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Duplicolor Detroit Alpine green engine paint, pretty much a dead on match.

If they price them like a Freightliner they will sell a ton of them.

I think it would look great with one of my sign cranes on one.

Stripped the interior,  it was pretty grubby and acne scarred under the floor mat. Scraped, chipped and wire brushed it before a heavy coat of rust reformer. Next stop brush on bedliner on the floor and a full covering with dynamat. Ordered 2 new midback air seats today too. Epoxied up the cracked steering wheel and squirted some paint on it.

I think you could turn that around without leaving the parking space

Cleaned up and painted the heater box.

I think it's time to paint the interior, dynamat it and get a new airseat before the heater goes back in.

It looks like the plastic front got rather warm at one time.

10 hours ago, j hancock said:

Sounds good RP!  

Hmmm...... you will have to expand the hoop building.

The guy I bought the hoop frame from has enough to do another couple hundred x 30 feet wide he wants to sell me. I could probably fill it pretty quickly 

I gotta find out how much a plane ticket is to Minneapolis, that thing is beautiful

Hagerty has been very good for me, 3 trucks stated value about $425 a year total and they are ok with pulling a trailer, just have to let them know at the beginning.

25 -30years ago you were never more than a few miles from a radiator shop, real automotive machine shop or starter alternator shop. Now not so much.  Plastic tanks, and crate engines killed most of them off.

19 hours ago, Vladislav said:

Good job!

I wish you could get the perfect match on the interiour color. Speaking about the exterior I would advice to draw a simple picture of the truck using computer and than apply multiple colors and combos to get understanding on what you enjoy better.

Thanks for the tip on that wiper air motor rebuild kit. I have electrical setup off a RD cab but using original old fashion air driven unit seems more authintic and interesting. Can you share the part # of that kit?

Hi Vlad the kit was a zip lock sandwich bag with the seals and o rings in it, no part number, very informal. I called them and gave them the numbers off the end of the wiper motor and they mailed it out. Their website is rometruckparts.com.

10 minutes ago, Red Horse said:

Rich- And new color is???

Not sure yet, possibly match the Autocar or Blue fenders and white,

Sorry about your Mom, Randy. Mine passed 1/9/19 dementia also . 4-5 years of my father caring for here full time and the last year spent in a hospital bed in the living room.

Happy b-day Paul

Thanks Paul. Just had a local radiator shop recore mine Friday. Wasn't too expensive but it also wasn't only 87 bucks either.

I meant heater core not cure

Has anyone bought a new heater cure for a steel dash R model lately? Can't seem to come up with anything online.

Old school 100 year old moving company. Been renting my shop from them for 14 years, decent people to deal with. They were pretty much 100% IH fleet.

1 more year and that truck could get antique plates on it.

19 minutes ago, Rob said:

I like the looks of this International. For sale on Boston Craigslist:

https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/hvo/d/accord-1996-international-tractor/7049536793.html

That's my landlord's truck. I don't think it's seen much use lately as they shut down the moving business and concentrated on real estate.

Merry Christmas!

The Waltham Polaroid building after a little more work.  Hate running the crane aound this much glass.

Almost made it all the way through

Definitely not something you see every day

On 12/6/2019 at 8:43 AM, j hancock said:

A Mack B-42T converted to a dump truck at its new home after the Kemp auction.

Jim, that's not a dump truck, it's a sign truck just look what is on the back.