66 series clone 129

[IHinIN]

Several years ago, I got a 149 from my brother that was in need of some attention. He kept the engine and I had a K301 to drop in. I tore the tractor down completely and painted it red to look like a 66 series tractor. The grill and headlight trim are made of steel bar and the decals were cut from a set of 129 decals. A local sign shop made the Hydro decals on the hood. The tool box on the front was made to look like a weight bracket. The 48” deck was restored and improved with spherical gauge wheels on custom mounts and 1/2” black pipe was welded along the bottom edges to reinforce it.

 

[mgwin]

Wow, that's a nice tractor! Welcome to the forum.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Very nice!

 

[IHinIN]

Thanks guys. I think I might have posted pics here back when I finished it but I don’t think they survived the site changeover or the photobucket ransom.

 

[vthomley]

Very nice! I think my 128 will look a bit like this after I finish it.

 

[mfrade]

That's a great looking tractor! Welcome to the site.

 

[IHinIN]

Thanks!

 

[IHinIN]

A couple more pics

 

[IHinIN]

Ignore that last pic with the white Cub. It somehow snuck in there. Lol

Never mind, found the edit button

 

[kmcconaughey]

One has to wonder how it might have affected the sales of Cub Cadets had they made the 1x8/9 series look like this from the factory.

 

[PACub100]

That is really cool! Planning on doing the same with my 1450 except maybe go for the red / black stripe look...

 

[Kittermankadets85]

I have built a 66 series too your looks great here a pic of mine I went with a black stripe.

 

[IHinIN]

One has to wonder how it might have affected the sales of Cub Cadets had they made the 1x8/9 series look like this from the factory.

They should have painted them red since they resemble the IH tractors of the same timeframe.

 

[IHinIN]

I have built a 66 series too your looks great here a pic of mine I went with a black stripe.

Looks good!

Is that a post hole digger I see on the Original in the background? If so, I wanna see more pics of it

 

[IHinIN]

That is really cool! Planning on doing the same with my 1450 except maybe go for the red / black stripe look...

Funny you should say that. I saw this 1450 at a local show a few years back.

 

[Kittermankadets85]

It is a post hole digger. It’s on a 1962 original. My dad an I built it years ago.

 

[Kittermankadets85]

I’ll get some pics of it.

 

[Kittermankadets85]

Here are a couple of old pics of that post hole digger that my dad and I built.

 

[IHinIN]

That PHD is really cool. How well does it work?

 

[Kittermankadets85]

It works good actually but not much down pressure being a manual lift. It was more for show then work lol. The pto turns backwards on a cub unless you have a gearbox to change direction so we took a left had mower deck gearbox from a Massey Ferguson mower and mounted it as the gearbox you see in the pics. We built custom mounts that tie into the factory lift with adjustable linkage. It’s pretty slick.