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'79 Red Cub
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'79 Red Cub
1979 Red Cubs seems to be a little scarce. Do any of you know exactly how many of them were made? Do any of you know what the value of one might be, if you could find one?
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Garvin, according to the serial numbers there were only about 550 standard cubs made in 79. Most of them, I'm sure were yellow & white ones.
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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.
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The "standard color" used by IH changed a few times. It also stands that for decades IH had both yellow and red available as regular production options, leaving it somewhat ambiguous as to what it means to refer to a standard color.
I have it on pretty good (but none the less anecdotal) evidence that some dealers in the southeast believed (rightly or not) that they could not sell a yellow tractor. So they ordered all their tractors in red. They also complained at length to the company about having to pay more for red tractors. Since a lot of Cubs went into that territory, that may have prompted the late change to red.
Ken evidently has good evidence that 253685 (the last Cub) was red. Likewise I have pretty good evidence that 253666 was yellow.
Without the build cards, there is no way to know how many of the last (or any other) Cubs were red vs. yellow.
I have it on pretty good (but none the less anecdotal) evidence that some dealers in the southeast believed (rightly or not) that they could not sell a yellow tractor. So they ordered all their tractors in red. They also complained at length to the company about having to pay more for red tractors. Since a lot of Cubs went into that territory, that may have prompted the late change to red.
Ken evidently has good evidence that 253685 (the last Cub) was red. Likewise I have pretty good evidence that 253666 was yellow.
Without the build cards, there is no way to know how many of the last (or any other) Cubs were red vs. yellow.
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I know for a fact that 253611, 74th from the end of the line is presently employed at Brunswick County (NC) schools to mow athletic fields. It is Red. And 253636 is yellow and white although it has been repainted.
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