Help identifying this truck
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Help identifying this truck
Ok... Sorry, this isn't a Ford, but it may end up motivated by a Ford powerplant.
I'm posting this in two forums trying to find a good source of info. Who knows anything about this truck? I'm guessing late 40's-early 50's. No frame, no nothing except a cab. Thinking about getting it. Not much money and as the current truck has started out from about the same thing (actually less), it looks interesting.
So far, my web searching hasn't yielded anything concrete.
Dave
I'm posting this in two forums trying to find a good source of info. Who knows anything about this truck? I'm guessing late 40's-early 50's. No frame, no nothing except a cab. Thinking about getting it. Not much money and as the current truck has started out from about the same thing (actually less), it looks interesting.
So far, my web searching hasn't yielded anything concrete.
Dave
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You could start looking at big International Harveste(o)rs. Surely there is some better metal to work with in Kansas. On the way to the Ozarks, down on 160 or 166 there has been a '46 or '47 1 1/2 ton Ford at the intersection of another forgotton highway for years.
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There are a lot of grain trucks around. I have seen a few big Macks also. This is the first snubnose International I've run across. I want what I work on to be a little unique. Stuff that you can't just order the parts for from any ol' website. This seems at first glance to fit the bill. You're right, though. It is a rough way to start. I'm going to give it some good thought before I jump. It's not like I don't have something to work on already anyway. I guess my get it while it's good mentality jumped in right there. We'll see. I have had a little better success (not much) finding pics of these old IHs online and I like the look. This one, because of the way the bottom of the cab and cowl is flat, I think may be one of the bigger models.
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Thanks! I was hoping there was a site like that. Based on the shape of the nose and the bottom of the cab, it does look like a "road" truck. I'm going to hop on over to the IHC site and see what else I can find out about it. It looks like there are a lot more of the model with the slightly longer nose, so I am kinda liking this one. Still not sure whether to buy it or not, though.
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