Travelall

A good looking 73 Travelall "woody" wagon here on kijiji. Priced reasonably too.
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/sa ... ?undefined

Much nicer looking than an Eldo.

Much nicer looking than an Eldo.

More practical too. But I'll make do with what I've got for the time being and see what comes down the road.

One person in my town had a 60's T all. All the kids in the scout troop wanted to ride in Mr Soliman's "truck"! He always corrected the kids, "It is a STAION WAGON"! Truck or station wagon, it was still the coolest vehicle to ride in, his other was a 2 stroke Saab!

When I was going to school one of the buses was an A series Travelall. Not mine though. I got to ride in the big Ford F500. Pretty sure that Travelall had a bigger six cylinder engine than the Ford did.

Depending on the year, the Ford could have had a 223 or a 240, the IHC a 220 or a 240. I don't remember when the 300 Ford showed up. The 240 was the smaller version of the 300.

Depending on the year, the Ford could have had a 223 or a 240, the IHC a 220 or a 240. I don't remember when the 300 Ford showed up. The 240 was the smaller version of the 300.

The 59 Ford had the little 223 as I recall and the driver made good use of the four speed transmission to make it up the steepest hill on the way to school. Wondered if the A series Travelall might have had the 264 like my B110. Now thats a truck engine.

223 was no powerhouse, but got the job done, bet he wished he had more gears or a 2 spd rear! 225 Dodges were used in school buses, and up to 2 1/2 ton trucks. Different times. IHC bus chassie would likely have a 282 or 308 in those years.

I have two 1968 travelalls that were used for school buses. Both were 1200 series with 258 six cylinders. Both has 4 speeds. No AC.

My experience is the 258 AMC in the IHC was fairly rare. IHC could buy a smog cert 258 from AMC cheaper than they could Cert their own small 6. IHC's went away to be replaced by the AMC in '67 or '68.
I maintained one one ton dump with one. It seamed that local gov were the big buyers of the six cyl equipped vehicles. Most civi spec'd one got the SV.