New Year, New Pickup: 1971 International 1110 Pickup
The International Harvester corporation released a new line of pickup trucks called the D-series in 1969 to replace the older C-series trucks that had been sold since 1961. This next example comes from the first year of a 1971 restyle where the trucks dropped their D-suffix (1100D, 1500D, etc) and were now called 1010 or 1110 depending on weight rating. For the price I can’t think you can get much more vintage truck coolness. Find this 1971 International 1110 Pickup offered for $6,500 in Modesto, CA via craigslist.
From the seller:
1971 international l110
condition: good
fuel: gas
odometer: 70000
title status: clean
transmission: manual
1971 international short bed Factory V8 4speed manual 2WD AC amazing truck original condition original owner
Very Rare to find
no smog required Asking only $6500
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My father used to buy these for the farm. There are more possible builds on these than you can imagine. Basically the man at the harvester store would hand you the equivalent of the parts catalog and you could combine (pun intended) anything you wanted.
My dad would always get the cheapest engine with the biggest air cleaner, the heaviest springs and axles, the shock mounted radiator, and other stuff more appropriately seen on a tractor.
Then we would go to the welding shop for a humongous bumper and 100 gallon diesel tank for fueling the tractors.
We once stuck a piece of railroad tie between the frame and rear axle and put the tracks of a caterpillar tractor in the back to haul it to the welding shop for hardfacing. Bent the frame going over the railroad tracks on the way home. That winter when things slowed down he took it back to the welding shop to have a new section welded into the frame.
Eventually he took the doors off, and used it to drive in alfalfa fields with a 500 gallon propane tank and a wand that would shoot a 20 foot flame to burn this parasitic weed that was a big problem in alfalfa farming
Sort of like this but with a pickup
https://youtu.be/m88JLUAW2l0
That gas tank in the cab always seemed like a bad idea if you were driving around like it was a car.
Just noticed it’s a few miles from me in Modesto, and
Gone already
I’d love to have something like this. A good looking, honest no-nonsense truck. The 304 V8 has a great sound like an old Ford flathead. A nice break from the new ones with all the bulges and bumps looking like a twisted balloon poodle.
Someone is very happy to have this now.