Newbie with an oddball project...Farm Rod.

[ocnorb]

wow that's one on the nicest cabs ive seen, almost a shame you cut it.... but it is a sweet project! ya can never go wrong with harvester power in a old harvester! (boo on those who use 350s for "hot rod binders") i will have to keep an eye in this. ;p

-Jon

BELIEVE ME; that first cut hurt. It took me a week of goin back and forth before I could do it. My dad finally convinced me that if I didn't use it for this project and give it a new life that it would probably just sit around until it was rotten- look at as giving the old girl a heart transplant...might leave a few scars, but in the end she'll have a longer higher quality of life!

It was a tough thing to do. I love old trucks... but the stock configuration could never realistically meet my needs. I must bow down and ask the IH gods for forgiveness.

 

[6.9poweredscout]

BELIEVE ME; that first cut hurt. It took me a week of goin back and forth before I could do it. My dad finally convinced me that if I didn't use it for this project and give it a new life that it would probably just sit around until it was rotten- look at as giving the old girl a heart transplant...might leave a few scars, but in the end she'll have a longer higher quality of life!

It was a tough thing to do. I love old trucks... but the stock configuration could never realistically meet my needs. I must bow down and ask the IH gods for forgiveness.

i think they'll forgive you, she'll be one sweet rig that's for sure.

-Jon

 

[ocnorb]

I was able to get a break on the weather today and left work a few minutes early to take advantage of it. My plan is to get the interior painted so that I don't have to tear it apart again after I get it together and running. I am sure it will get scratched and scraped here and there as it goes together, so I foresee some touch up work later. I sanblasted and primered the roof and intrerior yesterday.

I decided to use the hugger orange in the interior. I will offset this with a bright white dash.

The temperature was near 70F so I went for it!

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I am using the new Summit paint system. The cost was reasonable. This project is not about perfection or I wouldn't be doing it under a tree in the backyard. That said; I still want it to turn out as well as possible. I am using a paint gun from HF tools that was on sale for 14.99 a few weeks ago. I'm no pro, but the thing lays down this paint pretty darn well.

My dear wife helped me cover the cab with plastic. A 500w light will be left on in the cab overnight to keep the temperature in the range where the paint will cure. Again, not the best, but as good as can be mustered right now.

Next step is to remove the doors and get them repaired, cleaned up, primered, and ready to paint. I will need to order the window gaskets and trim soon. This is a new area for me. Hopefully I can figure out how to get them apart and back together without too much trouble.

 

[david85]

I don't care who you are, that feeling after laying down that paint is like nothing else.

 

[Brimmstone]

Don't laugh at those cheap guns. If you know what you're doing they can do as good a paint job as a $300 spray gun. I've painted several trucks and trailers over the years and have gotten to a point I tend to use on of these more than anything else.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000K1NS3K


I just painted a truck bed for a neighbor using enamel paint. Looks almost like glass. You definitely did a heck of a job painting that one.

 

[6.9poweredscout]

if ya need any help with IH truck parts give me a holler i have a few good places to go unless you have what you need.

-Jon

 

[ocnorb]

if ya need any help with IH truck parts give me a holler i have a few good places to go unless you have what you need.

-Jon

I don't have any of it yet. There seems to be a few options; there is an ebay seller with IH trim and moulding; Travellallparts.com seems to have everything for the '57; the window felt and liner stuff from Metrommp?

Any advice on who is good to work with would be great.

 

[ameristar1]

That's a pretty shade of orange. What's the name of the color? My wife saw it and fell in love with it.

 

[ocnorb]

That's a pretty shade of orange. What's the name of the color? My wife saw it and fell in love with it.

"Hugger Orange"

 

[6.9poweredscout]

most of these sites work best when you call them the sites are lacking.

www.superscoutspecialists.com
www.lightlineofla.com

those are my favorites, i hear they're the same owner w/ the same parts but i find different parts in different places....

my "go to" site is:

www.binderplanet.org ....they have a IH parts place, if you become a member you will find ant IH questions you could need.

goodluck!
-Jon

 

[bigoilburner19]

damn man what no 4x4 and how long is the bed gonna be I mean its bad ass but are you gonna keep the original and make chassis shorter? or extend the bed i mean ethier way you cant go wrong a long bed will seriously turn heads. if it anit for the hugger orange and great color it fits the truck and also, is this truck gonna haul something(besides ass) around or just be a basic driver and one more thing. no four speed damn i love the t 19's out of the 84 to 86 fords come on man hahahah(beggin put it in). and also i havnt seen a t 19 in a 87 or 88 ford truck if someone can enlighten me please doo

 

[ocnorb]

damn man what no 4x4 and how long is the bed gonna be I mean its bad ass but are you gonna keep the original and make chassis shorter? or extend the bed i mean ethier way you cant go wrong a long bed will seriously turn heads. if it anit for the hugger orange and great color it fits the truck and also, is this truck gonna haul something(besides ass) around or just be a basic driver and one more thing. no four speed damn i love the t 19's out of the 84 to 86 fords come on man hahahah(beggin put it in). and also i havnt seen a t 19 in a 87 or 88 ford truck if someone can enlighten me please doo

Bed will be 8 ft. I cut the back off yesterday...

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lost 300 lbs and gained 10 hp and 3 mpg in one cut!! I will have a toolbox in front of the bed so the overall length is a bit over 10 feet. I hope to make the 8 foot section a dump bed.

I haul a 16' tandem axle enclosed trailer loaded with motorcycles and gear.

I would love to do a ZF 5 speed gearbox eventually, but right now the plan is just to get it on the road as-is...then the fun stuff can happen!

4x4 just doesn't interest me that much. I have had 2 wheel and 4 wheel drive trucks over the years and the 2 wheel drives have been much more reliable and get better ga$ mileage. I may put a winch under the tool box so that I can get out of a bind if it becomes necessary.

Much progress was made yesterday..not much time for taking photos...then it got too dark. Dash and glovebox are now "Bright White" and turned out real good! (I used a new HF paint gun and man does that thing lay down some nice color. My old gun is now for primer only!)

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This old girl has been distracting me from my IH duties:

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Its whats left of a 1930 Ford AA 1 1/2 ton truck. It had been "pasturized" many years ago. It still has some good parts and will be a future project. Definitely not a restoration; more along the lines of a "rod" project. I spent a day going up and getting her out of the farmers field.

 

[bigoilburner19]

man i love those old ford trucks man i salute you sir lol.for taking this fine truck and wanting to do something with it and I see what you mean on 4 wheel and 2 wheel and its gonna have two axles wow and a dumpbox dude my mouth is watering! and see for that IH if you want a 4spd main and 2 spd aux box i mean if it is gonna be a dump truck id seriously think about a aux. box or get a big rig 9 spd fuller trans lol hahaha that is dump truck and air brakes and wow gettin way ahead of myself lol I want your truck

 

[bigoilburner19]

sry i thought you meant dual axles and a dump box just skimmed through it but..... IT would be freakin sweet as hell

 

[IDIDieselJohn]

That should be one hellava eye turner goin' down the road and hearing that old IDI whine out in that truck I sure don't blame the guy to put a turbo on one of these IDI motorhomes, I have a factory 6.9 in my 1987 26ft. Motorhome and it's slow in hills lol