International Gt

david doyle · Dec 27, 2009

Saw a potentially for sale GT in a snow bank today. On the hood in block letters was the word INTERNATIONAL. cub cadet was'nt on the hood.

I know it is a long shot from the vague description (only the hood was above the snow and it was 100 yards away) I looked through alot of CC photos and don't see anything the same. My question is was there another GT company that had a INTERNATIONAL logo? Did certain years/models of CC only say international on the hood?

I am in Canada if that helps.

Hugh-SS/16 · Dec 27, 2009

well i only have limited CC knowledge, but i will do my best...

the company started out as International Harvester. they made the big farm tractors, crawlers, and i think little trucks too.

in 1961, I.H. branched out and made a garden tractor. it was called the International Harvester Cub Cadet Original. So for the first few years, up until about '66 i think, the tractors were sold under the name I.H. Cub Cadet. after that, the tractors, while still made by I.H., were called Cub Cadet.

So i think that if the tractor you saw said International Harvester, it must be pretty old, and by the same token rare.

david doyle · Dec 27, 2009

The thing is it did not have that old school CC 70 look to it, Maybe more like a BOLENS hood? If I had to guess I would date it from the late 70s-80s in terms of style.

m.jodrey · Dec 27, 2009

David,what color was this tractor? There were some cub cadets with international on the hood ,but in very small letters.

murphycc · Dec 27, 2009

Poor pic but did it look like this?

Scott

david doyle · Dec 27, 2009

There were some cub cadets with international on the hood ,but in very small letters.

Yeah the letters were very small. White coloured hood with small black letters and maybe some red lines. Had a manual lift sticking up.

Murphy thats for posting that pic, it did'nt look like that but if it did I would have been banging on the door begging for it. That is a sharp looking rig. Bet not alot of those front wheel fenders survived!

I'll get back out there with a camera and take some pics.
Thanks

Redyserve · Dec 28, 2009

The front fenders are not factory.

david doyle · Dec 28, 2009

The front fenders are not factory.

well that explains why there is an easily broken, useless part on what appears to be an otherwise very utilitarian woek horse. Don't get me wrong I think someone did a beautiful job on that tractor.

magicalj · Dec 28, 2009

With the international on the hood with some red lines, it kind of sounds like the hood decal on a 70/100 cub cadet. Someone has pics of his 100 in another thread so check it out and see if that is what is was.

AJ

SWCSRT · Dec 28, 2009

david doyle said:
Yeah the letters were very small. White coloured hood with small black letters and maybe some red lines. Had a manual lift sticking up.

Murphy thats for posting that pic, it did'nt look like that but if it did I would have been banging on the door begging for it. That is a sharp looking rig. Bet not alot of those front wheel fenders survived!

I'll get back out there with a camera and take some pics.
Thanks

Just go & get it would ya:sidelaugh

Tmo · Dec 28, 2009

pistonpusher95 said:
well i only have limited CC knowledge, but i will do my best...

the company started out as International Harvester. they made the big farm tractors, crawlers, and i think little trucks too.

in 1961, I.H. branched out and made a garden tractor. it was called the International Harvester Cub Cadet Original. So for the first few years, up until about '66 i think, the tractors were sold under the name I.H. Cub Cadet. after that, the tractors, while still made by I.H., were called Cub Cadet.

So i think that if the tractor you saw said International Harvester, it must be pretty old, and by the same token rare.

The first garden tractor IH made was just called Cub Cadet. It was called Original by collectors, owners, etc., and wasn't an official name. In 1963 IH made the Cub Cadet 70 and the Cub Cadet 100. From that time on IH used numbers for their models and each was a Cub Cadet, if they were a garden tractor. IH made Cub Cadets from 1961 until they sold the line to Cub Cadet Corporation in 1981. The Cub Cadet Corporation was newly formed by MTD for this.

david doyle · Dec 28, 2009

Just go & get it would ya

Yeah that is usually my advice as well. I will definetley stop in there when I see a car in the drive. I was trying to figure out what it was so I could do enough research so I could do a quick assessment of condition/ parts $ needed so I don't offer too much.

oldsarge · Dec 28, 2009

If it was buried in snow,all but the hood which was white and said International,maybe it was a Cub (154),not a Cadet

david doyle · Dec 29, 2009

Well now you have gone and done it I google 154 and came up with this image

Now of course I have an unhealthy interest in these tractors LOL

I'll try and get out to solve my mystery in the next day or two, will report back

Froghunter · Dec 29, 2009

David,

A picture of my Cub Cadet Original in the snow! I wish you luck in your advantage!

Bill

SWCSRT · Dec 29, 2009

david doyle said:
Yeah that is usually my advice as well. I will definetley stop in there when I see a car in the drive. I was trying to figure out what it was so I could do enough research so I could do a quick assessment of condition/ parts $ needed so I don't offer too much.

totally understand,Just go & buy it already:00000060:
peer pressure,peer pressure:biglaugh:

RBedell · Dec 29, 2009

The wording "International" can and does appear on the hood of the red 82 Series Cubs and was used through the end of that series (1984).

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