We paid $1500 in 1979 for a used 1973 108 with a 42 inch mower deck from the local IH dealer. It was a LOT of money at the time. I'm still using that same 108 weekly to cut grass. I can still remember seeing the "new" red cub cadet tractors in the showroom, but we couldn't afford any of them. Wife and I were only a couple years out of college and had just bought our first house and had an acre and a half of grass to cut...It's second from left in my sig pic below.
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