Picked Up A 1200 Today!!

[mrmiller]

Today I picked up a real nice original model 1200. Runs and drives excellent! The mower deck is near perfect and has a creeper gear!! This is my very first Quietline series Cub and I now know why they are called "Quietlines" after having Originals you can hardly hear this thing I have a couple questions right off the bat...does the 1200 take a steering wheel cap or the decal? I would like to have one of those. Also the PO has a piece of wire tying the side panels together with a piece of wire above the engine. Was there a rod or some kind of bracket that was to fasten the side panels? Other than those two minor things the tractor seems great. Any help is appreciated as always.

[darkminion_17]

Martin,
nice find on the 1200,creeper is a plus.
there should be a long spring connected to the side panels, and there were two different steering wheels,got a pic of yours, and we could tell you what you need.

[Cub Cadet 123]

Congratulations on getting your first QL 1200! I just mowed 5 yards with my 1200 today. You are really going to enjoy that cub in great original condition. My 1200 has the decal tin on it.

Cub Cadet 123

[mrmiller]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

Martin,
nice find on the 1200,creeper is a plus.
there should be a long spring connected to the side panels, and there were two different steering wheels,got a pic of yours, and we could tell you what you need.

Thanks Lew, I don't have a picture of the steering wheel I will have to take one in the morning because it was well after dark before I got home with it. The pictures I posted were taken in the parking lot of an outlet mall on our way home (gotta keep the wife happy too ya know)

[Alvy]

Great find Martin. X2 on the creeper, very nice. You should also have thumbscrews on the rear of each side panel as well. Congrats on your quiet line.

[mrmiller]

Originally Posted by Cub Cadet 123

Congratulations on getting your first QL 1200! I just mowed 5 yards with my 1200 today. You are really going to enjoy that cub in great original condition. My 1200 has the decal tin on it.

Cub Cadet 123

Thanks! I plan on doing some mowing with this one as well.

[mrmiller]

Originally Posted by Alvy

Great find Martin. X2 on the creeper, very nice. You should also have thumbscrews on the rear of each side panel as well. Congrats on your quiet line.

Thank You! I will have to check on the thumbscrews as well but I assume they are there I am just missing what I now know to be the spring.

[Cubcrazy]

Congrats on the 1200 Martin! You are on a roll!
Remember to check the iso mounts and the driveline in it.
I'm trying to see the steering wheel from the pics and still can't make it out. If the steering wheel has the finger indentations on the bottom it takes the decal and if it is smooth it takes the cap. If that makes sense!

[mrmiller]

Originally Posted by Cubcrazy

Congrats on the 1200 Martin! You are on a roll!
Remember to check the iso mounts and the driveline in it.
I'm trying to see the steering wheel from the pics and still can't make it out. If the steering wheel has the finger indentations on the bottom it takes the decal and if it is smooth it takes the cap. If that makes sense!

Thanks Mike!! I will be sure to check the Iso mounts and driveline. I zoomed in on the pictures I took yesterday and the steering wheel has the finger indentations in it so a decal it is. I will put up some more pics including the steering wheel anyway in a bit.

Nice 1200. Looks like the Waterloo outlet mall? Was just there last week