Posted by Jonas on Monday, May 17, 2004 at 8:19PM :
Just a note, for those looking for more highway speed...
I put a tape across the front springs of a '61 IHC 3/4 ton. They look like the have exactly the same distance between the center of the springs and the Power Wagon springs, and are about the same width. The rear springs perches are different than the PW, but it looks to be extremely simple to change that by moving the spring perches to the correct location. Of course the rear diff is in the center so you would have to change the output on your stock PW transfer case or use the Binder TC.
The axles I have use 4.10 gears, and there is still the old timey look if the 6 lug wheels with budd split rings.
But this also means that the 1 ton IHC trucks from the same era which use Dana 70's front and back could be swapped in with the same relative ease. The binders '70 was still a closed knuckle, but available with 4.56 gears, and IH liberally put Power-Loc's in many of the 4x4 trucks.
Food for thought...
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