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Nov 30, 2021 | 11:10 AM

#1936

abe

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I like the fender skirts with the fold down flap.

Nov 30, 2021 | 12:06 PM

#1937

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I wonder how many gallons per mile that thing got.

Nov 30, 2021 | 01:06 PM

#1938

56panelford

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This is the modern day version of the same sort of thing to track tornadoes ..

Nov 30, 2021 | 01:08 PM

#1939

52 Merc

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Originally Posted by bobbytnm

no tire kickers. I know what I have

I think you'd break your toe if you tried kicking one of those tires.

Nov 30, 2021 | 08:10 PM

#1940

Marten

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From: Kemptville, ON,

Crap, something else I didn't know I needed but now that I see it, I got to have it. I have so many uses for that.
What is the take it or leave it price?

Nov 30, 2021 | 08:13 PM

#1941

56panelford

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Originally Posted by bobj49f2

This is up for auction in Hartford, CT if anyone is interested. It's listed as a "42 Chevrolet ESU" (Emergency Service Unit)
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https://www.propertyroom.com/l/1942-...rarefinds2021#

It says Chevy but I see International sheet metal

Nov 30, 2021 | 10:27 PM

#1942

abe

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Originally Posted by 56panelford

It says Chevy but I see International sheet metal

I was just thinking the same. And you are correct! I thought the headlight and trim looked familiar. And now that you said it, you can clearly see the IH fenders and hood shape.

Dec 1, 2021 | 08:16 AM

#1943

56panelford

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That looks like some kind of gas mask laying on that shelf..

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Dec 1, 2021 | 10:05 AM

#1944

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From: W. Central FL.

I suspect any frontal protection has been removed along with the fender. Otherwise, what a waste, all that hardening of the rest of the vehicle and they left the radiator exposed, unprotected.
A vehicle from the 1940s would not have had suspended brake and clutch and a dished steering wheel.

Dec 1, 2021 | 10:08 AM

#1945

EffieTrucker

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Quote:

Originally Posted by raytasch

I suspect any frontal protection has been removed along with the fender. Otherwise, what a waste, all that hardening of the rest of the vehicle and they left the radiator exposed, unprotected.

There was a grille guard:

Dec 1, 2021 | 11:52 AM

#1946

Steve Harlow

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From: Sunshine Coast, BC

I'd daily the hell out of that

Dec 1, 2021 | 01:49 PM

#1947

49fordv8f4

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From: North Central Arkansas

I would probably haul it to the scrap yard. I just don't see anything there worth salvaging, but maybe I don't appreciate a custom vehicle when I see one.

Mark

Dec 1, 2021 | 01:56 PM

#1948

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Originally Posted by 56panelford

That looks like some kind of gas mask laying on that shelf..

I believe that is necessary to protect anyone within 6 feet of the truck (the approved social distance) against the offgassing of the oxidising iron.

Iron oxide

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
oxidized iron (rust)Iron oxides are chemical compounds composed of iron and oxygen. There are sixteen known iron oxides and oxyhydroxides, the best known of which is rust, a form of iron(III) oxide.[1]

Dec 1, 2021 | 03:07 PM

#1949

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Quote:

Originally Posted by raytasch

I suspect any frontal protection has been removed along with the fender. Otherwise, what a waste, all that hardening of the rest of the vehicle and they left the radiator exposed, unprotected.
A vehicle from the 1940s would not have had suspended brake and clutch and a dished steering wheel.

And what sheet metal there is looks like no earlier than a 1957 IH