1974 International Travelette 200 Camper Special

I originally thought this dark color was optional woodgrain, but I would have bet anything that this truck was Mayan Mist with Burnished Gold Metallic, as seen on page 8 of this brochure. The seller lists the exterior color as green, so maybe the lighter color is Grenoble Green? It doesn’t look green to me in the photos, but International charged $106 extra for two-tone paint on this truck. This 1974 International Travelette 200 Camper Special is listed here on Facebook Marketplace in Springfield, Ohio, and the seller is asking $9,500. Here is the original listing, and thanks to Zappenduster for the tip!

Page 5 of this 1974 International Travelall brochure shows the Travelette four-door pickup, and I-H was reportedly the first company to offer four doors and a pickup bed made in a U.S. factory. They were made from 1957 through 1975, and 4WD went away for the last two years of production in 1974 and 1975. This truck is a rear-wheel drive model, a 200, so a 3/4-ton, and it’s a Camper Special, with a 166-inch wheelbase on the Travelette.

You can see some rust on the edges and under the trim, and we don’t get to see the underside or inside the bed, but I’d want to. You won’t find a more unusual truck to have at almost any Cars & Coffee event than an International Travelette with all four doors open. As is often the case, the optional $71 rear step bumper seems to be affected by the ol’ 9.8 m/s² (gravity). As in, being bent down a bit. The seller says the tailgate is off, even though it’s shown in place here, and it needs work on the hinged area. As part of the $740 Camper Special package, this truck has air-conditioning, a sliding rear window, big mirrors, a underside-mounted spare tire, heavy-duty cooling, dual exhaust, and more.

The new D-Series International consumer trucks (pickups, Travelalls, Travelettes) were redesigned for the last time for the 1969 model year, in this iconic boxy, pragmatic form. It’s impossible to confuse these straight-edged trucks with anything else seen on the roads today, or anything that used to be seen on the roads. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen one in person, maybe a solid decade. The interior of this truck looks nicer than I expected, both front and rear. I believe this is the Deluxe Interior, and is that a clear plastic cover on the rear seat? This one has factory air-conditioning, but it isn’t currently working.

The seller says the engine was originally a 392 V8, but it now has a 345-cu.in. OHV V8. The 345 would have been rated at 156 net horsepower with dual exhaust (which this one has), and is backed by an optional ($238) three-speed BorgWarner automatic sending power to the rear wheels. There was no 4WD for the Travelette in this era. The seller says the fuel tanks (16-gallon main tank and 16-gallon auxiliary tank) need to be cleaned, but it has had the heads “reworked,” and it has newer tires, brakes, fuel pump, alternator, exhaust, and battery. Have any of you owned a Travelette?