<div dir="ltr">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.<div>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.</div><div>Speaking of rambling...</div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:50 PM Cecil Bearden <<a href="mailto:crbearden@copper.net">crbearden@copper.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I went to an auction yesterday. I should have bought the 6600 JD <br>
combine that sold for $2000, but I didn't want to sleep with the cats in <br>
the barn.. Also picked up a 32ft Field cultivator/spring tooth. If I <br>
take off the wigs I have a 12ft one and a lot of spare parts!!<br>
<br>
I went after the 66 Chevrolet C60 w/ 20 ft bed & hoist air tag axle, <br>
Shurco tarp and Westfield drill fill auger. For $2000 I figured the bed <br>
& hoist was worth that. My drill fill auger needs a new auger and it is <br>
over $500.<br>
<br>
The truck looks like it has a 366 engine. OEM would have been a 348 or <br>
409 I think.. This has the valve covers of the 366 & 427 but only a 2 <br>
bbl carb so I would guess 366. It has a very worn 5 speed transmission <br>
and a 2 speed axle that shifts ok. The cab is not in bad shape for a <br>
66. If I can swap the power steering gear from a 67 or 68 model I have <br>
here, then I can change to the smaller steering wheel and maybe fit <br>
behind the wheel. Either that or lose 100 lbs. I was looking at <br>
shortening the steering column as it can move forward under the dash If <br>
I shorten the steering tube and re-cut the splines on the steering <br>
shaft. I have a 18ft tilt bed hoist I would like to put on this one. I <br>
have a 427 & 5speed in another truck that would give it a little more <br>
power. The 366 did not seem to really have a lot of zip to it, but this <br>
truck has only been used about 50 miles a year for the last 10 years. <br>
If all else fails I can hop up a 350 with 10:1 compression and propane......<br>
<br>
It is a lot of work, but I have this soft spot for the 60-66 Chevrolet <br>
trucks. I rebuilt a lot of engines in those years for hopped up farm <br>
trucks. I had a 52GMC 2 ton with a 16ft bed & hoist that would haul 300 <br>
bushel at 70mph. Back then we did not have the traffic on the highways <br>
we do now...<br>
<br>
Just rambling......<br>
<br>
Cecil<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>-- <br><br>Francis Robinson<br>aka "farmer"<br>Central Indiana USA<br><a href="mailto:robinson46176@gmail.com" target="_blank">robinson46176@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div></div></div>