Re: '59 BC-150 Info Wanted

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

On Mon, 9 Feb 1998 16:00:03 -0500 Jim Shepherd <beltguy@domain.elided>
writes:
>Eldon introduced me a few issues back.  Have been having a lot of fun
>lurking over the last several weeks.
>
>As he mentioned, my daughter and her husband gave me this neat old truck
>for Xmas.  I am still trying to get her unstuck, but have several other
>projects getting in the way.
>
>What I would like from this group of experts is any information about
this
>truck.  Have looked at a lot of IHC books, but can't find much about it.
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> =
>
>It has a rated GVW of 9,000 pounds but looks much more heavy duty than
>that.  Saw several posts about line tickets.  Did that on my S1900 - are
>they available on something this old?
>
>Would appreciate any leads on any kind of information (half the fun of
this
>kind of project is learning about the vehicle)
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
There never was a lot of published info on the 150 series, or the 130 or
140 either. Are you sure it's a BC or just a B-150?  The BC series seems
to have started with the 160 series and had a short hood and grille much
like the later Loadstars, along with fake air scoops on the side of the
hood to mate the curve of the doors into a narrower hood.

Fred Crismon's International Trucks has a picture of a B-156 (the 6 just
signifies a heavier 150) that has a 15,000 GVW, supposedly with a 4,000
front and a 10,000 rear (you figure out where the extra 1000# goes). 
9000# seems a bit light for a 150, with a B-130 going up to 8,800# in
it's heavy form and a B-140 in between, but overlaps between the models
weren't unusual.  It looks like a BD-240 6 cyl was the standard engine,
with a BD-264 and the V-266 optional.

The lineset should be available from Navistar, if you can find a dealer
that wants to bother ordering it. 

With the low production of this model and the passage of 40 years, I'm
sure your truck is rare now.  

Howard Pletcher
Howteron Products Scout Parts

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