I wandered upon this while walking the dog

Hi guys,
I was walking the family dog while visiting Massachusetts for Christmas and I saw this truck behind an old shut down hardware store. Its an international, dont know anything else. Should I pursue acquiring it? Also there was this cool old trailer of some sort, It has cast iron spoke wheels, pretty neat stuff. It would be cool to have in my yard I think.

What do you guys think??

 

Uh there are two of those locally here in SOCAL. One a 1/2 ton(ODDROD GARAGE) and the other is a farm truck just minutes from my house.

 

Cool old truck, coast to coast shipping cost may change your mind...

 

Im just thinking to keep "back home". I come back here often and have a house here and it would give me something to do while visiting. Im particularly interested in that cool cast iron trailer.

 

Yeah there is on here in Ramona that you can drive home. I think the guy had it for sale for 2250.

 

Ive already got a truck here in LA what year do you think that int. might be?

 

You have to wonder what that trailer was built for.

 

`37 , `38 , `39 D series , one of those years

 

Truck looks to be late 30's, Trailer was built for heavy hauling, thats a pretty sturdy looking frame. Might still roll just fine.

 

Thats a 1940 International D-30 1.5 ton truck. 1940 is the only year for the little turnsignal housings on top of the front fenders. The cab , hood tops and grill are the same as the smaller 1/3 ton trucks. The rear cab mount is different then the 3/4 ton and 1/2 models but not much different.

 

That trailer frame is cast iron, with all kind of mounting holes and that cut out section molded in to the rear, Ive been searching all over the web, but cant figure it out. fire equipment maybee?

 

Mine looked just about like that when I started, The sheetmetal is really thick and the top is a seperate piece overlapped and welded at the beltline. Makes for an easy chop and you can keep the back window. The windshield frame is multipiece and held together with screws, makes it easy to cut done.They also have cool bullet shaped headlights that match the fender markers, I converted the fender markers to yellow bulbs for turn signals. The cab itself looks pretty soild on the one you found. Good luck!

 

dang from west coast to east coast,you take your dog on SERIOUS walks

 

ya that dog must have some strong legs,here in mass if left outdoors ,probly really rusty at the seams, could always sell the grill to them tractor guys.lol

 

That "trailer" may have been for power unit,,,hit&miss type, or perhaps a compressor for construction uses,,

 

Could you live with yourself knowing you let this poor old girl standing in the cold and snow after you get back home?
Get it running and drive it home...

 

Great old trucks...when they are sittin' on the ground with that big old grille they look very good...I just started on mine a few weeks ago...the grille on that one looks to be in pretty good shape and I know a few guys who are looking for one...

 

Could be an old Army "Ammo" wagon...

 

you better walk the dog all the time

 

Leave the junk, buy the dog.

 

Trailer could be fire equipment, WWI military trailer, or construction all of which have been mentioned.

 

You should grab those fender mounted turn signals and send them to me. I think I could use them on my truck.

 

International trucks have always been very ugly.
An art teacher told me that some people can not understand the difference between beauty and ugly and those people can NOT be taught to see the difference.

I guess thats how ugly girls manage to have sex.

No matter what you do to it it will always be ugly.
If you are OK with that, go for it.
There was a guy here with a 49-52 Dodge car.
It had been thoroughly customized but you could still tell what it used to be, and still is, ---ugly---

That is a big slow truck that gets lousy gas mileage, and a set of tires will cost more than a thousand dollars.

After you spend huge amounts of money for it, what could you use it for?

Unfortunately some people think that just because a car is old, it is automatically cool.
International trucks have never been cool

 

Maybe the chassis of a manure spreader.

 

OK we can settle this real quick ..post a picture of your wife

 

"I guess thats how ugly girls manage to have sex".


Ugly girls manage to have sex with fat, ugly guys...or decent looking guys that get drunk beyond good judgement.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Same as there's plenty of ugly people in terrific relationships (while the "beautiful people" in Hollywood go to pieces), I'm sure there's plenty of guys runnin around in unfinished late 30's-early 40's pickups that are having a hell of a lot more fun than some over serious, uptight gold chainers in 100k+++ 32 Fords.

I'd say buy the truck if it's a decent buy. Who knows, next time you go by you may find that someone started to part it out (or steal parts off of it) or it got sent to the scrapper.

 

Why would a guy from California want to haul home a wreck from the east coast? I thought it went the other way......... what the hell is happening?

 

Chances are that trailer may have been the carrier for the local ice plant. Ice is very heavy and packed in straw or other natural insulating material for delivery.

 

That happens cause they all look the same upside down. Now fat girls...that is something I still have not understood.