RE: [ihc] Light line diesels

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I'm waiting for Howard to give the specifics on the Diesel pickups
IH made.  I'll give what I have heard and welcome Howard to correct any
of it when he gets a chance.  Supposedly in the late '60s Chemlawn, the
lawn care company, wanted Diesel pickups and being longtime IH customers
approached IH to get it done. They were produced in ' 67 or '68. I've
never heard how many were made, less than 50? Maybe.  Supposedly there
is a guy from Nebraska who owns one and brings it to Nats every couple
years. There was a Diesel pickup of the right vintage at RPR in '01, but
I didn't even notice it until it fired up to leave.  It sounded more
like a 6.9/7.3 than an 806 tractor to me. 

Side note.  Darrell Miller (formerly of Red Power Magazine) has a '71 or
so IH pickup with what seems to be a Perkins 354 in it.  He bought it at
an estate auction last summer.  It is a conversion done by a small town
mechanic.  Supposedly the mechanic did a lot of work for a sand and
gravel company and the motor may have come from a piece of construction
equipment like a pump or motor grader.  It fits and sure is as smooth to
drive as anything I've ever driven on bias ply tires. It ran out of
steam about 45 mph when I drove, but I think it was having fuel filter
issues.  It is for sale and the truck is pretty sharp, straight, no
rust, good paint.  

Ed

    

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
Jim Grammer
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:25 AM
To: ihc@domain.elided
Subject: [ihc] Light line diesels


Since Howard hasn't weighed in...

The diesel that's been reported for Light Line installs in the '60's was
the
IH built D-301. While not a 'cataloged' option, apparently there was at
least one batch of pickups(prolly a fleet order) built with them. The
D-301
was a listed option for the Loadstar, along with the Perkins 354.
Neither
had much grunt in a medium duty application from what I've heard. The
354
was physically too large for a practical light truck install, so the
engine
Howard's referring to was likely a 3 or 4 cylinder unit.

Jim