1937 International D-2

Driving Lights and Front Bumper

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:38:04 -0500

Gotta Love those 3 day weekends. Found time to mount the front bumper and installed the driving lights. Photos in the gallery. You know what I like about this year model? How sweet it looks from the front.

Purchased the driving lights off of ebay - $25.00 they come in blue, amber, clear, red, and rainbow. 3" round. In retrospect i should have went with a 4 or 5" round light. Anyway, they are small enough that they don't detract and add enough light to the front of the road where i can see really well (I'm old.)
If you look close in the gallery you will even see one or two of me.

Getting close to doing the last bit of body work.

D40 Sales Brochure

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:27:09 -0500

Added the D-40 Sales brochure to the gallery.

On the Side of the Road.

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:59:19 -0500

On Saturday, August 1,2009. I spent a lovely afternoon sitting on the side of the road. I made it about three miles from the garage when the ole cornbinder died. Yes, i left the phone in the other car. Yes, it was about 90 degrees out and looked like it was gonna rain. Yes, it was my fault.
Here is what happened. Earlier in the day i had dropped the gas tank to fix the fuel gauge. Put it back on and went about my business doing other things. Anyway. It stopped raining and I decided to go and get some gas to see if I had fixed my little problem. So down the road i went. Yeah. Two hours on the side of the road. I finally figured out that i had trapped a loop of the gas line that sits on top of the tank under one of the bands that holds the tank in place, pinching the gas line. Loosen the strap, pull out the loop, tighten the strap, and go back down the road
Aside from feeling stupid it was quite the adventure.
By the way, the fuel gauge works fine now.

El Dorado Arkansas local paper advertisements for 1937,38,39.

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:57:20 -0500

Uploaded a bunch of photos for the years 1937,1938, and 1939. These photos were taken from the local newspaper archives and were from original advertisements printed for the time. You will notice there are two IHC advertisements - both simple with no drawings or photos. The two adverts were the only ones there were that ran local. I'd like to have know the reason why.
Anyway. Enjoy a bunch of original adverts for various dealers like Nash, Lincoln, Zephyr, Ford, Pontiac, Chevrolet, and others. There is a good chance you will not have seen them any where else.

You Tube International Videos

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:36:19 -0500

Here are a couple of videos from YouTube.

Ride and information on 1928 International. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybSCMx5O3DU&feature=fvw
1940 International quick view. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Gp0C_6Q4I
Burn Out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0iEMcprBQo

1938 D2 Coupe - New Zealand

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:18:57 -0500

http://www.yaldhurstmuseum.co.nz/index.html
School Road
Yaldhurst RD6
Christchurch 7676
New Zealand

Phone: +64 (03) 3427 914
Fax: +64 (03) 3427 916

Email: Info@yaldhurstmuseum.co.nz

1938 International D2 Coupe.
Five cars were bodied by Steel Brothers in Christchurch New Zealand. They were commissioned
by the New Zealand International agents and used by sales representatives.
Apart from the body the vehicles remained as standard.

Photo Additions.

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:28:45 -0500

Added some photos to the gallery of other IHC trucks along with a couple advertisements. Enjoy.

June 2009 Finally got it so it will go down the road.

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:50:58 -0500

Here is what it currently looks like. Not even close to done yet.

I updated the images in the gallery under 2009 so you can see most of the work. Ask away if you have any questions.

Sunday Update - Front Cap done

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:59:40 -0500

Well. I finished the front fenders and got them bolted on today. Began running the wiring for the headlights. Got a little stuck on the turn signals. Hopefully I'll figure them out quickly. Bolted on the running boards and began some of the weatherstripping on the doors.
So all that is left is the rear fenders, and bed of the truck - bodywork and paint. Hope to be ready to prime the bed on Tuesday - so its sand and finish some spot welding tomorrow.
Photos to be updated maybe tomorrow night.

Paint wheels and tires.

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:49:07 -0500

Painted the cab last night - silver.
Rims and tires were put on - except one that had to be sent back because there was a hole in the rim !
Gonna try and start on the front cap tomorrow, sanding, and primer.

Getting Ready for Paint

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:46:21 -0500

Well. It has been a while.
So here is an update. For some reason i have lost the 2008 year progress photos - not that i did much. So i took a bunch of photos of where the build is now in its progress and placed them under the 2009 folder.

I have fixed the doors for bear claw latches and remote entry. I am going to put the handles back on but they are strictly cosmetic. They work great. As you can see i used the Highway 15 wiring harness. Looks good and was easy to install and their instructions make it a no brainer. I am hiding the wiring behind the passenger kick panel. The shaved door handle kit actually has 18 different ways to use the remotes. I am going to use em to open the doors and roll up and down the driver's side window. The wiring for the latches were fairly straight forward and they fit in the doors real good.

The hinge on the glovebox door was broken and i managed to weld that up and its back on the truck - good as new i might add. The floor plate top section has been welded in and sealant placed on it to fill in the gaps - its ready for the carpet as soon as paint goes on. The motor has been finished and everything works well. The firewall was painted with POR15 and then had the heat shielding placed on it. Looks good.

So. in the next few days (weeks) the bodywork and paint will begin in earnest. Wheels and rims are coming shortly as well.
Almost there.

Some of you will notice that the body sits more forward that the front quarter panel. Unfortunately this was an oversite on my part and had i been a little more observant I could have seen this problem. Oh well. I am going to cut down the front fenders a bit and add a bit to the front of the fender in order to center the wheel in the wheel well. I may try and bring the fender down a bit so it looks like the tire takes up more of the wheel well.

Juan

International Harvester D2 parts Catalog

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:17:03 -0500

A copy of my parts catalog for the D-2 truck has been added to the gallery.

Once again if you have the opportunity to purchase the parts manual or the owners manual - go with the owner's manual. Check them both here and you will see why.

Server Upgrade

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:40:26 -0500

Finally got around to updating the hard drive on the server. There started to be some kind of problem with the old drive. Server now has around five times the space that it had and 50 times more than it was using.
Now if i could just get around to working on my truck.

D35 and D60 Brochures added

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:14:05 -0500

Two brochure booklets have been added to the gallery.

DR-70

nospam@example.com (Juan Reyes) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:53:32 -0500

New Brochure added to gallery. Nice front page pick of 4 door cab - in 1937-1938!