"I bought this tractor at a farm auction that was held for a lady going to a nursing home. She loved it so much that she asked me if I intended to soup it up and use it as a puller. She acted as if I was purchasing one of her children. When I told her that I was only going to mow with it and possibly shove a little snow, she was so happy. I am sure that lady has since gone on to her reward, but if she could see that 1450 today, she would smile. If anything, it looks better now than then. I have kept the chrome hub caps sparkling, and there isn't any rust any place on the tractor. A few years after using the tractor to mow a few lawns in addition to my own, the Kohler 14 hp engine needed to be rebuilt. I was talked into buying a new Kohler 16 hp. It has the power, but the 16 engines do not run as smoothly as the 14 engines. The original 44A deck still is in wonderful condition. I replaced the center pulley with a 44C pulley to make the blades turn faster. I use gator blades. The bearings are always greased, and I clean out the bearing caps at least twice a season. Probably, I could work on this tractor blind. I know I can talk someone through a troubleshoot on the telephone, because I have a son who has a 1450, and that is how we have repaired his a couple times. Before I would buy a new garden tractor (I detest ZTR contraptions!), I would rebuild this one and keep it going."

"This Cub Cadet is the only item I have ever purchased at an estate auction. An elderly lady who was retiring and moving into a retirement home in the Kokomo Indiana had this little tractor and cherished dearly. As I paid for my purchase, she came up to me and asked me if I was going to turn this 1450 into a pulling tractor. I assured her that all it would do as long as I owned it was to mow grass and maybe pull a cart. She was very satisfied knowing that her baby was going to a good home. I still have the dealer key chain that she had on the ignition key. I also put chrome polish on the hubcaps every fall. The 1450 is near "mint.""