I have been looking for some rear fenders for my project. I found Vintage Automotive in Mountain Home (45 min drive). Jim said he had a couple of the IHCs that had some good parts. I hooked up the trailer and took off. What a place! Acres of old cars and trucks. Stacks of hoods, fenders, radiators, bumpers, axles, brake drums and anything else you might ever look for. I don't know how he would identify most of it but it is a scavengers dream.
He drove me up to the IHCs in his International pickup (1970's model I think) that nearly had 500,000 miles on it. He showed my 3 separate IHCs. The green one in the pic had the best parts. We pulled out his tools and went to work. And work it was. It took 3 of us over 3 hours to remove 2 rear fenders, a front right fender, and drivers side running board. I also picked up unbroken front turn signal markers, a windshiled frame crank and two headlight assemblies minus the headlight ring trim.
I thought about taking the whole bed but it had enough cancer in it that it would have been hard to work with. It was also the 8 1/2' bed which would have require major modification for what I want. Also the local CraigsList has a couple of later model IHC bed trailers listed. I hope to pick one up and use it.
Eventually I will probably go back for some other odds and ends. Especially when I try to fit a bumper. He does not have an IHC bumper but there are so many other cool bumpers I think I can find one that will work.
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| Wanna buy a hood |
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| Chrome baby. They don't make it like this anymore |
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| Not sure what it is but it looked cool |
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| This is the KB-2 I cannabalized |
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| Oh, the sadness |
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| My cab up with help of the lift to get at the new body mounts |
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