Mods
Vintage aluminum topper, baling twine to hold tailgate up, western seat cover, quick release race hood (hinges gone due to rust), 1x4 barn wood hood prop (mounts securely in between grill and radiator during travel), the seat acts as a permanent hay bale air freshener (smells of hay chaff and earthy dust).
Build story
1970 International 1100D
304 V8
B&W Automatic Transmission
97,000 Miles
Palmer, Alaska
This was my grandfather's truck, in 1972 he was in Colorado wanting to buy a horse and horse trailer, however the owner said he would only sell the horse and trailer if my grandfather bought his truck as well. It was at that time my grandfather became the second owner of this 1970 International 1100D (he later told me he only wanted the horse, and that he never intended on buy a truck that day). The truck was used to drive his family (my mom, grandma, and siblings) up the ALCAN to Alaska in 1976, where it remained on my grandfather's farm as a work truck for several decades. Eventually it was parked, and sold to my Dad in 2003 for $1. My dad got it running and drove it for a couple years. I was about 10 years old at the time, and it is where I first began to grow a love for old classic vehicles. I can vividly remember listening to the scratchy AM radio with my dad on the way to various junk yards to find parts (like the hood hinges that we never seemed to find). After a few years, my dad lost interest in the truck and sold it back to my grandfather for what he had put into it (around $500). From there, it sat again until 2019 when I got the chance to purchase the truck, I paid my grandfather $400 and some help getting his Cadillac running again in exchange for the truck. I towed it out of its grave down to my parent's house a mile away. In my parent's driveway I redid the brakes, gave the truck a tune up, and rebuilt the carb. After 15 years it barked to life, and the old 304 ran again! From there I polished the paint, freshened up the rims, put a topper on it, and drove it home across town. This upcoming summer it will be getting lots more attention. I am anxiously waiting for our Alaskan 3 degree spring days to turn to 65 degree summer days in the coming months. That's when I will dive back in and make this the daily driver it deserves to be!
**The first winter I had it, I couldn't help but drive it back across town on icy roads to show my grandfather the progress. While I was there I took a few pictures of the truck back on the farm (picture of the truck in the snow in front of the barn).
304 V8
B&W Automatic Transmission
97,000 Miles
Palmer, Alaska
This was my grandfather's truck, in 1972 he was in Colorado wanting to buy a horse and horse trailer, however the owner said he would only sell the horse and trailer if my grandfather bought his truck as well. It was at that time my grandfather became the second owner of this 1970 International 1100D (he later told me he only wanted the horse, and that he never intended on buy a truck that day). The truck was used to drive his family (my mom, grandma, and siblings) up the ALCAN to Alaska in 1976, where it remained on my grandfather's farm as a work truck for several decades. Eventually it was parked, and sold to my Dad in 2003 for $1. My dad got it running and drove it for a couple years. I was about 10 years old at the time, and it is where I first began to grow a love for old classic vehicles. I can vividly remember listening to the scratchy AM radio with my dad on the way to various junk yards to find parts (like the hood hinges that we never seemed to find). After a few years, my dad lost interest in the truck and sold it back to my grandfather for what he had put into it (around $500). From there, it sat again until 2019 when I got the chance to purchase the truck, I paid my grandfather $400 and some help getting his Cadillac running again in exchange for the truck. I towed it out of its grave down to my parent's house a mile away. In my parent's driveway I redid the brakes, gave the truck a tune up, and rebuilt the carb. After 15 years it barked to life, and the old 304 ran again! From there I polished the paint, freshened up the rims, put a topper on it, and drove it home across town. This upcoming summer it will be getting lots more attention. I am anxiously waiting for our Alaskan 3 degree spring days to turn to 65 degree summer days in the coming months. That's when I will dive back in and make this the daily driver it deserves to be!
**The first winter I had it, I couldn't help but drive it back across town on icy roads to show my grandfather the progress. While I was there I took a few pictures of the truck back on the farm (picture of the truck in the snow in front of the barn).