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Just a couple of shots as I had the chance to strip all the political stuff off her and it was warm enough to take her out for a cruise. Just a few days before Christmas and it was close to 60 degrees here in Colorado, couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a spin and some pics.

Here was a full page ad I did in one of our local papers- So after 5 parades, 6 shows/festivals, and driving it around as much as I could, and of course all the other stuff that goes along with a campaign (yard signs, debates, advertising, door knocking, etc.) I ended up losing the election :(...

Here was a local car show at a small museum we have in town- The Colorado State Fair in held in my hometown here, so we did a covered wagon theme to make it a little more "rustic Colorado"- There's also a "Fiesta Day" during the state fair, and its geared toward Mexican heritage and such...

So I thought I'd do a little update on how the International did this summer. In short, she was awesome! I'm going to post a few pictures of the events I got her out to this year. The first thing I did was take it over to my grandma's place and let her check it out. She actually remembers...

Couple of other things that have been done. I used the original headlight buckets and managed to retrofit a standard 8" sealed beam bulb in them. I found some fender signal lights (The ones that would face the driver) on a 70s Plymouth Horizon, and attached them to the top of the headlight for...

Now, if you'll remember earlier in the thread, I took a hiatus from this project to get involved in politics, and am now running for a county office. Interestingly enough, me running for office is what motivated me to finish this project. I decided to use it as my campaign mobile, so I was...

So I got the carbs all rebuilt and as I've mention in the beginning of this thread, my brother and I run our own plumbing business. So here was the finished product of the engine, with lots and lots of copper. Also, the "fuel block" is a backflow prevention device, which is mostly what my...

So the net project was chopping the top. Obviously this wasn't a very complicated one, as it's all pretty square. I braced the **** out of everything and took out 5.5 inches in front and 5 in back. I could have taken a bit more, but my dad is 6'3" and barely fits in the thing to begin with, so I...

Also, in the previous posts pictures, you can see that some seats are set in there. They came from a 90s Ford Ranger, the little rear fold down ones. Let's see, about the last thing needed to get it running was wiring and a driveshaft. Wiring was pretty simple, I put the ignition module and...

Next up was the floor. I used the old running boards that were on the truck. Here's how the running boards looked just as I had pulled them off I flattened it out and started chopping them up and welding them Here you can see a few things. The center tunnel is done, flat metal frame work...

Well, sorry I took 6 months off, but I only took time off from posting here, not from working. So let's get right to the updates, of which there are many! So when I left off around Christmas, I was working on the brakes and floor. We'll start with the brakes. I got some old school 4 piston...

Well it's been a few weeks, but I've been getting some work done on the truck. I got all the air bag valves and such in and plumbed. Used some old dual tanks off of an air compressor, and 1/2" SMC valves and lines. We did them all in copper since we're plumbers :D Everything holds pretty well...

Awesome, thanks! I'm searching for drag link rebuild kit and finding all kinds of things, I'm sure one of them will work. Just didn't know what to call it, thanks a ton!

Hey guys, working on my 1929 International truck, and I'm reusing the steering arms. So inside the big steering arm where the other arms fit in, it has 2 pieces that cradle the ball end of the steering box arm. One of the pieces butts up against the screw in portion, this is on the right of the...

So then it was time to take it all apart and weld it in for good. Lots of welding and grinding, lots of fish plates, boxing plates and such. I took out the temporary braces and put in permanent cross members, and this afternoon I had it all pretty much finished up. So I got a chance to roll it...