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Well its taken me along time to give an update. But here we go .Sorry for the wait 😀 I did lots of polishing , some painting and some fixing . Can you believe that it needed a lower rad hose and the International dealer could still look up the part number and FIND it . I couldn't believe it . I've had it to some shows and was able to find one of the previous owners . He had it in the 90's and had a fertilizer tender on it . Thats why it had a hydraulic tank and pump. I still don't know who bought it originally . So its still a mystery why it was spec'd the way it was . The trans works good and the transmission retarder works amazing. Thanks again to everyone that helped me figure it out . Other than keep history alive it doesn't really have a purpose. But I love starting it up and cruising around a bit in it . Takes me back to a very simple time.

I like beer, and everybody loves boobage.

Ok guys just another little update on the Cruiseliner transformation...we have almost all mechanical work done except our clutch throw out bearing needs adjusting as its has 3/4in gap instead of 1/2in, can anyone advise us on the proper way to do this?....The truck is running and driving again so whats left to do??? We have to rewire rear lights fit headlights fit bumper and we are still looking for tyres.The cab has to be retrimed inside to match the movie truck and the stripes/signwriteing have to be applied.We are delighted we have come so far this year and hope to finnish the truck for the show season starting April'26.We thank all of you for your help with our truck,couldnt have done it without you guys...Heres a few pictures of how it has turned out so far including some experimenting with differen light/shadows. Paul

Dug out some old pics the other day. Here's a brand new Superliner at the dealer in my town back in the day. Pretty sure it ended up pulling log trailer. It was a long time ago, and I can't really make it out in the pic, but there is a badge under the Superliner oval on the side of the hood. I can't remember if it was a Caterpillar or Cummins badge?

Santa came early..... One day delivery. Not bad. Didn't expect it until maybe tomorrow but got a call this afternoon and ran down and got it.

Tadaaaaa, We had a hammer ready but they slipped in effortlessly. Nice. Onto piston and rods.

"make billions for himself" this one is great. Only President that came into office with more net worth than he left with and came back to do it again. Anybody really think the man isn't aware of his own mortality ? No doubt, we're at an ugly place. No getting out of it that's going to be pretty. Lots of these things that are unpopular need to be done. Personally......I'm not see'n Gavin Newsom or Harris capable of ever doing any of it. Not even that man's man Walz. (oh wait a minute...he's a little busy with his somalis people who truly love this country no profiting going on there)

Well its not a loadstar but an R series with the single man cab. Its crazy. I was not even looking for internationals and this popped up in my search. Kind of strange that I mentioned it yesterday and have not seen one in years.... 1968 International R190 Series Single Center Seat Dump Truck - Commercial Vehicles - Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania | Facebook Marketplace | Facebook

This is almost as bad as when I watch "Blackhawk Down". Every time I would watch that movie I would wish I was king, so I could blow somalia right off the map. This only makes me want to put elon omar and the rest of the idiotic and corrupt somali politicians on a bus and send it towards somalia.

Another picture that I had saved. Me, Bob, and Jumper and Son eating dinner in Delmont, Pa.

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Speaking of International and the Harvester Home Coming. My Friend Troy Link Won Heavy Weight Champion Acouple years ago With this 1979 4070 B Brahm Edition Cabover. He restored it from the ground up in his shop in Homer Michigan. Unfortunately he lost his battle with Throat Cancer Last year. He was Affectionately known as Chicken Troy due to his love of Chicken lights 😋.

It is sickening that CBS, ABC, and NBC news , will tell the story about the illegal alien and make it a Trump admin issue... They only showcase Latin people that are "hard working family citizens" Ok, well ??? Why are they not LEGAL? They need to pay the same taxes as we do. For me... its about being legal, and paying into the system. Then you can vote, or serve in the Military, or law enforcement, and education as long as you give your heart to the United State of America!!

Ask George Soros!!!!!!!!

