[Farmall] Cub experts

[John Hall]

 Hey Bigdog, sorry to take so long to reply. I never went to see this Cub as 
it didn't have hydraulics. It would probably have been a good one for a 
restorer to get hold of as I sincerely doubt it has anywhere near the number 
of hours most Cubs with hydraulics do. To tell the truth I don't recall 
seeing over 2-3 other Cubs without hydraulics and they were all at shows.

As to your idea about a few Cubs being built with a different dash-panel, 
you might try looking in a parts book and see if there are more than one 
listed, with the more common style replacing the other. Then try Lee Grady 
and see if he has any drawings and see what the dates are on them. That 
might give you a rough idea of how long that panel was used anyway.

John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DBigdog" <DBigdog at columbus.rr.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Cub experts


> John,
>    Can you describe the dash panel on your 48?  On the farmall cub board 
> we
> have discovered a group of cubs - all with 1948 serial numbers that have 
> an
> unusual dash panel.  Most 48 cubs have the long wraparound dash panel but
> there are some that have a flat faced panel that almost looks home fabbed.
> We have been trying to narrow the serial number range down to try to
> determine how many of them there might be.
>    If you don't mind divulging the information we would be interested to
> know if this is one of the flat dashed tractors and what the serial number
> is.  You can reply off-list if you would prefer not to divulge the serial
> number on the open list.
>
> Thanks
> Darrell Ratliff
>   "Bigdog"
>