Posted by Red Dave on March 24, 2009 at 11:42:06 from (66.216.141.163):
In Reply to: IH Pickups posted by sodly on March 24, 2009 at 09:14:31:
Around here they were sold at the IH heavy truck dealership, not at the agricultural dealer. That was against them in the marketing competition, because the upswing in pickup sales came from car and station wagon buyers moving up to a truck as a second vehicle and those people didn't hang out at a heavy truck dealership. Even so, there were a lot of IH pickups around in those days.
Mechanically, the drive trains were stout and held up well. But the bodies were not as styleish and didn't have the refinements (sound deadening is one example) that the other brands recieved as pickups became more popular. They rusted out, but no faster than the Fords, Chevy's and Dodges of the day. I recall Chevy's and Fords 2 or 3 years old with big rustout holes in them. Just about all car and truck bodies were lousy back then, if you lived in the snow belt.
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