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Well its taken me along time to give an update. But here we go .Sorry for the wait 😀 I did lots of polishing , some painting and some fixing . Can you believe that it needed a lower rad hose and the International dealer could still look up the part number and FIND it . I couldn't believe it . I've had it to some shows and was able to find one of the previous owners . He had it in the 90's and had a fertilizer tender on it . Thats why it had a hydraulic tank and pump. I still don't know who bought it originally . So its still a mystery why it was spec'd the way it was . The trans works good and the transmission retarder works amazing. Thanks again to everyone that helped me figure it out . Other than keep history alive it doesn't really have a purpose. But I love starting it up and cruising around a bit in it . Takes me back to a very simple time.

Run, run Rudolpf, Santa has to make it to town.....

Thought I’d share a couple pictures of my 865 powered CF running like a sewing machine in this years parade.

Looks brand new! Can't wait to bolt it back in.

Ok guys just another little update on the Cruiseliner transformation...we have almost all mechanical work done except our clutch throw out bearing needs adjusting as its has 3/4in gap instead of 1/2in, can anyone advise us on the proper way to do this?....The truck is running and driving again so whats left to do??? We have to rewire rear lights fit headlights fit bumper and we are still looking for tyres.The cab has to be retrimed inside to match the movie truck and the stripes/signwriteing have to be applied.We are delighted we have come so far this year and hope to finnish the truck for the show season starting April'26.We thank all of you for your help with our truck,couldnt have done it without you guys...Heres a few pictures of how it has turned out so far including some experimenting with differen light/shadows. Paul

Dug out some old pics the other day. Here's a brand new Superliner at the dealer in my town back in the day. Pretty sure it ended up pulling log trailer. It was a long time ago, and I can't really make it out in the pic, but there is a badge under the Superliner oval on the side of the hood. I can't remember if it was a Caterpillar or Cummins badge?

Santa came early..... One day delivery. Not bad. Didn't expect it until maybe tomorrow but got a call this afternoon and ran down and got it.

Good chilly evening forum members! We had -10 degrees this morning. I got the cab lights on and working! I had to do some wiring and planning but it all finally came together. It's nice to have a warm place to work in the shop. As Always Best Regards.....Frank

Well its not a loadstar but an R series with the single man cab. Its crazy. I was not even looking for internationals and this popped up in my search. Kind of strange that I mentioned it yesterday and have not seen one in years.... 1968 International R190 Series Single Center Seat Dump Truck - Commercial Vehicles - Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania | Facebook Marketplace | Facebook

This is almost as bad as when I watch "Blackhawk Down". Every time I would watch that movie I would wish I was king, so I could blow somalia right off the map. This only makes me want to put elon omar and the rest of the idiotic and corrupt somali politicians on a bus and send it towards somalia.

Well, I sold the GMC today. I didn't get what I would have liked, but it was about what I could reasonably expect to get for it. And the buyer had cash in hand, so there's that. We're heading out of Appomattox headed east on 460 to Rice, VA. We were getting the Zinamobile ready for the Christmas Parade when the guy stopped by. After we delivered the GMC we rushed home to get the Zinamobile and go to Pamplin for the parade. We got to Pamplin and slapped some decorations on it but it was really cold, about 35 degrees, and we had no working heater. And a park light was out. I just had both park lights working, with new bulbs, but I had park light failure today. And because we had delivered the GMC to Rice, got home at 4, and we're supposed to be in Pamplin at 4:00, I didn't have time to look into the situation. But I hate having a light out! Anyway, here's the Zinamobile with a few decorations on it. VID_20251206_181212.mp4

Another picture that I had saved. Me, Bob, and Jumper and Son eating dinner in Delmont, Pa.

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Speaking of International and the Harvester Home Coming. My Friend Troy Link Won Heavy Weight Champion Acouple years ago With this 1979 4070 B Brahm Edition Cabover. He restored it from the ground up in his shop in Homer Michigan. Unfortunately he lost his battle with Throat Cancer Last year. He was Affectionately known as Chicken Troy due to his love of Chicken lights 😋.

It is sickening that CBS, ABC, and NBC news , will tell the story about the illegal alien and make it a Trump admin issue... They only showcase Latin people that are "hard working family citizens" Ok, well ??? Why are they not LEGAL? They need to pay the same taxes as we do. For me... its about being legal, and paying into the system. Then you can vote, or serve in the Military, or law enforcement, and education as long as you give your heart to the United State of America!!

Here’s the pictures

...did somebody mention big Mike?

"make billions for himself" this one is great. Only President that came into office with more net worth than he left with and came back to do it again. Anybody really think the man isn't aware of his own mortality ? No doubt, we're at an ugly place. No getting out of it that's going to be pretty. Lots of these things that are unpopular need to be done. Personally......I'm not see'n Gavin Newsom or Harris capable of ever doing any of it. Not even that man's man Walz. (oh wait a minute...he's a little busy with his somalis people who truly love this country no profiting going on there)

Merry Christmas everyone! Hoping all is under the tree that you were looking forward too! Fred & Nessa

Merry Christmas,, as 2025 comes to a close it’s been a up and down year,, The year started finishing up the LJ as we were still digging out from the flood damage, as the summer went on we were fortunate to take the LJ to several shows, including Mack’s 125th birthday celebration! We were blessed to have a lot of fun. But as the year came to a close a couple weeks ago tragedy struck with 2 really great people I knew , Jamson Gibson a local big rig race driver , friend , really great guy , and Greg Biffle ( former nascar driver ) and his family who helped us a lot during the flood, delivered supplies to our Church very early after the storm with his personal helicopter . He was involved in a lot local charity work with kids. I had just talked to him a few weeks ago at a charity event at his farm. Very Sad, Hopefully 2026 will be better for all of us.

Merry Christmas you lot Who would of thought, bacon tree, here was me thinking a pig was involved in bacon ha ha ha Paul

I drove 2, the first truck I drove was a 74 Transtar with a 290 Cummins and 13 speed. Then I drove a 78 Astro with a 290, 9 speed. When I started driving for H.H. Moore Jr. my first truck there was a 74 Transtar with a VT903 with a 13 direct. Here I am at the old Ponderosa Truck Stop at the bottom of North Mountain with a load of wood chips, going to the Westvaco paper mill in Covington, VA. That's the last Transtar I drove, drove a couple of F models after this truck, then 3 K100's, then H.H. went to conventionals.

pulled this off the internet. From the same dealership chain. Someone said they figured it was takin in 1981....

This is the 1967 Loadstar that I drove on the farm. If memory serves me it was a 549, 5 and 3. I loved driving this truck and would have bought it if Jim would have been willing to sell it at the right time.

Yeah, what Bob said- we usually get more snow and cold around here in January, February and March I'd say than any other months. Of course, I'm not a meaty urologist and don't keep records. But we've already had 2 significant snow storms this year, before Christmas. The high today was 36 but it's supposed to be 49 tomorrow. We could have went to another Christmas Parade, the one we took the big green International that runs now to in Cumberland last year, but I didn't register because the forecast last week said it was going to barely get above freezing. Last year's parade picture-

CF795-1081 xTarrytown NY Eng 76 x Shawnee Valley PA