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  1. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    Bringing back a old thread , it still sitting in the same spot but the owner is starting to warm up to selling some things but not for scrap price . He let a early 70's Astro michigan special with 12V71 DD in it not long ago and that was a truck we still used to move stone from the dock to...
  2. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    People get a funny about crossing fences . This is in a yard like that ,if you don't check into the office as soon as you come in some body will out to see you. They originally bought 12 of these out of surplus this is the only survivor of the 12 . Might have to make it the sping project and get...
  3. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    Well I talked to the owner today he really has no attachment to this truck , said he would think about what he is going to do with it over the holiday's . They close for the holidays on the 15th till january.But if you look in the backgound of the picture he dosen't part with much. As for...
  4. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    Well the thing is They been in business close to 100 years ,the same as our family business . Our businesses have worked together the whole time . I done property mantainace for him for the last 25 years . His dad and uncle ran the company for the last 50 years and they wouldn't part with a...
  5. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    According to David Doyles Standard catalog of Military Vehicles they are fairly rare. With International building 6678 units ,Marmon-Harrington building 3200 and Kenworth building 1100 there can't be very many mostly complete units left.
  6. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    The truck is in the saginaw ,michigan area about 150 miles north of the ohio/michigan state line. I will talk to the owner next week , but he is a hard guy to get a price out of. But I will see what i can do and PM you what I find out.
  7. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    It's about 8 miles from me and problems and waste continues .
  8. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    It won't get scraped while the current owner is alive , but his kids will have one big auction after he dies and what don't sell will get scraped .
  9. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    Nice looking truck . There is a engine cover in this one , but I know he won't sell parts .
  10. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    Well it.s not that he won't sell it , he won't sell it to scrapers or at scrap price. It's a old sand and gravel company that doesn't do much any more , but they keep a full time mechanic around and when slow they have him drag stuff like this up to the shop and get fired up. This has sat for...
  11. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    The owner won't scrap it , he one of those guys that doesn't like to part with anything .
  12. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    A few more pics . The truck is a inline 6 gasser.
  13. porkysplace

    International H-542-11 in the woods

    I was down to one of the storage yards of a company I do property management for and had my camera with me so I took a few pictures of this old beast . They used to use for a pull truck at a gravel pit that has been closed for many years . Since everybody like pics I thought I would post a few...
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