Chad Fabry Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Just something I built to clean up after I'm done with the big truck. Extra points if you recognize the engine. Download Attachment: plow.jpg 53.63 KB Download Attachment: plow1.jpg 86.54 KB Download Attachment: plow2.jpg 44.18 KB Download Attachment: plow3.jpg 50.71 KB Download Attachment: plow4.jpg 92.92 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Ummm, I'm thinking International......Loadstar 1500 grade. Can't remember the cubes - it's been 30 years since I've turned a wrench for anything except my own vehicles. OT - OF!!! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted December 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 O'Handley, you're quite sharp. 345 cubic inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Where's the catalytic converter? But seriously folks....... Looks like Monster Garage Upstate NY version. Where can I get one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Only engine in the world made up of other's components. The plow looks like a mixture of Meyers, Western and Monarch Machine, I really like the bonnet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted December 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Originally posted by kurt Where's the catalytic converter? But seriously folks....... Looks like Monster Garage Upstate NY version. Where can I get one? Kurt..the converter is in the back for weight. The engine and transmission are out of a 1966 International 1700 series. The rear end, front end, front half of the chassis and roof are 1970 Scout. I wanted it really maneuverable so the wheel base is even shorter than a Scout. I made the rear driveshaft...it's only about 16 inches long. All the body work (term loosely applied) is supported by 1-1/2 electrical conduit that was laying around and I bent up on my exhaust pipe bender. The body panels are lexan that I cut out of old signs and screwed and glued to the frame work. The pictures I posted before had the front body panels removed for maintenance. It weighs only about 2200 lbs and to say its over powered would be an understatement. Cost.. zero dollars. I had to add a thousand pounds to the back because every time I popped the clutch in reverse with the plow up, the rear end lifted off the ground. Slight design error. Tires,Firestone towne and country snows, rayon. Last made in 1971. I have about thirty more E78-15's if some of you want to build your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul MacLean Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Chad, you sound like my brother. A high school drop-out, self-taught machinist who has several patents. Your project reminds me of the old 3 cylinder industrial diesel engine he modified and installed in a 1964 Ford pick-up. He designed and built the manifolds and everything else in his 20x30 backyard shop. The pick-up has made several trips between California and Montana without a problem. He got all the "genius" genes in the family. I'm doing good to safely wield a screwdriver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Chad, it's cool as can be. I had an old scout in the 70's, one of my most memorable transportation units. That, and one of those old postal deliver wagons w/the seats on the right side & the doors that slid back; powered by a 4 cylinder Chevy something or other. While virtually any wooden assembly or building construction trade comes naturally, I am steel & internal combustion challenged. That hasn't stopped me from dreaming though. I've saved my old '94 4 Runner w/the fantasy of chopping it into some sort of surf wagon; the drive train is still excellent, but the excessive dog drool & 80 pounds of greasy dirt ground into every element of the interior prevents me from using it for business. Fantasy, because I don't even own a complete set of open end wrenches, let alone machine shop equipment. My days of welding (I was passable) are somewhere about 30 years in the past. I look @ cars the same way I look @ computers; if it hiccups, I buy a new one. If you were gonna chop an old 4 Runner, what would you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 You have to be careful what you let Chad work on... Download Attachment: garagerules.jpg 82.58 KB [:-bigeyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted December 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 My tractor is orange. The plow is rustoleum red. A subtle difference, but a difference none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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