Show off your model 70's

[oldironlindy]

Originally Posted by ihnick

is that your kimball 70 with fenders now matt?

Yes it is. I think I am going to put the haban mower on it and a creeper in it this spring.

[ihnick]

cool. that would be a awesome looking tractor with the sickle mower on it. i had a chance to buy it to haha

[Loganvilledude]

I nabbed this "70" last Monday. Didn't really need it, but when people basically give these away I will take them. Came with the deck which actually spins free and has the cast iron corners. They even threw in a plow to sweeten the deal.

She looks really nice and they did a great job with the prep work and paint, but certainly not completely restored. After spending 100 hours or so on my original getting it up to where it is today, $450.00 sounded pretty good for the "70" and not a wad of grease or mud had to be removed









So the wife asked me what I was going to do with it

I told her, in the future, just think of these like a collector series and I only have 25 more models to go.

[Alvy]

Nice line up. Looking great and excellent deal on the 70 wow

[Robert102]

Getting tore down soon for a restore

[SpringSpecial53]

According to the early sales lit and mower deck manuals when the 70 and 100 came out in 1963 all you could get was the 38" three spindle pin-on deck. Sometime in 1964 the 42" deck was introduced and at first it was only available for the 100 (38" only for the 70 and 38" or 42" for the 100). Of course as mentioned earlier the decks were sold separately by the dealers and I'm sure that if you wanted a 42" deck for a 70 they would have fixed you up with one. Especially, since to the best of my knowledge either deck would fit a 70.

[rbarri2]

My 1964 Model 70 with a Kohler K241.

[jaynjeep]

got this jewel out from under a pine tree sitting in four holes.. Original owner tractor. Came with a Haban sickle mower, 38" mower, 3 point, IH blade, brinly turn plow, and brinly disc. All the above came home the same day with the tractor brand new..Owner added a 10hp that he ordered complete from IH after the 7hp had been rebuilt too many times... got the original engine and paperwork with it to boot!.. too bad the last 20 years it wasn't shedded!

[drglinski]

Merk your 70 is amazing. The restore you did on it was great. It looks even better in person.

[Bob95065]

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam

For the most part, when you bought a new Cub Cadet, you were buying a Tractor, just like buying a full size tractor. Any implements/attachments were considered a separate purchase (not that they wouldn't add it all together and put it all on the same ticket). I believe more often than not mower decks were purchased along with the tractor, as cutting grass was the tractors main function for most people.

At the same time dealers would normally "make you a deal" in some way, like so much for the tractor and then sell you the mower deck "at cost" or the tractor and mower for one money and "throw in" the blade. Very much like buying similar things today, they could/would tell you what they thought you needed to hear and manipulate the paperwork to make it look like you were getting a really great deal.

In 1974 my dad bought a 108 brand new. He got the 44" deck for $1