I recently came across this late 60s early 70s International 4WD Crew Cab peddling Xmas decorations in Reno.
Note Vintage Warn Wench and offset trailer ball on the Front.
Ride height appears to be a bit higher than stock;I’d guestimate that 4-5in of lift clears the mud tires.Note the double leaf springs.
Interior shot showing the manual trans and t-case. No push button slushbox toomfoolery here…when I was your age we had to get out and lock the hubs going through the blazing snow uphill both ways.
The radio is the only clue that we are in the current century.
This body design was retired after 1968 (aside from the medium-duty Loadstars, of course), so that alone narrows things down. I *think* that grille pattern is specific to 1965. A fair number of IH trucks seem to wind up as hodgepodges of different years when parts get replaced, though.
The grille is unique to the D1x00 series which was introduced for “1965” but was one of the series that had a longer than 1 year run so there are some “1966” that wear that grille.
The 1969 had squared-off headlight bezels, also.
Although in pre-regulation days, often low-volume cars and trucks were titled as the year they were first sold to private owners or end users. It’s possible this one was titled a 1969.
The 1970 was the new, and as it turned out, final body style.
One thing that always caught my eye…the OLDER Internationals, 1959-1962, used a more modern-looking plastic or Bakelite instrument pod on the dash. Yet this later generation of International pickups used those generic Stewart-Warner gauge sets. I’m not sure if I think it was a step up…it was probably a cost-saving move, except that if the earlier instrument pod was designed and engineering paid for, why not keep using it?
Nice, wish our gas was cheaper I could cope with this.
Defintely a pre-68 as there’s no side marker lights. Now this is a REAL truck, but, I admit, when I was up in Alaska, I did appreciate auto-locking hubs from within the dryness of the cab (I’m talking more about spring/summer mud vice snow).
Those must be really, really heavy wreaths that need a truck like this to deliver them.
I wonder what is on the other side of the sign. My guess: “International Christmas Festival $5 admission.”
If the area is anything like where I live, outside Christmas time the truck hauls serious amounts of firewood for sale Gotta get the greenery somewhere…
What’s with the flat rock under the RR tire? It seems unlikely that it would have come to rest that way naturally.
Wow, a Travellete 4×4 from the sixties, just one of the greatest objects of my desire! Yes, if only I could get one and put in a more economical diesel motor….
+1
Cummins 4BT FTW!
Reminds me of the mid to late 60’s,when our Air Force E.O.D. units
had either Dodge “Power Wagons” or International 4×4 six packs.
Hey thats my truck!!
Truck is titled as a 1965. It hauls everything including the wreaths. 392 IH V8 with a 5speed, gets about 12mpg and yes I would love to put a diesel in it. I love the Cummins 6 and 4 bt. I would probably put the 6 in this truck and the 4 in my 2wd 65 Travelall. Wouldn’t mind the 7.3 because it would be IH. the offset trailer ball is for moving trailers around the yard and I can pull my boat up onto the trailer off the beach at Pyramid lake when the wind comes up quick, then I turn around and winch the whole get up off the beach. I also use it for pulling cars onto my car trailer. This thing is our family tractor. When everyone is stuck from too much snow this thing is still cruising…that Subaru just aint going to cut it. Rock under the tire just makes the tailgate sit flat and I use the tailgate as my work table….you know like ergonomics 🙂
Total hodge podge. It has all 3/4 ton running gear with disc brakes and power steering home made lift using chevy springs shackle flips etc. Winch works perfect, I pull all the new Jeeps out of the forest all winter long…apparently when you buy a 20 something thousand dollar rubicon jeep it doesn’t come with the skills to drive it.
Cool site.