Project International Rat Rod LDT 465

[Joeinderry]

Ive bobbed 3 deuces so far but now its time to try something else. I have a leftover engine, transmission, rear end, fuel tank and a few other odds and ends. Just picked up an old beat up International S1800. Plans are to customize frame in rear to lower it, shorten frame by 8', drop front by putting front end in front of frame rather than under it. Of course the drivetrain will be a 465 LDT Turbo D. Roof will be chopped after the truck is in driving order. Adding pics as I go. Any advice, recommendations, etc... is welcome. I will be searching this sight for good used parts as well, I don't want to use new parts.

 

[Joeinderry]

More pictures

 

[gimpyrobb]

What power plant is coming out? 444, 466, 366? Does it run?

Cool project.

 

[61sleepercab]

"MEASURE TWICE .......CUT ONCE" and have fun. Take lots of pictures and use digital picture frame for build story when you show Heinz 57 at a car show. Mark

 

[rustystud]

I was working at IHC when they came out with the "S" line of trucks. Shinny new with that new truck smell ! So to hear of a S1800 as "old and beat up" got my attention.

 

[wreckerman893]

Subscribed. I've wanted to do a military rat rod for a while.....my engine of choice would be the V-8 Detroit since nothing sounds like that old "Yamaha" winding out at full throttle.
The only thing stopping me is a place to work, money, fabrication skills, patience and money.

 

[JasonS]

What power plant is coming out? 444, 466, 366? Does it run?

Cool project.

Looks like V8 gas.

 

[Joeinderry]

I believe its the 392 gas engine. Does not run. The carb has been off for quite awhile and I'm sure mice made a nest in there.

 

[Joeinderry]

Woops maybe its the 392 gas engine. Its not diesel.

 

[Joeinderry]

A Detroit diesel would be nice but I don't have one. The snow and cold weather is stopping me at this point. It's a low budget project so I am using what I have and hopefully find the few parts I need right here on SS.

 

[Joeinderry]

Here's my project from last year. It was a tanker fire truck. Has a Caterpillar 3028 in it. Plenty of room for the entire family.

 

[Section8]

I am going to be doing something simular. I am doing a cross hybrid of an international 1600/1700 with my 1956 M135. Use the frame from the international and welding deck and the cab and axles with transfer case from my M135. The power steering set up on the international will be a nice feature. Eventually I will swap in the cummins 6BT that I have sitting around.

 

[Section8]

Would love to have 5 ton Rockwell axles or original 4x4 ten bolt axles from the international so that I could run MRAP rims with out having to modify.
Of course like you money dictates what and how the built goes.

 

[ranchhopper]

You have to find an old M211 and do one of these its always been in the back of my mind to do one.

 

[61sleepercab]

My buddy and I have a IH S1600 crew cab with a CAT 3208 and an Alison automatic destine for a Jerdan Roll back. This will be our light duty old iron grabber. How will the Cat do in this set up Joeinderry?

 

[Joeinderry]

Maybe you can get Peashooter (another SS member to fabricate you some adapters to fit MRAPs on the International hubs?).

 

[Joeinderry]

I think it will do just fine. Hills may slow you down with a load on the back but the Cat engine just keeps going.

 

[Joeinderry]

Nice M211 but one project at a time.

 

[Joeinderry]

Shoveled and snow blew the International out of the snow today. Next weekend I will bring it home. Picked up the grill that I'm going to use and an empty grenade for the shift handle (Dug out of my grandmothers flower garden a few years ago). I took a picture of the Ford 8N buried in the snow behind the truck.

 

[Joeinderry]

The grenade