My '48 Int. KB-7 (Sanford)

[Joey Mack]

I guess I should have started this topic 4 years ago.  It is a slow process for me, but it's progressing. 

[Joey Mack]

[Joey Mack]

[Joey Mack]

[Joey Mack]

[Joey Mack]

[Joey Mack]

Here is today's picture's. 5/10/26.  My Wife bought that ladder for me a while ago. It's really handy for me. I'm only 5'-9'' and 18'' thick..  

That ladder showed up in a damaged package and was all scratched up and the cushion was torn. After submitting a complaint, Fed/Ex refunded her $190.00.  So we got it for free.  I didn't expect that.  

[terry]

Looks to be a real straight original!👍. terry

[Joey Mack]

It is Terry..  

[Vladislav]

Nice! I like the look of these IH's.

Maybe you know Russia produced ZiS-150 trucks after the war with design grabbed from the IH. But slightly reworked with wider cab and flat head engine.

Just wonder how can you find the time t work on this project?

[Joey Mack]

Vlad,  It is hard to find time. I have a full time job, and several everyday drivers to keep road worthy.  The pictures I posted spans over 3 years.  I went back through my history to create this posting.

Vlad, the engine does run good, and the driveline is strong. I pulled all the wires out due to condition. I am making it a 12 volt negative ground truck.  I am currently looking for a starter.  I will post a picture of my new wiring set up.  Thank you..🍻

[Joey Mack]

Vlad, I used this little compartment under the seat to hide my modern wiring.  I will do my best to hide the modern changes. I did blast and paint some parts that are out of service, and mounted them back in their spots, so that I can show what was there in 1948...  

I do not have a high skill set nor the money to give this truck what it deserves, but I will make it go down the road. 

[Vladislav]

Joey, step by step makes long ways covered. I remember you mentioned this project multiple times in other threads and it's a good idea to compile everything at one place. I'm going to keep my eye for updates. The truck looks like in a very good solid shape which means excellent potencial. And once the mechanics/electrics are ready you might put efforts to the paint or maybe just clear coat or even maybe some other unusual artificial solution. I picture the truck with flat bed body maybe with stakes or with a long narrow tank or maybe some special type of structure which would bring look and help using it to drive to a grocery shop sometimes. Good approach to the electrics. Modern stuff should not be seen on a classic rig but it can make its job done.

[Joey Mack]

Vlad... You hit the nail on the head !! A wooden flatbed, grocery getter for sure, and hopefully a hay wagon in local parades...  

[Vladislav]

Two wooden barrels put at the front of the bed right behind the cab would add country look. And could be used as luggage compartments perfectly.

[Vladislav]

During WW2 under Lend-Lease some handful of IH KR-11 dump trucks were supplied to Soviet Union. None of those known survived and even not many photos of them in service here too. Would be cool to find a similar one and import. But that's out of my capabilities at the moment.

[Geoff Weeks]

Vlad, unless that is unique to the Lend-lease vehicles, that truck is no larger than a K-7. The -8's and up had 10 lug wheels. -5 and down had 5 lug and -6, -7 had six lug.

-7 will handle 5 tons no problem. I have done on mine.

Harder to tell when they have spoke wheels, but easy when they have disk's.

Also the hood isn't long enough to be an 8 or higher.

Edited 19 hours ago by Geoff Weeks
hood legnth

[Joey Mack]

The GVW on mine is 16,500 pounds.  But ...... I certainly wont be testing its strength..   I just want to drive it around town...  🤫

[Geoff Weeks]

2 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

The GVW on mine is 16,500 pounds.  But ...... I certainly wont be testing its strength..   I just want to drive it around town...  🤫

One of mine has the same GVW the other is 21500 GVW. 

EW on yours and my flatbed is right around 6500-7000 lbs. so 10,000 more is right there.

[cruiseliner64]

Fantastic truck Joey.You should be rightfully proud of it.Cant wait for more updates...

Paul

[mowerman]

Excellent thanks for that Bubba

[Joey Mack]

Paul.  Updates will be slow, and sometimes small in nature.  Thanks for the response

[mechohaulic]

1 minute ago, Joey Mack said:

Paul.  Updates will be slow, and sometimes small in nature.  Thanks for the response

Now lets not use the words "updates will be slow "" the updates will be in a timely fashion.  just sayin. we won't go near the topic of "small in nature "!!! leave nature out of this !

[Joey Mack]

I found a field rebuild kit for the starter, on EBAY. I offered $125.00, with tax and shipping it closed at $146.00.  It should be at my house this week.  

[Geoff Weeks]

A bit of trivia.

You'll notice on the picture of the right side of the block before you painted it, another "fuel pump" mounting pad/opening that is covered by the generator mount.

Early versions of this engine had either a gear drive generator on the left side (driven off the cam timing gear) or could be had with a Mag there also. Both precluded driving the fuel pump directly off the cam on that side. A pushrod was used across the block to the fuel pump mounted on the right side (behind where the generator is now). 

When the engine was designed, they used either of the two above ways to time the spark, so left no other provision for a distributor on the engine. When gear driven generators proved to be a problem, requiring timing to the engine when removed, and mag left no provision for battery charging. 

originally the oil pump drive was capped off at the upper end. It was near vertical and close into the block, so that left no room for mounting a distributor next to the block driven off the oil pump drive. The shaft had to be extended to above the valve cover to have enough room to mount the distributor, giving the BLD the distinctive high mount distributor.

For a brief time in the early 50's when the block was re designed for full flow oil filter and the liners were removed so the displacement increased to 308 for the biggest engines, they added a pad near the oilpump drive gear on the cam and an opening to allow for "low mount" distributor at cam level.  This was so the engine could be fitted in the low cab cabover trucks of the day. Conventional cab trucks still used the high mount distributor. I have only seen one with the low mount, and that was in pictures.

When the block was re designed in the 50's the opening on the right side of the block was eliminated.