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Old 10-06-2016, 12:03 PM
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Is there a site or does anyone know what the earliest serial numbered Cub Cadet Originals have been found? Is 591 in some ones collection? It seems that this info should be somewhere?
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Old 10-06-2016, 12:27 PM
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400 - 589 Were early production, test, and experimental units.

590 is the start of actual factory production for tractors to be sold to the public.
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Old 10-06-2016, 01:35 PM
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400 - 589 Were early production, test, and experimental units.

590 is the start of actual factory production for tractors to be sold to the public.
Has any of the prototypes or early 590's been found?
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Old 10-06-2016, 01:51 PM
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Yes. The book "50 Years Of Cub Cadet" lists the ones known of at the time it was written.
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Old 10-06-2016, 01:59 PM
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Thanks. I ordered the book. I bet it is not a hard bound because it was cheap. I don't like paper back books. The last book I bought was Randy Felders book about his life in the Eagles. And it is a great book. If anyone wants it, just shoot me a pm.
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"Prototypes 401 – 410 were built at the Louisville Plant from the time of October 5th -14th, 1960. Of these tractors, 409 & 411 are known to still exist.

Test tractors 501 – 525 were built at the Louisvile Plant in the month of November 1960. All were sent to the Southern States for 50 hours of testing per tractor. Upon completion of the testing, all these tractors were sent back to IH for evalulation and later to be sold. A limited production of 526 – 589 was used to select the best manufacturing methods and assembly line procedures. The Orginal was released to the public in January of 1961 with starting serial number 590.

Of the trial lot of 25 Cub Cadet test tractors built, at least 6 are known to exist: S/N's 505, 510, 515, 516, 518, 522"
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There were a few of the "test" units around here. Specifically one that was sold to a golf course that is still around about 20 minutes from me. I've often thought there's a slim chance it's jammed in some shed somewhere but who knows, one day I'll go by
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My local dealer has 535 a pre-production Cub Cadet up on a balcony for show. They sold it new and bought it back, as a trade in.
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http://www.ihccregistry.com used to be a cool site! Apparently it wasn't worth his $$. 404 now.
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