RE: [ihc]IH-Stars

["John M. Adams" <jma@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
> Howard R Pletcher
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:43 AM
> To: ihc-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: [ihc]IH-Stars
>
>
> The standard answer for a writeup on anything on IH trucks is Crismon's
> "International Trucks"--the bible.
>
> To understand the stars, keep in mind that in the 60's and 70's, the
> model numbering system pretty much defined the relative position of a
> model in the size lineup, starting with the Scout 800, the Light Line in
> the low 1000s up to the on/off-highway 5000s.

Thanks Mac, Ryan & Howard. I can see I'll have to take Jim's admonishment to
aquire Crismon to heart. Either that, or you'll all be getting repetitive
stress syndrome from typing out these very informative answers to my
questions... The numbers in particular help me to put the various models in
perspective. Thanks again, John A.