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Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1952 International Truck; Cool Ugly or Ugly Ugly?
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Re: Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1952 International Truck; Cool Ugly or Ugly Ugly?
Sweetness....... that would drive the diehard IH guys here at work nuts! I'd run it just as it is (well, with the lifter thing fixed of course) :POf all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Re: Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1952 International Truck; Cool Ugly or Ugly Ugly?
I dig the old "cornfield Cadillac"(being nice...I usually refer to'em as 13-letter shitspreaders... ;D).
Definitely needs bumpers.....I've noticed over the years that the old International pickup trucks didn't have a lot in the way of chrome(or flash in general)......the grille/filler panel was likely body color or white. Chroming it could be cool.....or not.
I'd be too tempted to stuff one of the old inline turbo-diesels(from something like, say, a 1066?) in it.....sure, you could shoehorn a PowerStroke in it and call it good(in keeping with the IH family), but that truck just screams for an inline powerplant. There's a series of YouTube videos floating around about some nut that put a 3-53 Detroit 2-puker in an early-mid-60's Chevy 4x4 truck....manual trans, engine brake and all(think the poster goes by the name of HotelCambodia or some shit like that).
I think the 'trashional(another nickname) would be way cooler!
Are those polished Center Line wheels?
I like them, but they just don't work for that truck.
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Re: Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1952 International Truck; Cool Ugly or Ugly Ugly?
I'm with Brian on correcting the stance first.
Then I'd paint it a sweet old truck blue (something lighter and flatter than what it has now). I'd follow with a cream grill and cream steelies with chrome baby moons.
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Re: Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1952 International Truck; Cool Ugly or Ugly Ugly?
Throw a Cummins in it with a stick from a newer Ram, adjust stance, clean up paint/body, drive it like I stole it. Definitely COOL as all hell, but not ugly.Hauling ass & sucking gas are the best uses for a truck.
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Re: Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1952 International Truck; Cool Ugly or Ugly Ugly?
Originally posted by WeldangrindI'm with Brian on correcting the stance first.
Then I'd paint it a sweet old truck blue (something lighter and flatter than what it has now). I'd follow with a cream grill and cream steelies with chrome baby moons.
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Re: Craigslist Pick of the Week: 1952 International Truck; Cool Ugly or Ugly Ugly?
Originally posted by tiresmoke!I'd be too tempted to stuff one of the old inline turbo-diesels(from something like, say, a 1066?) in it.....
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