And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I would want to rescue it, but would wait until winter. Things tend to set up shop in abandoned vehicles, with the windows down, thing that sting.
I have tow truck jumper cables on my F-150, the kind that plug into the grill, and have 30 foot cables. I could get within 30 feet of that IH, no problem.
Open the hood, and if it is 12V, hook it up, after changing the points, and freeing the float. If it starts, then it is time to examine check the tires, and the underhood area for wasp/hornets/bees/mouses. and pull the front seat for same. pull the door panels after getting the truck home, as there may be something inside the doors, too.
After that, it is just patience and money, to bring it back to being the coolest truck in town. Whatever sound system you put in, make sure it has a good AM receiver. My '47 IH KB-1 taught me that best way to listen to a baseball game is on the AM radio of an old pickup, driving down the road, at night!
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ReplyDeleteRemember the Interstate battery ad with the old car in the woods?
ReplyDeleteInternational Harvester - mid 1950's
ReplyDeleteCould it be a 1957?
DeleteNah, the points will be stuck.
ReplyDeletethen the float.
But other than that, yeah, probably
In other words-running in fifteen minutes...;)
DeleteIf it was mine upon me getting it running....ya damn right I could get it moving again!!
ReplyDeleteI would want to rescue it, but would wait until winter. Things tend to set up shop in abandoned vehicles, with the windows down, thing that sting.
ReplyDeleteI have tow truck jumper cables on my F-150, the kind that plug into the grill, and have 30 foot cables. I could get within 30 feet of that IH, no problem.
Open the hood, and if it is 12V, hook it up, after changing the points, and freeing the float. If it starts, then it is time to examine check the tires, and the underhood area for wasp/hornets/bees/mouses. and pull the front seat for same. pull the door panels after getting the truck home, as there may be something inside the doors, too.
After that, it is just patience and money, to bring it back to being the coolest truck in town. Whatever sound system you put in, make sure it has a good AM receiver. My '47 IH KB-1 taught me that best way to listen to a baseball game is on the AM radio of an old pickup, driving down the road, at night!
12V started on the 1957 IH pickups.
ReplyDelete12V conversion kits are about $300.00
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