Fri Dec 02, 2016 3:52 pm by nikkinutshop
I mentioned that a bunch of R pickup sheetmetal found me. This was a few weeks ago. Since I/we have not started the build-up of the Orrville crewcab yet, I thought this might be a good place to park some pieces of interesting IHC parts information.
My son and I brought all of our IHC sheetmetal home yesterday. BTW, the grill looks really good. NO RUSTING ANYWHERE.
While I/we were there, I had a look around for anything IHC that might be for sale.
I will need to buy and modify a recycled motorhome frame or build a frame from square steel tube, so I am always on the look-out for options. In an adjoining field there was/is a nearly perfect IHC R150 frame, only a few meters away from where we picked up the R120 front sheetmetal. The frame is 246.5 inches long, has the right shape, the frame is flat and precisely what I need for my IHC Orrville Metal Specialty four door crewcab and an 8 foot box.
This frame is much thicker and better cross braced than the pickup frames. Since I am looking for frame stability, this is just right. The frame has 35,000 country miles on it. Most of the OEM paint is still on the frame and it looks in really good shape, to me. There are no club-fisted junk pieces welded to the frame and I did not see any cracking and bird shyte weld repairs.
The seller's asking price was much too low, . After some discussion including a few "F" bombs, he accepted my higher offer and the deal was done. I left a deposit and we agreed to three times his asking price and delivery. Life is good.
The weather at the top of The Highway Through Hell was beautiful sunshine. The sky was blue with a few fluffy clouds and the temperature was about 10 Celsius.
I had to use four wheel drive to get out of the field because of the melting snow and semi-frozen mud. About half way home, snow and rain turned Highway 5 into a non stop blinding spray of dirty shush
By the time we completed our round trip the Ram 2500 was totally covered in salt road spray. A $19 trip through the new Gilley Street Car Wash and the truck was looking good, again.
I would rather have tools I do not need than to need tools I do not have
Artificial intelligence is no match for real stupidity....