She finally arrived. Like a hot honey with a decent body and a bit of a fucked up grill, it ain’t nothing that can’t be fixed up. It’s a 1972 International Harvester Pickup – 345 V8. She leaks fluids but I’m told that most IH’s have a self-lubricating chassis. This one seems to be no different.

The good: Solid body, good lines, little rust, excellent interior for the age, has AC, also surprised to see that it has torsion bars for the age of the truck. Runs strong, wants to run as soon as it drops into drive.

The bad: surprise! power steering is out related to an issue with the smog pump (smog/air pump is tension for belt for power steering), exhaust is banged up a bit and the pimp is a bit crimped in a couple areas. Leaking fluids, it looked like oil but could have been any other dark liquid. Ball joints need replaced, tranny fluid needs flushed, cooling system needs flushed, sounds like it has a stuck lifter but could be just some carbon. Breaks may need to be done, hopefully I can see more after a couple cans of break cleaner.

I bought it off of eBay and I’m not the most mechanically inclined so she’s sitting at the mechanic’s getting a good twice-over to give me a rough idea on how much work is needed. From there I will start posting more photos. You can check it out by going to http://somewhat-hypothesis.com/photo/