chevy43
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More great info! Thanks!
1933 Ford BB truck
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More great info! Thanks!
Bored&Stroked
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Post some pictures on your trip . . . love the whole plan and the fact that you're far from new to trucks and Big Rigs!
chevy43
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Will do but I'm going to travel at night - when traffic is low - timing is very important! And I'm getting fully prepared - don't need any trouble!
I have a 30 gallon side tank and whatever is under the seat 15 gal? I figure 8 mpg pulling the trailer at 55 MPH. Gas is down to 4.23 and I can't believe it but I think that's a deal after all the abuse we get in California!
Tools, coolant, oil, jacks, spare tires, lug wrenches, head lamps, safety triangles, chains, binders, straps, registrations, insurance, glasses, jacket, Hi-Lo, big pry bar, extra ignition points - etc.
I have a 30 gallon side tank and whatever is under the seat 15 gal? I figure 8 mpg pulling the trailer at 55 MPH. Gas is down to 4.23 and I can't believe it but I think that's a deal after all the abuse we get in California!
Tools, coolant, oil, jacks, spare tires, lug wrenches, head lamps, safety triangles, chains, binders, straps, registrations, insurance, glasses, jacket, Hi-Lo, big pry bar, extra ignition points - etc.
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chevy43
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Back home safe. Trailer somewhere around 10,500 lbs and around 2,500 lbs on the truck. I stayed under 45MPH and off all crowded roads.
It would have been a great trip but the hitch isn't strong enough and I need to redesign it and I was worried about it so I stopped a lot to check it.
Also I think I can make the truck breaks better. I'd like to true up the drums a little and check all the linings to make sure they're clean and soft enough (high friction) material.
It would have been a great trip but the hitch isn't strong enough and I need to redesign it and I was worried about it so I stopped a lot to check it.
Also I think I can make the truck breaks better. I'd like to true up the drums a little and check all the linings to make sure they're clean and soft enough (high friction) material.
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I must admit you have a pair? To haul that with your truck! Thanks for the pictures and updates! My guess you got a lot of looks!!
Regards,
Chris and Cheryl
I must admit you have a pair? To haul that with your truck! Thanks for the pictures and updates! My guess you got a lot of looks!!
Regards,
Chris and Cheryl
chevy43
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To be honest,
I'd rather haul with something else but my dad passed and I'm trying to save stuff fast and this is the only truck that is big enough and yet small enough to go up his road at the moment.
That's A 1943 International on the back he let me drive to high school a few times after doing work of some kind to earn it. There's more cool stuff I'm trying to save.
Also the BB had deteriorated badly and I think it's better to use and enjoy something than let this happen to it!:
I'd rather haul with something else but my dad passed and I'm trying to save stuff fast and this is the only truck that is big enough and yet small enough to go up his road at the moment.
That's A 1943 International on the back he let me drive to high school a few times after doing work of some kind to earn it. There's more cool stuff I'm trying to save.
Also the BB had deteriorated badly and I think it's better to use and enjoy something than let this happen to it!:
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1952henry
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Nice cargo on trailer, an IHC USMC M-2-4 1 ton cargo truck. Is the cab original or transplant? Most were open cabs, but a few were built with the K series cab. Wasn’t unusual for a cab transplant from a K or KB IHC.
I had an IHC M-1-4 USMC frontline ambulance. That was a .5 ton. Same chassis, albeit a foot shorter and a few less spring leaves. Stout old devil. The front axle was a cast, crudely machined chunk designed to accept the same 3rd member as the Eaton derived civilian K series 1 ton rearend.
More pics please.
I had an IHC M-1-4 USMC frontline ambulance. That was a .5 ton. Same chassis, albeit a foot shorter and a few less spring leaves. Stout old devil. The front axle was a cast, crudely machined chunk designed to accept the same 3rd member as the Eaton derived civilian K series 1 ton rearend.
More pics please.
1952henry
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Top pic, the late great USMC Korean War vet Shirley Laird of North Bend with his restored IHC ambulance. Other than the M-1-4 cargo, he had one of every IHC military vehicle built, he restored them himself. Bottom pic is the ambulance I pulled out of the Oregon mountains. Took it down to the frame, had it half done before I sold it to a collector in preparation to moving back to my home state. Not an easy task finding engine parts for the Green Diamond flathead six. Shirley Laird was a blessing to meet. He didn’t have the original rear door hinges, my pile did. He borrowed them to have castings made. In return, I got to raid his parts vehicles. Transmission was the same spur gear T 9 as early Fords, but where does one find guts for an obsolete transfer case, other than Shirley. Sorry for the rambling, I have a soft spot for old IHCs.
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