I got my new plates yesterday from the Catcave for my L1189 TWENTY. I thought some here might want to see them.

The SNs still need to be stamped on them. To get to this point, I had to do some research by looking at other machines of similar vintage. In that process, I found CAT had made some changes along the line. I want to thank Kent Bates and Dave Tallon for graciously sharing their knowledge for the changes and what plates my tractor would have had originally. We were hindered by the fact that the seatback on mine had been replaced sometime during its life so it had NO HOLES to show the size of the original plates or where they were positioned. Hats off also to Catman for working hard at providing these beautifully finished and authentic plates! Thanks guys!

Now I have to make the rest of the tractor look the same quality! Kent says I will hit another wall when I get to the hood latches but that is a fair ways off.

JanM