Kraig,
Took the axle, spindles, and spindle collars apart yesterday. Got to looking, and see the axle color appears Farmall red under the yellow. Did IH put Farmall red primer on the cast iron parts before painting? I know what you said about red on cubs, but it still makes me "scratch my head"!
I guess in my wildest dreams, I am hoping in May of 61' they took a Farmall red prototype frame that was lying around, painted it yellow, added the rest of the parts to make a cub, and sold it to someone near Bristol, TN. LOL!
You would think with me working only every other week, I could get some work on the O done. Seems everything else is trying to break/happen so I can't. Did get a little done yesterday, but you couldn't tell it to look at it. This meticulous cub work is driving me crazy, but I gotta do it.
On another note, "I got my fingers crossed." Not superstitious, just hoping for a road trip. Maybe find out next week.