I used to drive a 1976 4x4 Loadstar 1600


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Posted by Eric B. on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 11:12PM :

In Reply to: off topic- international fire truck 4x4 posted by mannyc on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 9:20PM :

With air brakes, a HUGE winch, and a short WB. It was still the old school side opening hood steel front end, not the new one piece.

It was ex Corp of Engineers, and a great little truck, if you were only going 35 MPH.

But the motor was great(345 I think?), and it always started quick. The ride was a bit rough, and I heard wild tales of the ride people got over 50 MPH(I never got it that fast).

Fun, hard working, and SOLID! I wish I had bought it, it went for $800 when it was auctioned off as surplus.

Most bits were easy to get, but at the time we had trouble finding parts for the front axle(forgot who made it), as one of the hubs was broken. The truck still did ok in 2wd though.

Have fun with it, I enjoyed driving the one I used!

Eric



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