Red Power Roundup

[BeeKool]

This is a celebration for all things International Harvested. Tractors,Trucks Trucks, Scouts ect.

It is held once a year in a different state. This year it was back in DSM for the first time since 04. I'm quite found of the brand and think probably a few of you Miles may be as well so I thought I'd share a few of the vehicles and pics.

I won't bore you with pictures of the thousand or so tractors ranging fro. Steam age through WW1 era right in up to just be for the truck department closed and the tractor department merged with Case (80s)

I thought you Patriots would appreciate this one. A 1944 Farmall H (very common)
Repainted with a concourse quality black paint with Gold Lettering. Honoring all wars and conflicts. With Dozens and Dozens of names in Gold letter... Every Iowan KIA in Afghanistan and Iraq is painted Gold letter with Rank. Including two townsfolk and my neighbor..
Very cool tribute. Lots of time and tears

On to the trucks.
There were at 20 scouts of varying years and designs and options.

dozens more won't post them all... but I love those Scouts!

I can only guess that this is the frame and Power plant (refurbished) to the last Scout II every to roll off the line.
Assuming the body, much like many a B-body Mopar was lost to the elements of time and the owner is finishing the body or has a transplant lined up

 

[moparnation74]

Trent

Thanks for sharing I would have loved to been there! I enjoy tractors as well as you know but the scouts are cool indeed!

 

[BeeKool]

Time for the Trucks!

This Travelall has a Gen I 5.9 Cummins between the fenders!
With a modern A/C unit. Awesome ride!

These two Trucks were owned by the same guy and both featured a stock Detroit Power plant. The Red one was a highly optioned dealer specialty. Topper was dealer installed.

I like this truck. Probably would make one helluva farm truck.

And the previous trucks' granddaddy

 

[BeeKool]

The two most unique..

This was an actual production vehicle!
International Stageway. It was rated as 19 Passenger. It is a rear wheel drive. Lol
Looong driveshaft with a couple hanger bearings. I talked with the owner for a while. Cool vehicle. Local vehicle. Last picture is my son in his Scout mini next to it.

This next vehicle is a price of history

1960 International Travelall. 4×4
In excellent condition. 2 owner vehicle. 1st owner was an engineer named Albert Moore's. Largely responsible for the development of the Travelall and Scout.
He loved this beauty and did several modifications to it that were way ahead of its time. Including an air compressor under the hood. An extra fuel tank in the back and a propane tank for cooking and an external heating system. As well as a winch , one ton axles, and mounting the spare under the rear like in today's trucks. The spare wasn't winches up and down but rather used compressed air.
I give kudos to the current owner for going well out of his way to give due credit to the original owner. This truck is the best documented vehicle that give seen. It didn't get air in the tire without getting recorded

The truck originally had an L6. But the 1st owner convinced a dealership to sell him a slightly used 304 to put in it in late 60. That motor is still there never rebuilt. He also convinced the powers at IH to put v8s and HD 4x4 axles in their Travelall as a regular option. He tried with Chebby but they refused to see the value in a V8 4×4 full size vehicles.

My favorite was the hand grenade shifter

this vehicle came from Cali but is now locally owned by somebody who will love it like the Genius who first owned it.
The current owner also owns 3 (yes 3)
'59 Travelalls! None of them are 4×4 or V8 though

 

[hawkeye]

A great video on the old IH factory were ENTIRE tractor was manufactured. 50 acres under cover, 5000 employees, their own foundry, power plant, police and fire departments. What American manufacturing used to be.

I learned how to drive on an IH model C.

 

[demonram]

Love those IH trucks! Dad had a 59, 69 and a 72. The later were crew cabs ( travellets). The 69 was a lemon from the start numerous warranty issues. He and his friend were nearly killed coming back from Canada when the pitman arm broke. They went off the highway at 60 mph. It tore the front axle out of the truck, a boulder caught the right front fender and stopped it just before they would have hit one the size of a D9 cat. Unbelievably the only injury was the gear shift lever came off and broke 2 of Virgil's ribs. Today they would have been millionaires. It took 4 months for truck repair ( wouldn't replace it) and they really got nothing except hospital and travel. The truck was out of warranty and somehow the pitman arm got lost during the investigation. Then that same truck was stolen 1 year later and found in a gravel pit by a friend of mine who was swimming. After the repairs my dad then traded it in on the 72. That was a great truck, except all those era of trucks especially IH were horrible with rust. He had it repainted once in the 4 years he owned it. He traded that on a 76 club cab. Man did I turn this into a rambling little book. Thanks for your patience!

 

[moparnation74]

So the white drum in the back is the extra fuel tank?

 

[BeeKool]

So the white drum in the back is the extra fuel tank?

Yep. I thought a hydraulic reservoir, but it's for extra fuel.