O.T.--Our Newest Acquisition...1963 International 1 Ton

[BloodyKnuckles]

I just picked this up.

The gentleman who sold it to me told me a cool story about it. He said the original owner used it as an icecream truck for a long time. It had a canvas tarp and a cooler in the bed. His company's name was "Mickey's Icecream". He sold Mickey Mouse Icecream. One day a gentleman came up and told the icecream vendor that he needs to chage the name of his icecream. The vendor said why and the gentleman said because he owns Mickey Mouse. It was Walt Disney hisself. After a long, very friendly discussion in the front of the truck Walt was on his way.

I thought it was a pretty cool story, nothing special but cool.

I've been looking for a long time for a good parts fetcher/ farm truck/ daily driven work truck. It needs brakes, fuel system redo, new wireing, and very little body work. I plan to finish it as a nice vintage work truck with a few hopped up items. We'll see how it all goes.

A few pics to share;

BloodyKnuckles

[Young Ed]

What size 6 is that? There's 2 SD220s floating around the car collection here.....

[Don Coatney]

You should never replace the passanger seat cover. And if you do sell the old one on the bay as I can still see the butt impression of ICON Walt Disney there. This should bring more than the Michigan shaped potato chip:D Interesting story and interesting truck. Looks like someone has modified the dash for upgraded gauges. I also see a dual chamber master cylinder. Is that original? You should contact Mark Hudson (Hudsonator on the HAMB and Old Skool Rodz forums) as I believe he has some "binder" hop up information.

[BloodyKnuckles]

You should never replace the passanger seat cover. And if you do sell the old one on the bay as I can still see the butt impression of ICON Walt Disney there. This should bring more than the Michigan shaped potato chip:D Interesting story and interesting truck. Looks like someone has modified the dash for upgraded gauges. I also see a dual chamber master cylinder. Is that original? You should contact Mark Hudson (Hudsonator on the HAMB and Old Skool Rodz forums) as I believe he has some "binder" hop up information.

Thanks Don and dodgepu1946.

The dual master cylinder is for the brakes and clutch. Neato:rolleyes: The brakes don't work but the clutch does. I'll figure it out someday.

I may try that e-bay thing...could be good.

I'll contact Hudsonator. Thanks for the heads up.

BloodyKnuckles