Thank you for this video. So many people today don't realize International made pick ups back in the day. I had a 1972 1210 All Wheel Drive, 9ft step side with a 345, Dana 60 front, Dana 70 rear. 430 gears and factory limited slip front and rear. Truck was a beast. Unstoppable. They most definitely don't make 'em like that anymore. Shame. 👍🇺🇸
I was born in 1951. From day one I remember our iH freezer outside with a piece of plywood covering the top. In 1980 my parents died and during the clean out there was the iH freezer…still outside still working perfectly. I gave it to my uncle he put new weatherstripping on the gaps and used it until he went to heaven 1988. House was sold and freezer as far as I know…is still in the back yard ticking away. Amazing durability.
Thanks for the video. After WW2, my Dad started a local delivery firm in northern Wisconsin. By the 1950s, his small fleet was all IH. The fleet pickup was an R series 4X4. Even in a small Wisconsin town, a 12 block hike to 7th grade (particularly at 20 degrees below), was "taxing", so Dad drove his 2 sons to school. The lucky "middle of the seat" guy got to rest his chin on the gearshift knob and experience "Blured Vision" (No seat belts y'know,)
Some of my relatives preferred International pickups and Travelalls in the late sixties and early seventies. I never knew why they switched away from them, but, thanks to this video, now I do: International stopped making them in the mid-seventies. My relatives considered them good vehicles.
In the early 80's I bought a surplus ex-Highways Department IH pickup for $ 500.00. It was a 2WD short box "heavy half-ton" with the 345 V-8 and three on the tree. That engine was a torque monster. We lived at the top of a steep hill with a winding street and several switchbacks. When it snowed heavily, there were a few times when it wouldn't make the hill, even with lug tires and weight in the bed. I'd take a good run at the hill and try to keep a constant speed in high gear, but no matter if I feathered the throttle, going around one of the switchbacks, the rear wheels would break loose and start to spin. After a few attempts, I'd have to admit defeat, park at the bottom of the hill, and trudge through the snow the last half-mile to home.
My first truck was a 73, 1110 that had all you could check on the order sheet, except 4 x 4. It even had twin spotlights on the A pillars. 392 v8, 727 turboflight trans, power steering and brakes, am radio, clearance lights and marker lights on the step bumper, andA/C.
As an owner of a 1952 IH L-120 3/4 ton ,it's really nice to see a video about the history of international harvester, only wish there were more videos about them out there. great job by the way
I spent a short time working at Case IH in suburban Chicago in 1998, and while there learned that the heavy truck teams at IH held all the political power, and when they needed more volume at Ft. Wayne the light truck guys were pushed out. Unfortunate as this market was just about to explode in sales, leaving Jeep as the only Independent in that field. IH might have done quite well with the right upgrades and modernizations.
We sold McCormick, IHC & Case IH, great memories. The trucks were tough, the scouts were the best all terrain for their size & the Tractors were and still are leaders in the industry. Good times & great history.
I used to have a 1970 International 1200-D, 4 door, 4x4 shortbed. It had a transplanted, 392 CID V8, a Borg Warner Flash-amatic automatic transmission. I could go on and on about that truck. I wish I still had it today.
I got a 51 L-110 with a SD-240 as a project at 16 and with some work, it ran like a champ! Had a death wobble from the Kingpins at 50 that was scary, and the 6 volt starter was always a pain but it had TORQUE!
In 1969 my dad bought a 1967 International pickup HD 3/4 ton, 2 wheel drive, manual transmission. It was dark green metallic with a white cab roof. Being very mechanical my dad maintain all our vehicles. I was five when he purchased it he passed in 2020 and it went to my brother. Dad loved the, "old corn binder", as he affectionately called it. He also drove commercial truck for a living. My great uncle and aunt had one of the 60's Travelall in tan color, was still driving it in the mid 80's when he passed away.
My dad had an International pickup in the early '70s. It was late '50s or early '60s model. He used to take us to his property in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Amador County CA when we were young. I was 14 in 1971 and he taught me how to drive on roads around his property.
My first new car was a Scout II. I went to the dealership, I was 19 at the time, sat down with a salesman and went through the options list. I wasn't interested in fancy so much as durable ond off-road capable for going up over steep off-road passes, such as Engineer Mountain and Black Bear Pass near Telluride, Colorado. I got the 304 engine, four-speed transmission, limited rear-slip differential, and, I believe
