Thread: 1945 International Harvester Truck

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A friend of a friend is selling a truck that's kinda interesting. I talked to the guy just now and he gave me the whole history. he's third owner.

originally purchased during WWII by a store owner in lemon cove, ca, had to get special permission from the war department. it was a military truck, arrived at dealer with no bed, special 3/4 ton rear end, single tire. they had the flatbed made for it. it is in great shape apparently (I wish I could post pics, but they sent them to me in PDF, I can't figure out how to get them out to jpg).

almost all original, missing one hubcap, one trim ring, has turn signals added by 2nd owner, as well as a toilet paper roll oil filter???? has been converted to 12 volt.

He's asking 2500 bucks. just needs a battery he says.

Here's the thing, I love the history of it, it seems like a cool collectible, but I'm into hotrods and if I'm going to get in on a 2nd project it'll be that 28-29 ford 2dr sedan in my friends field.

I just thought I'd tell you all about it. If anybody wants to see the pics or is interested let me know. I have no stake in it, just a cool truck.

Sounds very cool red. Maybe you could post a link to the pdf file, though not sure how though?
How are you doing. How did the last truck project go? Any pictures?

email me the file, I have a trick or two up my sleeve that I should be able to make it a JPG easily...joe

Hey stovens, doing great. truck is no progress last 6 months at least. when my uncle goes back to asia it really go to a halt. it's just me at that point, hard to get out in the shop, not as fun by myself. plus so many other projects to keep me busy, and the kids. he comes back tonight actually though, so I expect it'll crank back up.

Thanks for the offer joe, I didn't even think of just opening it with photoshop. here we go.

Cool truck.

[URL="http://www.oldihc.org/URL]

Try this link-if it comes through; I "Googled" International Harvester Trucks, and this was the first one on the list of many. That is a nice looking "Binder", and there are a lot of enthusiasts out there; one might love to get his hands on it.

Just an FYI - Jon Kosmoski (a.k.a. House of Kolor paints) did a 1948 International Pickup and took it to a recent SEMA show. Here is a link to a couple of pics.

http://www.houseofkolor.com/hok/PDF/SEMAWrapUp.pdf

Jerome

If it had a box on it, it would look just like my old one, same color too. except mine sat on a '71 Power Wagon chassis and had a flip fornt end!
I sure would like to buy it. I just don't have $2500.00, I did a couple of weeks ago and spent it! Damn!
He wouldn't swap a good '90 S-15 for it would he? Does he need any parts?

Pat