A Paint First To Last - International Harvester Company Australia

[@tomthumb1322]

Been a painter for 30 years and I seriously loled at "rock hard Acrylic Enamel".

[@illletmyselfout.8516]

I grew up with kids whose parents worked there back in the day. Holden was next door and Heinz cannery next to that seemed half of town worked in those 3 factories

[@adriannettlefold9084]

My Grandfather used to take me to work in a butterbox Acco tipper identical to these, when I was 4yrs. I loved the sound of the old perkins.

[@stevenbaker3302]

must do a salt water dip before painting, rust buckets

[@stevenstart8728]

I bought an ACCO twin steer for the farm about ten years ago. I got that one because it was the only one I looked at rust free. Two weeks after I got it home the rust showed up everywhere.

[@markdanielczyk944]

Even the U.S. trucks rusted out before they wore out. Finally got better with the 4000 series. Cool video, another piece of IH history, thanks for sharing!

[@stevemills00]

The colour they used should have been called "International Superfade"

[@stevedriver1476]

Early Acran.. This was deadly and goes right through the skin.. those were the days.. Great paint though.. Fantastic video wow.

[@rjl110919581]

thank you share beauty history of Australia

[@johnnywadd3020]

Funny I never saw a ACCO without rust!

[@chrisjohnston9454]

Same here, but they do exist out there. But it has nothing to do with Inters painting techniques. I've got a C1800 ACCO and a A series International both rust free and this is because of where they come from, away from the coastline out in the country.

[@trevorzzealley2670]

Not enough oil leaks ( rust prevention)

[@Low760]

The late ones don't rust that quickly, maybe 15 years in?

[@mickmorrissey16]

I think International Harvester deserve their $350 k back. They rusted quicker than any other truck in its day.

[@Buzzbox3rd]

Excellent video

[@trevorzzealley2670]

From the Butterbox Factory Dandynong

[@peternewman958]

It was a good finish on some models and worked well but other models it didn’t work well. The bonnet trucks seemed to have less corrosion than the COE trucks.

[@Hitman-ds1ei]

As a government apprentice we had shit loads of these and they all had EPD stickers but I've seen a lot of private owned ones that didn't, none of government ones seemed to get rust, may have been optional at extra cost, maybe why some rusted and some didnt

[@Detroit8V92tta]

I'll take the rusting option thanks🤣

[@Louis-op4zj]

Does anyone know what the shift pattern on the d1610 is. Sticker is worn and I need to know the hi|lo and front axle engaged positions

[@nkelly.9]

Thanks for sharing The images in the film hark back to a time before tony abbot and jo hokey, a time where we had a manufacturing industry and we made stuff in this country rather than just dig stuff up and send it overseas.

[@railtrolley]

That same factory in the film is still there now - makes IVECO trucks.

[@nkelly.9]

@@railtrolley The International Vehicle Company is a rare success story. All my life at least all the taxis and police vehicles were made here. Not any more.

[@rods6405]

You better mention Gough Whitlam (Lima Agreement) "send all manufacturing off shore to Asia (chyna)" and Bob Hawk (Button car plan) we have 5 car manufacturers lets remove all tariffs.

[@nkelly.9]

@@rods6405 You left out the bit where little johnny howard, known by his colleagues as the Lying Rodent, halved the capital gains tax rate, making speculation taxed at a lesser rate than production. Ever since then money has walked out of production and in to speculation (bamboo and chopsticks cookie cutter blocks of flats). Real estate prices have skyrocketed ever since, thwarting the hopes of families and putting the brakes on business.If you wanted to chop yourself off at the knees that is what you would do. Context is important rods. Hawke and Whitlam didn't shut down manufacturing, they removed protections for inefficient industry hiding behind moribund tariff walls. If they hadn't of done so Comrade,we would still be like soviet era Russia . Eleventy joe and the onion eater drove a stake in to our manufacturing sector but kept up the gravy train subsidies to fossil fuels and miners. Next.

[@rods6405]

@@nkelly.9 Hawke and Whitlam DID shut down manufacturing, they removed protections while other countries like Germany USA Japan Thailand Chyna etc DID keep their moribund tariff walls ! If our industry was inefficient it was because of all Hawkyes and Goughs union mates forcing up labor cost! FFS we could purchase our vehicles cheap(1/2 the price of the german ones) they were simple to maintain and if maintained they lasted 20 years. I not really a little Johnny fan he did some dumb things but at least he left office with a surplus!

[@rakkassan2187]

Ih red had cadmium in its paint? Toxic when it became ablative? Always use a good respirator when sanding these older Red Paint I-H vehicles

[@frasercrone3838]

I had a brother that did his apprenticeship as a fitter and turner at IH Dandenong and as a first year they spent a lot of time fixing and cleaning paint spray equipment with no PPE equipment or knowledge. He died at age 42 of a brain tumor and we later found out that many apprentices that did this work later had adverse health issues at a young age.

[@xtfairmontlover]

I worked at IH for 19 years. The EPD process was floored due to drilling holes in the cab after the process. It was a great place to work & they had market share up until Iveco took over in 1992 & introduced all their WOP models & did away with Cummins, CAT & Detroit engines. Their Cursor engines were crap & the Aussie truckies new it. Another Aussie automotive manufacturing company that closed down......Such a shame!!!

[@doubledown9333]

It's funny that i have seen these things rusted out then.

[@Abcdefg-xl8te]

The fire truck at our station was constantly fading with its red paint job. Absolute rubbish.

[@rods6405]

Australia and red paint is a bad idea!

[@kurtolsson9557]

❤❤❤

[@Low760]

And now the factory they built these vehicles and many others trucks is shutting down next year

[@artmarquez9140]

Someone lied. These rust buckets are the worst.

[@cesaralemao6591]

🤩🇧🇷✌

[@iBackshift]

Whoever designed that C1800....yeesh, its ugly. It looks like a modernized British Sentinal Steam Wagon.

[@alanhood7818]

It was designed for the Army; AACO stood for Australian Army Cab Over Once you spend the money to tool up, the cost took at least ten years to amortise, so the civilian models, the ACCOs were only changed in a few panels.

[@TombstoneHeart]

@@alanhood7818 I always suspected that they tried to make them look as much as possible like the old "Blitz Buggies" the army used to have, without being too obvious about it! It must have worked! I spent just about all of my early driving days in old 'butterboxes' and you'd have to point a loaded rifle at me to get me back in one again!

[@karldavis4777]

All gone or going .just roll on roll off .more manufacturing jobs for Australia gone