1964 INTERNATIONAL MK3 2½ TON 4X4 GS

ARN 170-999

DAY 1

170-999 in civvie life had been turned into a crane truck, A hydraulic crane on the back, steel box welded to the front and filled with rocks as a counter weight, the canvas covered tray was long gone…

Progress..

A long road back to Army.

Tac sign holders

I spotted the taper on the spare wheel nuts I have from the parts truck and decided it was a pretty good match for the dimples in the tac sign holders, so I made it into a tool I could use to replicate the dimples.

Cut the rust

With the new front bumper and grill completed, the rust in the cab started to stand out a little more, so I decided to try my hand at cutting out the worst few areas and replacing with new sheet metal.

new grill

I had two grills to work with, one that came with 170999 and the other from the rusty parts truck, both were in bad shape, from holes in the mesh (which is the fate of most grills I’ve seen), to bends in every which direction, and rust pitting galore.

So I decided the best option was to have a crack at making a complete new one, so I set up and welded a couple bolts and a flat bar to the spare parts truck to create a basic steel bender,

Now I’m sure there’s better ways to do this but I didn’t want to spend too much time mucking about making a steel bender when the main thing I needed to do was make a new grill, as you will see from the pictures below it’s a basic way to bend steel but honestly worked pretty well for this job.

Front bumper

With one severely bent bumper and one exceptionally rusty bumper, I decided I’d need to make a whole new one from 90x90x6mm angle steel, the same as originally used.

TOW HOOKS & winch guides

Some of the smallest restoration jobs can take the longest, thats why I can always appreciate restorations of all types, and the countless hours people spend in the shed bringing a car or truck back to life, it requires a lot of patience and dedication.

Weight reductions…

With the truck now home, I wasted no time getting rid of the big counterweight hanging from the front bumper and a few weeks later it was time for the crane to come off too.

oil leaks

Replacing gaskets and adding a spin on oil filter adaptor

New head gasket , valve stem seals, and valve lap for good measure

valve stem seals

Before and after videos of the new umbrellas installed, was a bit of a task but well worth it.

Before

After

CARBURETTOR and fuel pump rebuild

Exhaust system

Time to fix up the leaky rusty exhaust, I ordered a new 7” round x 24” long muffler, with 2.5” inlet/outlet, some 2.5” bends and a 2x2” to 1x2.5” adapter and a small resonator.

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