1972 International Harvester Pickup Truck Commercial - "The Other Truck"

[@carlosavila7635]

I'm 42 years old my grandpa gave me his 1967 international. I still have it never been restored still original I still drive it once in awhile he gave it to me when I was 18

[@lamar7bn]

Don't sell it no matter what

[@Type_One_Diabetic]

I think my grandpa might do the same for me, here's hoping anyway 🤞🏼

[@ericl2969]

I noticed that this truck had an option that no other company offered. It's a heavy-duty piece of angle iron attached to the axle, positioned in front of the tie-rod to protect it from accidental impacts with things like rocks or stumps (it's easiest to see near the beginning of the clip, and even then you might have to be familiar with this feature in real life to recognize it, but it's there). I've seen several old IHC trucks of the vintage shown in this clip which had this feature. You won't find this as a factory option on any truck of the modern era, and worse, they often put the tie-rod lower than the axle as if to make sure it will be extra vulnerable.

[@kyboy5]

I had a 75 with a straight six and a 4 speed, I think that was the last year they made international pickups. Thing was tough as nails, nothing would put a dent in it.

[@wodanowitz]

I think they did build the Scout Terra as Pickup till the end... ummm must have been 1980?

[@kyboy5]

@@wodanowitz yep they made them until 1980 i didnt know that when i posted this never seen an 80 international

[@wodanowitz]

@@kyboy5 me either, they (the 1980) had square headlights, not the round ones they had till and with the 79 models.

[@BuickParkAvenue]

1975 was the last year for the pickup trucks, 1980 was the last year for the scouts.

[@wodanowitz]

@@BuickParkAvenue not true, just google for Scout Terra 79 brochures and you will see by yourself.

[@TJ-qz6hr]

I have a 1974 IH pickup that my Dad bought new. After I inherited it, I completely restored it. Now, it only goes to truck shows or cruise-ins. It will be in my possession until I die.

[@jamesosborne5391]

As a college student I worked for the Vermont Highway department one summer and drove a one ton version of the IH. Most of their fleet was IH in the 70’s.

[@ScoutSniper3124]

My dad loaned his International Scout to my sister when she went to live up in Alaska while in the Navy. A year later she showed up at our home in Colorado with a Datsun 210, and told my dad she "traded it for the Scout". I've never seen my dad that mad before and till the day he died we all knew better than to even mention his Scout again. My sister is an idiot sometimes.

[@RoboCop-zn8bt]

Ouch what a loss, funny story though cheers!

[@alanstrong55]

An International truck in crew cab with 4WD and all terrain tires were a welcome sight with ANY Iowa winter. Texas winters are included.

[@SillyPuddy2012]

Smooth ride and easy handling is not something I’ve heard to describe an IH before.

[@davidanthony2953]

I always loved these trucks. ...

[@bengomes8845]

They are beautiful old girls

[@cosmokramer8078]

I have a 73 1210 and love it, wish I could afford to restore it.

[@bernardpolaco4973]

Elbow grease goes a long way and enjoy

[@milosdad1]

I went in 76 or 77 to get a new 3/4, 4x4 and they said they no longer made them. Any ideal how much $$ I saved on full coverage insurance and interest by keeping my 68, 3/4 ton 4x4 ?? Very dependable, very strong , couldn’t ask for no better. But I need a heater box for it. Thanks for reading this.

[@odelldickey2218]

Thanks for writing , it is a good comment , I enjoyed reading it .

[@mikewallace8087]

Pickup trucks back then were about work business. Now pickup trucks are comfort pleasure chambers . But you know all that. My 78' C-20 had a simple bench seat and rubber floor mat, no A/C . Recall those foot side air vents. Pull on the rod knob to open them.

[@RJ1999x]

The flaw in them, was on a quite day, you could hear them rust. They were tough though

[@triple6758]

Old pickup adverting is a window into an America that doesn't exist anymore.

[@jimmytucker8365]

Priced fairly, that truck would sell like hot cakes in today's market. You can bank on it.

[@workingcountry1776]

This with an idi 6.9/7.3 zf5 would be mint!

