[AT] New old truck

Thu Mar 12 18:40:56 PDT 2020

I found Rock Auto has a lot of old stuff available.   Fooled me.    I 
was looking at their catalog last night and found kingpin and bushings 
for the old 66 C60  And at reasonable prices...  I ordered a lot of 
suspension parts for my 98 Chevy C85 from them last year.  The biggest 
gripe I have with Rock Auto is that sometimes on a larger order it will 
come from 3 or more warehouses and there is a shipping and handling 
charge for each one.  They have some warehouse liquidation buys that are 
really cheap and high quality...  Here is a link to that IHC water pump 
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/international,1973,1210,5.6l+345cid+v8,1409756,cooling+system,water+pump,2208
   I have on old 75 3/4 ton 4x4 IHC that had a 304 but I had a 345 in a 
1 ton and swapped them.  I also swapped the power steering box to the 
3/4 also..

Here in OK if we don't tag a vehicle in 2 years it costs over $300 to 
tag it.  It used to be $0.25/day up to the price of the tag then double 
tag for the penalty and they only went back 2 years.   For an old truck 
or car, it would run no more than $100. Then the state got broke and 
greedy and it went to over $300 depending on what tag agency figures 
it...  `We can put a black sticker on the tag that means it will not be 
used and no penalty will accrue.   I have a bunch of old trucks that 
have black tags because the mandatory insurance law would just break the 
budget. It is $27.50 for a black tag sticker.  To insure a 2 ton or 
larger farm truck is about $50/yr on a farm fleet use.  In OK every 
vehicle on the road must be insured.  In Arkansas, a farmer can buy a 
liability policy for about $300/yr that covers him driving any vehicle 
he gets into.  OK is run by the oil patch and the insurance lobby, so we 
don't have a chance to save on insurance....

Rambling again....
Cecil

On 3/12/2020 2:23 PM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
> Gee, imagine any of us "rambling"...  :-)  I always have a soft spot 
> for old trucks. I have an old 1965 IHC 1600 Load Star that I don't 
> really have any reason to own. My tandem axle trailer or even just one 
> of the pickups is all I need most of the time. If I need something 
> heavy hauled son Scott can bring something home from a small trailer 
> up through stages of goose-necks and his take-home ton work truck 
> through heavy tag behind a single axle dump, a tri-axle dump on up to 
> a very long trailer semi. I do work very hard to not abuse the 
> privilege and to mostly deal with my own stuff as much as I can.
> I have not plated the IHC lately but try to keep it viable. All that 
> it really needed was tires and I found a set of 6 (2 steering and 4 
> lug type) that someone had bought new for an old truck and then blew 
> up the engine after only putting a few hundred miles on the tires. You 
> can still see the mold marks on the face of the tread. I hope to get 
> those installed this summer and some little stuff. Oh, yeah, it also 
> needs a passenger side running board (or a step ladder). It has a very 
> good twin cylinder hoist and a good step plate floor in the bed. I 
> hauled a lot of grain with it before I retired and occasionally a load 
> of stone.  I would love to have a two speed axle for it, it is geared 
> quite low. It's just a 4 speed (first is granny gear) and it sounds 
> wound out pretty high at 55 MPH in 4th. I can't justify a 2 speed so 
> I'll just keep good oil in it and change it often. It won't get many 
> miles on it.
> Speaking of rambling...
> Son Scott just bought an old IHC pickup last Saturday. It is a 1973 
> 4x4 with a 345. Quite a bit of body rust but not a lot of dents and 
> the frame looks very good. I believe it was last plated about 3 years 
> ago. Under the hood looked good and original, not butchered up. He got 
> it started and said that it was only making the noises it was supposed 
> to but the water pump was froze. Probably not a big problem. Stuff is 
> fairly well available for the 345's.
>
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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:50 PM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net 
> <mailto:crbearden at copper.net>> wrote:
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>     I went to an auction yesterday.  I should have bought the 6600 JD
>     combine that sold for $2000, but I didn't want to sleep with the
>     cats in
>     the barn..   Also picked up a 32ft Field cultivator/spring tooth. 
>     If I
>     take off the wigs I have a 12ft one and a lot of spare parts!!
>
>     I went after the 66 Chevrolet C60 w/ 20 ft bed & hoist air tag axle,
>     Shurco tarp and Westfield drill fill auger.  For $2000 I figured
>     the bed
>     & hoist was worth that.  My drill fill auger needs a new auger and
>     it is
>     over $500.
>
>     The truck looks like it has a 366 engine.  OEM would have been a
>     348 or
>     409 I think..  This has the valve covers of the 366 & 427 but only
>     a 2
>     bbl carb so I would guess 366.  It has a very worn 5 speed
>     transmission
>     and a 2 speed axle that shifts ok.  The cab is not in bad shape for a
>     66.  If I can swap the power steering gear from a 67 or 68 model I
>     have
>     here, then I can change to the smaller steering wheel and maybe fit
>     behind the wheel. Either that or lose 100 lbs.  I was looking at
>     shortening the steering column as it can move forward under the
>     dash If
>     I shorten the steering tube and re-cut the splines on the steering
>     shaft. I have a 18ft tilt bed hoist I would like to put on this
>     one.  I
>     have a 427 & 5speed in another truck that would give it a little more
>     power.  The 366 did not seem to really have a lot of zip to it,
>     but this
>     truck has only been used about 50 miles a year for the last 10 years.
>     If all else fails I can hop up a 350 with 10:1 compression and
>     propane......
>
>     It is a lot of work, but I have this soft spot for the 60-66
>     Chevrolet
>     trucks.  I rebuilt a lot of engines in those years for hopped up farm
>     trucks.  I had a 52GMC 2 ton with a 16ft bed & hoist that would
>     haul 300
>     bushel at 70mph.  Back then we did not have the traffic on the
>     highways
>     we do now...
>
>     Just rambling......
>
>     Cecil
>
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