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......

if ya ever need a hotrod preacher's point of view/opinion/advice or whatever just shoot me a PM

 

[rainman]

YES IT DOES, even tho it is red. LOL

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

chopped 2 inches (one off each end) of the salvage yard transmission crossmember. drilled new mounting holes. then started the custom shifting arm. This one im not so sure about how it will work, but the whole thing is gonna cost me less than $10 so its well worth a try. I'll post pics of that when I get it together, because im sure there will be 700 reasons why it shouldnt work.

 

[rat-rod chick]

So i hate the stock mirror. I had this motorcycle mirror hanging out that i had no use for. Ideas began sparking, and since I had a drill bit, boom why not.

i love this body style

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

spent way to much money tonight on parts. ok less than $100 but still to much. Cherry bomb mufflers were $22 each. I despise Autozone, but sometimes they have a good deal.

 

[Shea Laking]

First off, Rev, you're from the "scrounge-and-build" school, just like me. I DIG grassroots car building.

I'm sorry to hear of your problems, marriage can be a rough ride at times. Hope everything works out, 'specially if kids are involved. They're most important.

Keep pluggin' away at that old truck. It may just be your sanity.[

Regards,
Shea

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

Ok, down time with the family. I went to Tractor supply and got matching International Harvester T-shirts for my daughter and myself. Have to keep her interested somehow.



She cant drive a standard, (and never will be able to, so I do what I can to keep her attention)

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

Ok, got the wife involved. She painted the other three wheels. Didnt do much else today, just finished how i want the grill and put the hood on so I can see what she looks like. Oh and couldnt resist a pic of the Cherry bombs. They are even the right color.

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

Sanding, sanding, and more sanding. If i would have been doing this all my days off untill now, she'd be in primer by now. Have i mentioned I hate bondo?

 

[the reverend muddy grimes]

while waiting on my "friend" to show today, I got some small stuff done. He was supposed to be here at 7am, Its now 4:30 pm and the first rain we have had in months just hit. time to quit. anyway, a few of the things i finished while waiting on him. sanded and painted the crossmember. sanded alot of bondo off the front fender. worked some on the passenger side running board, mounted the wheels so I could see what they will look like, wrong tires, but the wheels look good. and went and bought some bolts.

 

[bob w]

The IH is coming along nicely. Looks like you have a great co-pilot there.[cl