53 ihc

[international rat]

Those valve covers are SWEET! Thats a cool idea

[earthman]

I'm likin' the running boards. Got that tough industrial look goin' on.

[the reverend muddy grimes]

been awhile since i posted, been way to busy with other peoples projects to work on my own. planning to change that in a lil bit. Hoping the weather holds so i can pull the straight 6 today.

[the reverend muddy grimes]

ok, so I got the motor out, finally. several of my neighbors swung by to say hello while i was doing this. Lived here for 10 Years, and none of them have spoken to me yet. One of them asked what i was gonna do with the 6 cylinder. I asked if he wanted, and he said yes. Told him to load it up and haul it off. Runs good, but i have no use in the world for i-6s. next step is to clean up the engine bay.

[Sam_Fear]

Yep. Tappit pans look great! Like the choice for running boards too.

[the reverend muddy grimes]

been awhile since my last update. alot going on in my life. Started going to church, thus living up to the name, and suddenly there went sundays. Serious marrage problems (wont get into it, but councelling and there goes most of saturday) still working 12 hour days, so no real time to work. Got back on it today.

Went to the bone yard and picked up a cross member for a ford. greasy, but perfect for my needs. started cleaning it up today. Also cutting out the old crossmember.

Came up with a design plan on the grill. The plan was always to make something that Ted Ornas would look at and say "hmm, i should have done that." (for you non IHC guys, Ted designed everything IHC from 1953 till the company quit building light trucks in 1980) I plan to pull out the center bar and replace it with black wire mesh. then put an IHC script emblem off a 60's loadstar buss in the middle of it.

[the reverend muddy grimes]

not a good pic, its raining and im way to close in it, but as mentioned earlier, cant exactly ask the wife for help taking pics. anyway, emblem where it will sit.

[the reverend muddy grimes]

and the new grill, looks better with the hood on though. I used some wire from lowes to make the backing, painted it flat black, and then suspended the emblem in the mesh. Argued with myself for awhile on whether i wanted it centered or at an angle on the passengers side centered won out.

[the reverend muddy grimes]

got the motor and trans into one peice today. looks so good.

[hotrod preacher]

looking good rev.....

good to hear the sunday schedule i'm a promoter of that sorta thing ya know
hope your situation works out for the best......

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