Reader Alex L found this International a few years ago in Iowa, where it had been parked outside for the past 10 years. He’s been accumulating parts for it, including everything needed to convert it to four-wheel drive.  There’s a lot of work still left to be done, but a ton of work has already been done. Finished, this will be a very cool truck, so if you’ve been looking for a classic truck project, be sure to give this one a closer look! You can find it in Beatrice, Nebraska with a $4,000 or best offer asking price.

What Makes It Special? It’s an International heavy 3/4-ton pickup from 1967 with the largest V8 offered that year, the 304. Originally a 2WD model with 4-speed manual transmission, bumper delete and still wearing the original Tahitian Yellow paint on the body panels. I purchased this truck about four years ago from the second owner. This truck lived it’s life up until then in Iowa and spent the past decade or so sitting along a fence in a field. I have spent the past few years collecting some very rare parts to put on this truck which I have listed on the CL ad. I also have more photos of the parts I’ve collected and the truck saved to a Dropbox folder that I can share with interested parties.

Body Condition: This era of IH pickups had issues with water collecting around the cowl areas, hence the vertical rust on the original front fenders. This water also entered the cab through the kick panels and defroster cowl and rusted the cab floors out from the inside. The cab needs floors replaced and cowl panels welded in, which patch panels are all available new. There is rust in the kick panels and there is a bad previous repair in the left cab corner. The bed needs a new floor, or a replacement bed or flatbed used instead. Very solid truck everywhere else as you can see from the photos where the truck is stripped down. Body parts I have source include; tailgate, heater box, left front fender, front and rear bumpers, NOS bed end caps, stainless steel IH west coast mirrors. used gauge cluster, AM radio, and NOS parking brake assembly.

Mechanical Condition: Stripped the original 304, bored out .020″, hot-tanked, new higher-compression dome-top pistons installed, CompCams RV cam installed with Chevy BB valves and Ford style valve seals, new IH America rocker arm assemblies installed, crank turned, all new bearings/seals, new freeze plugs and painted in IH tractor red. Swapped in 4WD axles and suspension with 50k mile Dana 44HD and Dana 60 with 4.09 fronts and 4.10 rear with a limited slip from another ’67 1200B. Since brake drums for these 6-lug 1-ton axles no longer exist, it took 3 sets of axles to build the installed set. New kingpins and seals in the fronts and new seals in the back, using original IH bearings that I repacked. Drums were lightly turned and new shoes and springs installed. Spare set of drums included. New steering upper kingpin sourced and installed (very hard to find). A used NP205 transfer case with mounting brackets and shift lever from the same truck axles were sourced is also included.

This truck is going to be a big project, but you don’t find these all that often. It has all the typical rust issues you’d expect to find on a truck that was left out in a field, but it looks solid enough to justify restoring and Alex has already sourced a number of the parts need to fix it. So, would you go ahead and convert it to a 4×4 or would you restore it back to original?

Seller’s Listing: Here on craigslist

• Asking Price: $4000 OBO
• Location: Beatrice, Nebraska
• Mileage: 67,943
• Title Status: Clean

Do you have a classic truck project that you aren’t going to finish? Consider listing it here on Barn Finds!