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 had one. Although it lived all it's life at the beach there was no rust. The original owner I bought it from was a college professor who found a hobby in vehicle maintenance. His dedication took it to unheard of levels. I simply applied regular mx as usual.
What drove me batty was hard to find parts and when found, priced like they were made of gold.
It was 10 yrs old when I got it and kept it for another 10 yrs. I'm no slouch when it comes to wrenching but as a MOPAR man I found IH trucks sort of a head scratcher. Like an American looking at Soviet designs.
I was looking at a well used Scout thinking about buying. First red flag was the owner did not want me to drive it first. He did relent to a test drive and I went straight to the local Sinclair and but it up on the rack. Really REALLY rusty. It needed a new front drive shaft so I stopped at the IHC dealer for a price. He said that there were 18 to pick from, which one did I want? Did not buy.
The old 800's had lots of nooks and crannies in the underside of the body work and back then they used a lot of salt on the roads in winter, mostly NaCl (nowadays I'm told it's more KCl, which lowers environmental impact, but haven't verified it). Yes it was very hard on them. My '67 800 was a New England truck that had a lot of bondo when I bought it in '78, but I replaced the body with an old RH drive Scout mail truck body in Florida and kept driving it up until '84 or so. The old body folded in half as I was jacking it off the frame, it was so rusty. With Combines and Heavy Trucks making up most of their DNA, IH made small trucks that were nigh indestructible though, mechanically speaking.
IH What a great company. They had dealerships about every fifteen miles all across America. Many books written about their fascinating rise to prosperity, and the stunning fall into despair. I just picked up a 1960 B-170 IH truck with 30K miles on it. Dang thing's cherry. I'll send some pics hen I get it painted.
If memory serves me, I believe all of those Internationals were rust buckets. but then again back then almost all cars were rust buckets
ReplyDeleteI had one. Although it lived all it's life at the beach there was no rust. The original owner I bought it from was a college professor who found a hobby in vehicle maintenance. His dedication took it to unheard of levels. I simply applied regular mx as usual.
ReplyDeleteWhat drove me batty was hard to find parts and when found, priced like they were made of gold.
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It was 10 yrs old when I got it and kept it for another 10 yrs. I'm no slouch when it comes to wrenching but as a MOPAR man I found IH trucks sort of a head scratcher. Like an American looking at Soviet designs.
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I was looking at a well used Scout thinking about buying. First red flag was the owner did not want me to drive it first. He did relent to a test drive and I went straight to the local Sinclair and but it up on the rack. Really REALLY rusty. It needed a new front drive shaft so I stopped at the IHC dealer for a price. He said that there were 18 to pick from, which one did I want? Did not buy.
ReplyDeleteThe old 800's had lots of nooks and crannies in the underside of the body work and back then they used a lot of salt on the roads in winter, mostly NaCl (nowadays I'm told it's more KCl, which lowers environmental impact, but haven't verified it). Yes it was very hard on them. My '67 800 was a New England truck that had a lot of bondo when I bought it in '78, but I replaced the body with an old RH drive Scout mail truck body in Florida and kept driving it up until '84 or so. The old body folded in half as I was jacking it off the frame, it was so rusty. With Combines and Heavy Trucks making up most of their DNA, IH made small trucks that were nigh indestructible though, mechanically speaking.
ReplyDeleteIt was a shame International discontinued the Scout. Same when Isuzu discontinued the Trooper.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great company. They had dealerships about every fifteen miles all across America.
Many books written about their fascinating rise to prosperity, and the stunning fall into despair.
I just picked up a 1960 B-170 IH truck with 30K miles on it.
Dang thing's cherry.
I'll send some pics hen I get it painted.