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My son has my dad's 1966 International Harvester pickup in his garage. He wants to restore it but there is no money for it right now. But, the truck is inside and out of the weather.

kwg

A guy in Warsaw, VA has/had a bunch of them if you are needing parts some day.

I bought a backhoe from him a few years back... he was OCD on the old IHs.

Dwayne's stories are ALWAYS THE BEST...

Polite Canadians FTW!

It's my understanding there is a guy in northern Iowa who restores old Binders. The parts have to come from somewhere. To the best of my knowledge, there is not anyone who is making restoration parts so every thing has to be used or old stock. It will be expensive no matter what.

kwg

very cool bunch of trucks in this thread. I really want a 72 Chevy Short bed but I have to get my rich uncle out of the poor house first...

ya'll may be getting tired of my truck but I'm posting it anyway.

I love the old step sides.

You keep posting it and I just might change my 72 back to that color, as it was originally!

I think those early 70's Chevy's are my favorite old pickup.

I do like the the 50's era, but I think I could daily drive a C10 (or a K10)

Here's mine. It looks new, because it is. But I thought I would get a jump on this thread and when it is a classic, I will already have posted it...

Thanks for the info. I was not aware GM had continued offering the early body style as a '55-model. I once owned a '55, but it had the later styling, with the wrap-around rear window, a 6-cylinder and 4-speed Hydramatic.

My Dad bought a Sierra in 1972. 350, auto, headers and glass packs. Nothing sounded like it, Harvest Gold and white cab. Wasn't fast, but it could go anywhere in style. Dad kept it for 20 years and then sold it. It was a total gas hog and he needed driveway.
I would guess in about 2002 or so, I was at Home Depot and I heard something familiar. Yep, there it was, not looking nice, but still sounded like it had, louder. So I watched it pull into the lot and a couple of Slumlord's favorites stepped out and walked into IHOP. I wasn't sure, so I walked over. Still had the "custom" wheels and chromed/wood steering wheel, so yep. But wow, up close it was a mess. I didn't even have the heart to take a picture, gave it one last pat on the hood and walked away.

Eye candy is nice, but I like trucks that earn their keep. I'm currently rebuilding a 235 cubic inch 6 cylinder engine with Babbit-bearing connecting rods for a 1951 Chevy 2 ton, for a young man in Oklahoma who is still hauling grain with the truck his grandfather bought in 1955. Three generations on the same farm, and the truck is still working for a living! About a year ago it developed a rod knock while hauling 16K pounds of wheat to a grain elevator.

I wouldn’t repaint that truck. That patina is awesome. I would just stop any rust and conserve it just as it is. Thats just me though.

Classic means different things to different folks….


Me?

I like the square body 80’s Chevy trucks. ( and blazers)


I had a clean ‘86 k1500 truck.

It was LWB though, i didn’t keep it but a couple years.

Growing up, the Fall Guy truck was the chit.

I always wanted a 72 Chevy pickup. Chevrolet Red over White. Man thats a good looking truck.

I would like some details on the truck with the radial engine. How would that radial get enough air to cool itself? And what is used linking that vertical shaft to the drive train?

They call it "PUTTING THE PANTS ON YOU"

I have a low mileage 2001 4X4 Tundra, and I just saw ones like it selling for nearly the same price I gave for mine in 2007. The truck market is totally insane.