if I can figure out where. If yours is new enough to have the "frankenstein bolts" it should be easier to pull the hitch.
As far as sheet metal goes.....the guys who strip cubs usually have a bunch of saveable fender pans around as they are a pain to ship.....I picked one up off Ebay last year 5 miles from where I was for work....$5.00. And you can use a 1x9 series hood, I have one on a junker 1250 up in NY.
Interesting rear tires on the 1200..they look like a rice and cane version.
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Quietlines and narrow frames, mostly projects but I mow with a 1200 and have a 122 set up for pulls. Wandering the country bringing towers to wind farms everywhere, and bringing yellow stuff home to Texas. Also into flatfender jeeps.
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