[@INDUSTRIAL_WOLF]

my dad had one until 2003.

[@justinmyslive4108]

Only one thing could stop an International................... rust

[@binderfan436]

Yep. My dad's rusted to pieces. Frame included. The 345 engine was still good though.

[@mtower235]

That was my first truck

[@fatlifeautos2971]

Did anyone else saw the old ad where it shows a ford and a chevy but not the international truck and came to see what it look like 🤔

[@cynthia6389]

My dad bought an old scout in 77. Idont remember the year if the truck. We lived in AZ in the days of freedom . We drove through the desert and 4 peaks. It was a very ugly truck. Orange. We went to the salt river one day. All the rich kids were there , they had a hill they were trying to climb. My dad pulls up in this junky old thing, I am mortified. These guys are going up this hill, tires spinning, motors racing, just barely climbing with lots of noise and fuss. My dad pull up, puts it in granny gear, and climbs this hill with zero fuss. Went up it like it was nothing . I am 62 now, and remember it clearly. I was so gobsmacked. Just unbelievable. And the crowd of people went nuts. We just drove off,back to the desert . My dad hated people, we were not in the crowd,but we sure heard everyone yelling and clapping.

[@russelljohnson1303]

It's interesting to see even though all other manufacturers had switched to colored commercials by this time IH was still using black and white film even into the 70s

[@OsbornTramain]

?????? This is color Amber Turn Signals, Red tail lights, White Snow, Black roads, grey and white truck

[@russelljohnson1303]

@@OsbornTramain oh I guess it is lol I don't see about half of those colors.

[@colemcbride803]

@@OsbornTramain you sound like a jerk

[@kierancurtis8545]

@@colemcbride803 No he's not! He's an absolute legend of a man.

[@wodanowitz]

@@OsbornTramain is right on this, even the IHC at the end of film shows clearly the RED Color. And btw... Osborn keep up the good work, thank you.

[@chrisdoran7673]

smooth ride my ass...awesome trucks

[@TJ-qz6hr]

At least the half ton 2wd rode nice.

[@will2993]

I live that IH commercials just completely ignored dodge

[@binderfan436]

Yet the Dodge was the better truck.

[@ericl2969]

One rule of making good commercials is to keep things simple - don't say too many things. Dodge had a very small share of the market compared to GM and Ford, and in those days you could be on the road all day long and only see one or two Dodge pickups while seeing endless Fords and GMs, so it made sense to mention only the primary competition in commercials like this one. The truth was, all those companies offered good products for the time, but with all of them having particular deficiencies that certain people would learn to hate (such as IHC's having a bigger problem with rust, and Dodge having cheap construction so that the knobs would fall of the dashboard controls and the rubber would fall off the pedals, and the doors would stop fitting properly after a couple years so they'd need to be slammed super hard just to get them to close all the way, or the way on many GM trucks you couldn't swing the sun visor over to the side window because it would gouge into the ceiling and get stuck before it was even halfway there).

[@Timeline916]

I had one, it never would start below 32 degrees , tried all the fixes, ended up up selling it to another fool

[@ericl2969]

We had a 1971 Travelall for many years. It had the 392 cu in and a 4-V carburetor. In the early years that we had it, we couldn't start it in temperatures much below 0 degrees, and it was the only "modern" car we knew of which was so hard to start in the cold. It did so much cranking during cold-weather starts that we had to rebuild the starter after just a few years. Then, we discovered the secret trick that would make it start instantly, every time, no matter how cold it was. BEFORE turning the key, pump the gas peddle to the floor, *slowly*, just once in normal weather, twice if the weather was extra cold. If you did that, it would start about 1/10th of a second after you turned the key, without fail. I kept using that trick for the next 15 years that I owned the thing and in all that time there was no noticeable wear and tear on the starter because the starter hardly had to turn the engine at all before it fired right up. Also, we installed a manual choke which helped a lot, and there was a trick to controlling the choke "in just the right way" also, when the weather was cold (just about every car with an automatic choke in those days was easier to start if it was converted to a manual choke).