[AT] Cubs

[George Willer]

Mike,

Except maybe Kubota?

George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <msloane at att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Cubs


> Some people think of the Cub as a 3/4 scale A, but it actually was 
> designed from the ground up as a different tractor. Ken Updike's 
> "Farmall Cub & Cub Cadet" book has the story. The engine, of course is 
> entirely different (and is the only flathead engine without sleeves that 
> IH ever built, as far as I know), but everything else reflected IH 
> engineering of the period. And, as most first time Cub owners quickly 
> discover, it has a unique PTO like nothing else on the planet.
> 
> Mike