Okay, these pics are in roughly chronological order.
First, here's the first International-Harvester IDI I owned...a 1984 E-350 cargo van that the previous owner did a DIY interior conversion on. 6.9l, C6, 3.54 gears, and pretty much no factory options. She was a great van; only big problem (other than the slushbox, lack of a/c, and lack of cruise control) I had with her was that I became a cop magnet
I bought her in 2000, and sold her in 2002 after inheriting the truck:
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October 2000; this pic was actually taken the day I first went to look at her before buying her.
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July 2011, pretending she's one of the big boys (at the Petro truck stop on CA 152 at CA-33 for the locals
). This was actually taken while driving down to Los Angeles to bring the truck home. A friend of mine rode down with me and we caravaned back.
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(the van and the truck together, sometime in 2001 shortly after getting the truck up from Los Angeles to the Bay Area)
And, now, here's a series of shots of my truck over the years...
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December 2001, and other than the lumber rack, pretty much as the truck looked when I inherited her. Nevermind the long-haired freak standing at the rear corner
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January 2005, after putting new 255-85R16's tires on the truck. She looks mean, but those tires made the truck handle terribly...and, with a trailer strapped to the truck, the handling went from "terrible" to "dangerous"
Learned a valuable lesson about the importance of stiff sidewalls, and replaced those tires with stock tires four months later. Note that the lumber rack's now black; I pulled it in 2003 to sand down and repaint it. Unfortunately, the quality of the steel used in building the rack was so poor that, even with grinding down to bare shiny metal, sealing it, and putting at least two coats of primer and five coats of paint on the rack, it started rusting through less than two years later (even before I moved to Pacifica)
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March 2006, towing my second M-B diesel ('79 300SD) home from Los Angeles. This shot was taken at the Kettleman City truck stop where the I-5 meets CA 41, for the locals
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December 2006, romping around in Hollister a bit
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Later the same day, about to drive home from Hollister.
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October 2011, after living in Pacifica for just under 5 years. This picture doesn't really do justice to the rust damage the salt air's done to the body...it's truly a sad state of affairs
This pic was taken in Los Angeles shortly after removing the lumber rack. The difference in cab noise and fuel economy is nothing short of amazing since ditching the rack! My only regret was not having ditched the rack ten years ago.
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October 2012, with two other OB members' trucks (I'll let them identify themselves
) on Pismo Beach at sunset
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dont worry I smashed the **** out of that bumper there is currently no bumper lol. An the other half was gold custom painted by my friends 5yr old with rattle cans haha.
