2014 Midwest Old Threshers Show,Mt. Pleasant,IA.

[Vladislav]

Vlad,that is a 1953 IH LD405 "Westcoaster". It belongs to our SE IA ATHS chapter president Dick Boyd. There was a nice write up on Dick and his truck in Wheels of Time recently. He actually still runs it on the road spring thru fall,pulling a flatbed and runs all over the US. It's been repowered with a Big Cam Cummins,and he put newer IH airride rears under it when he stretched it from a single axle. I'm not sure what trans. he has in at this time,as it's been thru several,he started with the original 4x3,then replaced the 4 with a 5 speed,then the 3 speed shucked out,so he put in a 2 stick 4x4 married box.It didn't last long,so he put in a 9 speed and later added the back box from a 13,but it started giving trouble too,so I think he's back to a 9 speed now.

Very interesting story Mike. That's cool that someone work with so old truck on a everyday basis. "4x4 married box" - who the hell is it??

[Superdog]

Very interesting story Mike. That's cool that someone work with so old truck on a everyday basis. "4x4 married box" - who the hell is it??

That was Spicer's answer to the far superior Mack transmissions of the day. 4 speed main and 4 speed aux. in one case . They had an air shift version too.