Projects 1961 Cornbinder Travelall C100

Just picked this up for a steal.

Original 240 CI Black Diamond 6, 4 speed granny-slow transmission, 2WD.

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Currently has a stuck rear brake drum, and ancient tires. Hasn't been on the road since 1988. Fires up though and I "drove" it onto and off of the trailer.

More to come! If anyone has parts laying around, let me know. I need a couple.

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Could be made very cool! I like it!

 

I have a Genuine horse drawn cornbinder that belonged to my grandfather. It was made by John Deere

 

had the same set up on my IH panel.....drove it down to Austin once with a load of parts.....slow and easy....

 

oh.........nice truck there !

 

Homely as a hedge fence-but I'd love to have it-very cool 'High Speed Hay Rake'

 

Thrift...check out my profile pic.... that is when my grandfather's Travelall was new. My father and the guys would take it to the drags as a support vehicle. He owned an IH dealership back in the day. I know I have a couple of more pics.

 

Good looking ride. Nice to see an IH getting some love.

 

Found it. This one is a couple of years newer than yours. Nice find, looks like it is in nice shape. Send over those IH hupcaps, i'll track down your brake parts...hahaha.

 

Nice rig, hope you don't need to go anywhere fast ;-)

I've got parts, what are you looking for?

 

Nice Travelall ! Used to do lots of clutches, rear window riser mechanisms, & wiring repair on them. All green wire with white numbers ..
They were mostly 304s & 345s up here, only a few pickups sold with 6s.
What year did the 1/2 ton IH get torsion bars ?

 

Growing up my family had a 68, 3/4 ton, 4x4 with the 345. Three things I remember the most was it was slowwwww, it took forever to put fuel in it( I remember my pops cussin every winter when he stood outside refueling) and it was the first vehicle I wrecked(14 years old driving to fast on gravel and sideswiped a log truck). I always thought a two wheel drive with modern drivetrain and lowered a bit would make an Kool tow vehicle. Nice find have fun with it.

 

"All green wire with white numbers".........I got conned in to rewiring my cousin's '62 pickup with a factory replacement harness. Drove me nuts,but got it all working. Why would they do that?

 

....they had a lot of green wire.....

 

That thing is just screaming for a 392 heart transplant (and NOT the Hemi variety).

Find a good IH 392 and 4 or 5 speed and you could pull a 50' Camper with ease.

Red Power Rules!

 

Thrift King I love those internationals even the newer ones then that .What a GREAT project! Bruce.

 

Yeah, I have a soft spot for Cornbinders too. Great trucks.

 

Nice T-all, I have a 1962 C120 T-all 4x4 and a 1965 1100 2x4 T-all panel. The t-bar suspension was from 1961-1973 in the 100,1000,and 1010 models parts for that chassis can be expensive and hard to find. They had different fully boxed frames vs the c channel frames of the 900,1100+ chassis. They also have smaller 11" drums vs the larger more common 12" drums of the 1100 series

 

Love the look but I heard they were gas guzzlers! Some recent inspiration from Canada

 

I've got a Daily Driver for speed haha.

I'm looking for: Heater core, front bumper, rear barn door glass and the finish panel that sits under the front grille. Mine is rusted on the outside ends.

A set of nice hubcaps would be neat too, but that's pretty low on the list.

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Here's some more shots

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I want to say my '61 is the first year of Torsion Bars.. when they switched to the C series, the Travelall got a whole new chassis.

 

Those are gorgeous!

And yes, they are very thirsty machines. But you don't buy one of these to get good fuel economy. I'm sure I'll get plenty of smiles-per-mile with this tank.

 

Ipulled my 64' out of the barn last week. It hasn't been on the road 15 years or so.

 

This ones a little O/T, but was still cool!

 

Awesome truck!

 

Actually the McCormick reaper was for small grains not corn.

 

Pulled in beside us at the pump somewhere during the trans Canada trip.

 

Haha.. can't pass a gas station?

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So far, I've got the oil changed, new tires, filled the fuel tank, fixed most of the door mechanisms, and updated the charging system.

First time on the road since 1988!

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Put a brody knob on too... much easier to whip around a parking lot with one of these... lol

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Still need to do the brakes (which I have all the parts for), replace the water pump (which I also have) and dimmer switch.. but as it sits, I can fire it up and take it for a spin.

Yes!

~TK~