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63 loadstar 1600. The Good, Bad, and the ugly

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T-Nason

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Hey guys,
Whats the pros and cons of the old loadstar trucks? Found a solid one for $2,000. Main task would be serving as a over glorified farm truck hauling wood, supplies, occasional driveway stone etc.
 
Getting parts. Parts for old Chevy's and Fords are a lot more common (especially brake parts, etc) than they are for old IH's. That's been my experience, anyway.
 
Dad bought a 1963 with 345 engine and 4speed x2 speed rear Then he bought a 1967 LWB, 12 dump bed with 345 engine, 5 peed and 2 speed rear. He liked the 5 speed. He assigned me to the backhoe, he liked to ride around in the shiny red truck.
 
They were tough old trucks but keeping brakes on an occasional user like on the farm is a daunting task. Once you get it up and running just use it ever week or so.
 
My brother an I had a 64 IH 1600 to power a BJ mixer to mix and feed cows. It was powered by a 304 with a 4 speed and an electric two speed axle. Just the usual pproblems with anything that old. Points, Carb, fuel, pump, brake lines, tires, and the mixer bottom sheets wear out.
 
We had 4 with the gull wing hood 345 and five speed with a two speed rear end good trucks keeping brakes up wasnt fun when we only used them once a year to cut grain
 
I had a 1976 loadstar and it could of came from factory with several different brands of distributor and carbs. Parts were a bear to figure out so I got a 1996 diesel.
 
As nted below about parts. If the truck has a build sheet (line setting ticket) in the glove box, no problem. It will list the manufacturer and part # of the components used to make it. Lacking that can be a painful experience unless you can identify axles, transmissions, ignition parts, and brake components by eye. IHC used suppliers from several companies for component OEM, and the components were not the same, but did the same job. Two trucks in line at the factory with the same model numbers might have 5 differences in the line setting ticket. I was a service manager at a medium duty IH truck dealership in the late 90s. Jim
 
Same here,we had a 66 with a 304. I was hauling one day just after I got my license,I decided I was going too fast for a bump ahead and touched the brakes. It locked up solid on the right side , the steering wheel spun out of my hands and down into the ditch I went with about 5 ton on. Luckily it didnt roll and we got it out without loosing more than a wheelbarrows worth of barley.
 
They paying you $2K to take it? Cons? The cowl rots out and they leak water like sieves, even if they look solid. Look up under the dash, I bet you can see daylight. Anemic engine that will struggle to do 45 mph, but drink fuel like a top fuel dragster. Obsolete tire size. Old farm trucks with grain beds are a poor choice to haul stone. The beds don't lift high enough to slide the stone off, most have single stage cylinders. Also very easy to severely overload a grain bed truck with stone, I've seen a few flipped on their sides while trying to dump when the load shifts. Have looked into what plates and insurance will cost? That truck will also require a DOT number on the door unless you have a registered farm to make it a legit farm truck.
 
I haul rock with my old gmc all the time . I have dirt sides that are 2x12 so I dont get to much loaded on . I liked the 346 better than the 350 Chevy . Never had a problem dumping .
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Brakes are a problem on many old vehicles due to moisture absorption, which is easily stopped by converting to silicone brake fluid, which is totally compatible with DOT 4.
 
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