Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Last Call – A Radical Travelall
During the weekend I was posting a lot about the International Travelall, and a couple of commentariant wanted to see what a lowered, and shaved Travelall might look like. How about this one?
It’s for sale at $6,000. See the listing here!
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So $6000, plus a suspension overhaul (back to OEM), plus a new set of wheels (back to OEM), and a paint job (back to OEM)? Sounds like a deal!
That is a factory Lowrider so the suspension is likely OEM with maybe the torsion bars loosened up for a little drop out front. Most of it is just the small diameter tires. IH had 2 "1/2" ton Travelalls and Pickups the 10×0 series like this truck had a Torsion bar IFS and a unique frame which made it sit about 3" lower from the factory than the 11×0 2wd trucks. The IFS far and away made for the best riding truck or XL wagon when it was introduced for 61 and still better than some in 73 the final year for that suspension.
Woah! Ask and ye shall receive . . . although now I'm kinda sorry I asked. This is . . . well, hideous.
But thanks, that's more than spectacularly awesome that you went through the trouble of finding it.
Hooniverse is my favorite website.
Even more fun than the one you write for? You know, the one with Mr. Angry in it….
I love Kurt and Mr. Angry, but the commentariat here is just fantastic. We have true hoons at the helm, but we don't quite have the community.
Given that, it's a tie between the two.
This…thing….reminds me of a Welsh Corgi. Like the dog, the upper two-thirds are properly proportioned. However, also like the dog, it's too low slung and has tiny, stumpy legs.
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Great analogy. However I would argue that the corgi is still a million times cuter than this beast.
If your Corgi has flames on it, get the fire extinguisher and call the vet.
The International might benefit from a 6" chop. The Corgi, not so much.
Just because you can, doesn't always mean you should. This proves it.
"I want this truck to be hot!"
"Well, we could always put flames on it."
"Yeah, but they gotta be HOT flames. Like hotter than just regular hot."
"Uh, when fire gets really hot the flames are all blue and stuff. So you wanna make the flames blue?"
"You know what? That's awesome! But lets make them blue AND regular fire colors. 'Cause that's how hawt this truck is!"
Lose the flames, change the rolling stock and drop in a tuned 7.3L Powerstroke and you might have something.
As it is, I wouldn't take it if they were asking $600.
I like it. It is a great concept, but the flames are having an identity crisis of sorts. This thing would look good with orange/yellow flames, or the blue ones, but together they look a bit weird. But I absolutely love the ride height! Stock sucks! It either has to go up, or down, depending on what is it…IMHO.
You know when, sometimes, Pimp My Ride create something awesome? It's rare, admittedly, but it has happened. This Travelall reminds me of West Coast Customs' more forgettable efforts.
I guess I must have bad taste, but I really like the way this looks. It reminds me of a toy car that my son has, but this one pictured here is a toy car for a grown-up that never quite has. I can see though how the proportions are wrong and the paint and windows almost comical, but I guess that's why I dig it.
Did I ever! The Volvo is back on the road! On Sunday my wife got called in to work, so I was zipping the kids to and from swimming practice and the like in it all day. It felt great compared to all the Toyota SUV drivers doing the same. Today I drove to work, I like that car so much, even though I should have rode in on my bike! I parked next to an 850, I like to always find a nice Volvo to park next to so the other owner might get a kick out of what parked next to his or hers later in the day.
For the repair I came-up with a little trick. For about 2 hours we were trying to get the gearbox back in, and running into trouble. One issue is, don't try and put it in with the bell housing attached. Without the car on a lift, there just will not be enough room, just barely even if you put a 4×4 fence post on top of the floor jack. Also it was really hard to line-up the clutch and front shaft right, so I doubt that would have even worked. What did was I loosed the bolts to the clutch so the disc could slide around but not on it's own. Then I put the gearbox in all the way and held it until my friend could tighten all the bolts. Then I took the trans out. Later the bell housing allen head bolts snugged it all together. I bet almost anyone here could have given us great advice, but I like learning the hard way
Oh, and I do agree that this IH would look better a bit not so low to the ground.
Oh noooooes…. I like it. Must be horrible cause I'd drive it.
Needs more tire though.