I don't have a photo to prove it But was dropping my boy at Melbourne airport and Princess in her not so kindest voice exclaimed "would you look at that" So I did look and then got into trouble for looking Anyway the view was a lady with a dress on the was shorter around the waist than most mens shirts, bent over attaching the label's to her luggage I made a remark about the possibility of seeing bearded clam, than was informed by the Princess the clam was infact un bearded Wonders will never cease Paul

That's where the tariffs come in, a lot of people don't seem to understand how they work, but one of the main goals of raising tariffs was to level the playing field with imported and exported goods and to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US. If Mowerman Industries makes widgets and sells them for $0.15 apeice and it costs them $0.13 to make each widget, if they can get them made for $0.08 each in Sri Lanka, they're outa' here. But if after the increased tariffs take affect the profit margin is the same or less, Mowerman Industries might as well just make their widgets right here in the US. But things- well, very few things- don't happen over night. If a frozen turkey has cost on average of, oh, let's say $143.16 for the last 4 years it won't magically come down to $6.14 the day after Donald Trump gets elected. But people still complain "I thought he was going to make gas cheaper, and groceries cheaper, and everything else cheaper". Anyway, that's my opinion.

Known criminal?..for anything other than the fake charges against him? The left continuously calls him a rapist and a pedophile, when there's no evidence of him being either. Manipulated elections? with all the fraud uncovered in the 2020 election, and "found" votes in the wee hours of the morning, and missing ballots, and sleepy joe somehow getting 80 million votes, and Donald Trump manipulated the election? I missed that part where he used the military against his own citizens too. Using the National Guard to help with crime control in places that obviously need help with crime control is certainly not a bad thing, and certainly not any different than when the police arrest drug dealers and criminals, and people don't protest that- oh, wait, yeah, they do. Never mind...

Ok, it happened. My friend showed up with his log truck and we got the motor and transmission picked out, set down and separated. Sorry I didn't take time for photos because it was all hands on deck. I got them wrapped up enough for the rain that came in overnight. I have a heavy tarp for longer use. I still need to get Jake parts off yet and likely use the twin oil filter set up and oil cooler off the 237. The triple filter I heard is a bit too big and will get in the way of power steering. The oil cooler I already rebuilt when I put 237 in the truck so it should be good for quite a while yet. Kevin All is making plans to stop down and drop off the power steer box and will likely buy the triplex for his bus. I need to load up the old 5 spd and deliver it to friend that came to pick the engine out. He also gets the old pistons from the 300 and the deep oil pan. Not sure what all I will get into today? I may roll new main bearings to get things started so when liners are in I can just slip rods in and torque everything down. I need to borrow a friends BIG torque wrench. Pretty sure I used it years back when I reinstalled rear springs and had new U bolts (before I stretched it and put air ride on it). We're making baby steps......

Merry Christmas everyone! Hoping all is under the tree that you were looking forward too! Fred & Nessa

Merry Christmas,, as 2025 comes to a close it’s been a up and down year,, The year started finishing up the LJ as we were still digging out from the flood damage, as the summer went on we were fortunate to take the LJ to several shows, including Mack’s 125th birthday celebration! We were blessed to have a lot of fun. But as the year came to a close a couple weeks ago tragedy struck with 2 really great people I knew , Jamson Gibson a local big rig race driver , friend , really great guy , and Greg Biffle ( former nascar driver ) and his family who helped us a lot during the flood, delivered supplies to our Church very early after the storm with his personal helicopter . He was involved in a lot local charity work with kids. I had just talked to him a few weeks ago at a charity event at his farm. Very Sad, Hopefully 2026 will be better for all of us.

Merry Christmas you lot Who would of thought, bacon tree, here was me thinking a pig was involved in bacon ha ha ha Paul

pulled this off the internet. From the same dealership chain. Someone said they figured it was takin in 1981....

This is the 1967 Loadstar that I drove on the farm. If memory serves me it was a 549, 5 and 3. I loved driving this truck and would have bought it if Jim would have been willing to sell it at the right time.

Yeah, what Bob said- we usually get more snow and cold around here in January, February and March I'd say than any other months. Of course, I'm not a meaty urologist and don't keep records. But we've already had 2 significant snow storms this year, before Christmas. The high today was 36 but it's supposed to be 49 tomorrow. We could have went to another Christmas Parade, the one we took the big green International that runs now to in Cumberland last year, but I didn't register because the forecast last week said it was going to barely get above freezing. Last year's parade picture-

Run, run Rudolpf, Santa has to make it to town.....