Re: Underbody Construction

[n9ads@domain.elided (Howard R Pletcher)]

On Fri, 19 Dec 1997 11:23:33 -0600 garry rudd <grudd@domain.elided>
writes:
>Hello all,
>

> Finally, one thing about having a number of
>Internationals sitting around is that I have been able to compare 
>various changes. Walking across the yard this afternoon I noticed that
the 
>frame on the 79 parts Traveler I just picked was substantially
reinforced under 
>the front floorboards compared to my 76 Scout. The Traveler has two
rather 
>heavy pieces of box steel which run from the frame towards the rocker
panels
>underneath both seats. These are 2 1/2" x 2 1/2", 1/8" thick box steel
>pieces which have 3" x 1 1/2" pieces of box steel welded to the bottom 
>of them. My guess is that this was added for side impact protection.
Good 
>idea!

I'm not quite sure what you're seeing, but I think it is something that
was added to your Traveler after it left Fort Wayne.  Other than being
18" longer in the rear floor area, there should be no differences in the
construction.