Who knows about “REAL” Internationals?

I drove a 73 model in truckschool

Keep an eye on the drag link down below. And write on your heart those cab locks back there need to be engaged.

A winterfront for winter is something you need to look into. It gets cold up there by your knees. And your engine can use a little love in that way to keep it's temperatures up.

You are going to constantly check those hubs, 5th wheel adjustment if there is one and suspension hangers etc. Maybe a little more than most tractors today. You will never be satisfied with a once weekly pretrip. These older iron will know when you are not keeping a eye on it and develop something somewhere.

If your airhorn does not have front covers, get them installed. Otherwise they will choke and fillup with snow, ice and whatever else.

I have no desire to drive one again. Ive already got it welded into my spine as it is.

You are probably running air fed wipers. You will find the rotating metal knobs for them as a pair near your brake buttons. (If you have two buttons, great. if you have three, then one is the supply only for the trailer. Separate from the other two.)

 

i drove a transtar or 2 back in the day, as well as whatever freightliner called thiers.

if you are going to restore this, you may have a tough time getting "some parts" like body parts. the junkyards that have some of these old relics are drying up with parts that are in demand.

so can you fabricate your own metal?

you can go in at least 2 directions in this truck..

1) full blown factory restore

2) modified restored.

if your intent is to restore and sell, the full blown factory restore will garner you more cash.

the modified restore, the world is your palette. according to your wallet as well

good luck, check sites that have parts availability, even up to and including IH themselves.

 

The Transtar was a good, solid, very popular, and affordable OTR truck back in the day. Heck, they were everywhere once upon a time. The 290 Cummins was also real common then, as was its cousin the screamin jimmy. Only the 290 didn't hemorrhage oil like the Detroit. Does this one have P/S, A/C and air seat? Many didn't from that era.

How did this one get this far in time with only 330k miles? Check it out real good, should be worth something down the road if it's in good shape, good luck

 

Where do you live?
Stored inside or outside?

 

The last time I was in and out of one of those, I was in my late teens/ early twenties. I'd get in on the driver's side and jump out the passenger side, holding onto the grab handle

 

Didn't we see this not too long ago?

 

Great truck!
I drove one with a 350 Cummins and a 13 speed pulling cows back in the day.
I honestly don’t remember anything negative about that truck...

 

Yeah, memory has a habit of fading, I drove one ( for a month) with a shiny 290( 300) and a 13, 4:11 gears. I hate cabovers with a passion, but it actually was a decent truck. Reyco rode awful, but that truck would do 65 down or up, loaded or empty. And get around good too. These had a nasty blind spot on the right side, and why many of the right side fuel tanks were creased. You could always tell a driver that wasn't used to a cabover, their right wheels would be running down the shoulder. Pumpkin made a killing with these, their 1st real popular OTR truck. Remember the funky greasing system they had on these?