Bob: The whole 4 of them had better farm trucks when they had inline 6 cylinder engines. My two Internationals, 58 and 65 both had the 264 engine. GMs 292 was a good engine. Ford's 300 was iron clad, and that old Dodge slant 6 was bullet proof.
My first GM was a 72 and I had 3 more after that. Friend of mine was a travelling mechanic for heavy rquipment, and he bought his own trucks. Bought his first one in the 60s, 7,200 GVW and traded every two years after that, went to diesel in the 80s. He drove a lot more miles than I did. around 1995 we were comparing notes, and basically decided GM nickled and dimed that truck to death. Just maybe it will now die. I know in the early 90s I vowed I'd never have another GM 3/4 ton pickup.
By the way, my Internationals were great starters in cold weather, and we had a lot of -20F to -30F. Back in those days I was driving a 1/2 mile to milk cows at 5 am. Believe me, I never walked, and I was never late. I wasn't allowed to take the car. We had a nice fire engine red Pontiac Hardtop which Marg. drove to her teaching job. One day in the summer I took it to the dairy barn. As I left the barn I followed the cows down a cow lane on my way home. I had 3 quart glass bottles on milk on the seat beside me. A cow turned around on me, I had to jump on the brakes, wee bit better than the IH. Anyhow, two quarts of milk hit the dash and smashed, plus the cow stuck her horn through a headlight. I was not very popular with the young school teacher. We never got that sour milk smell completely out of the Pontiac.
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