Loadstar Takes a Trip to town!

Getting the loadstar wiring all finished up so that we can safely drive it out on the road. Then we take it into town for a lunch date!

[@nitram739]

This is so cool! Love them old binders!

[@gingerauto]

Thanks man! They are a good looking truck!

[@kman-mi7su]

Nice! Now all you need is an RV trailer to pull with it. I wish I had it! I love old car and truck shows I'd pull an RV to a couple of shows during the summer and park it for the weekend and then show the truck in the show. Nicely done!

[@joshuaburkey5841]

Love this build!! Keep it up 👍 this has so much potential!!

[@gingerauto]

Thanks man! Hopefully can get going on it again once winter comes around.

[@brendanstewart2983]

Love this thing looks very nice. I am picking up a 49 international kB to build a rat rod. I will either be doing a dt360 or a 5.9 Cummins. I’m so excited

[@greggreen6636]

Sweet truck, id love have one

[@samsalavea2797]

Man love your work brother and crew🤙🏾👊🏾so awesome guys.really want one one day aye.that will be a dream come true👌🏽

[@tonyhernandez4426]

Wow lodestar, first truck I ever drove back in 1979. what Memories! now I'm in a Cascadia. Oh, and the lodestar was a twin-stick brownie.

[@walt1064]

Now you need an old 9ft IH step-side bed. With cut and widened rear fenders.

[@joeschlotthauer840]

What year would that be from...

[@joncable4045]

Walter, do you know where one could find this? I have a 78 1700 I want to get one for.

[@walt1064]

I have not been on the recycling yard hunt in a while. But I think there was one between Rome and Cavesprings,GA the other day But I was the steering wheel holder and couldnt get the address

[@Nostradamus_Order33]

Just bobtailing along. Looks good. You are just missing a fifth wheel. 😂

[@chriswilson9248]

Truck looks great

[@gingerauto]

Thank you

[@davidsnow1481]

Very cool truck. Love following the progress on the truck. Keep up the good work and stay safe out there.

[@dizzydigger7083]

Love the truck, just started working on my loadstar 1700

[@gingerauto]

What you have planned for the 1700?

[@dizzydigger7083]

@@gingerauto I’m currently putting a gravel box on it and going to use it to tow my smaller equipment around. Should be a bit of a head turner doing that. But after that, I think there will be upgrades each winter lol

[@dustinpollard6237]

I have a 68 1700 4x4 in Central PA. Just got some long awaited brake parts from a machinist buddy. Gotta install the drum shoe adjusters, order a $300 brake booster, and find some appropriate mirrors and its finally ready. It came rigged up as a single rear with a 90s Chevy 8 foot bed. I restored the dual wheels and built a 8 foot flatbed using 4x6 as the sideways wooden frame AND the deck boards!! I can't wait to get my lights on and see if it can go over 45mph with proper tires hahaha. Have fun and be safe gentlemen, love your truck!!

[@schuckles]

I remember helping my dad with his old 1962 Loadstar with a 22000 gallon tank on the back. We used to call her Number 1 in a fleet of newer trucks. Due to insurance reasons, the vehicle became obsolete. However, on the property, we would us the truck to transport fuel oil and diesel (same thing, but got to keep it sep). My pops used to say "Fire in the HOLE!!!!!". I'd spray the carb with, essentially lighter fluid, and ole Number 1 would come to life.

[@gingerauto]

Such a cool memory to have with your dad! Its to bad that some states such as California are making it so we can’t use these cool old trucks anymore on the road.

[@204LR]

You got me hooked on that thing and trying to look for one in my area but it’s not easy to find.

[@gingerauto]

They are getting harder to find. They are all old work trucks. So most of them have had a hard life.

[@SaiKumar-wd4hj]

pretty cool 👌👌

[@rubennavegante3491]

Thanks foe the video

[@michaellange3248]

We don't have these in Britain, but I've fallen in love with them after plating snowrunner on the xbox. Now I really want one.

[@gingerauto]

I’m sure you get import one! Might be a little pricey. But worth it 😉

[@acd1202]

Sorry to contradict you Michael but the International Loadstar was just about the only US truck which has ever sold in any numbers in the UK. They came over as CKD kits and where assembled locally both rigid (straight) and tractors from about 66 to 72. They were light and cheap so got a following, the largest user to my knowledge was Jack Bradley Transport of Accrington Lancashire who had about 60 of them (one of which is on the preserved circuit and does a few shows). They would have sold more if they'd had a decent engine but most if not all had a Perkins 6.354 112bhp, pretty useless in a two axle rigid, but in a tractor just ridiculous, but they were very light, very cheap to buy and parts were cheap, and that was enough for some to buy them.

[@RJDCR]

kool truck RJ

[@paulzale7429]

Awesome Loadstar! I gotta get one!

[@gingerauto]

Do it!

[@rudyreyes7199]

I have a really nice one for cheap if your interested???????2k

[@paulzale7429]

@@rudyreyes7199 Would be Great, but just contracted , New Roof and Siding for House! But thanks for the consideration. Cheers!

[@privilegednpc]

@@rudyreyes7199 what state do you live in?

[@rudyreyes7199]

I live in California

[@harleyhoracio1]

Sweet rig! I have a 2000 International LPX 4700 T444E Low Profile. I’d like to do a cab swap with a 1965 Loadstar but unsure if it will work, I haven’t done all my due diligence. My trans is the AT542 and it’s about clapped out. Contemplating an MT 643 swap, (3rd & 4th lockup) but a few of the conversion items are extremely hard to find. Seems like all the schoolie conversion guys have snatched them up. Going with a manual trans might be easier, but again, I’m not sure what work well. My rear diff is 3.43 I think. Anyway, my grandfather had a truck rental business back in day ‘60’s through the ‘80’s in Fresno and he had probably close to 50 trucks all like this, that’s what’s driving my motivation to locate and purchase one and recreate his old truck rental color scheme.

[@gingerauto]

We stuck with a Manuel transmission just because we wanted it to have the old school big rig feel. One thing I have learned is you can make anything work with enough cutting and welding haha

[@michael-davidcarswell8667]

Back in the 80's when I was in the Army we had these things and they were all diesel tractors that pulled a trailer known as a human cattle truck.

[@CarWizard]

Ive ridden in these "human cattle" trailers as a recruit in Basic. LOL

[@michael-davidcarswell8667]

@@CarWizard Brings back memories doesn't it?

[@bustertim5333]

Nice truck

[@gingerauto]

Thank you.

[@stevenbrennon9284]

Hello is that a Cummins engine you have in your truck mighty cool truck 🚛 very nice thanks for the post have a great week and take care.

[@gingerauto]

It is an international dt360. Still a 5.9 like the cummins. Just a lot beefier.

[@stevenbrennon9284]

@@gingerauto Hey thanks for the information and take care.

[@leopic501]

I have a 1600 loadstar with a 345 gas v8 1966 with only 41,000 miles on it hardly driven looking to increase the HP as much as I can get repaint inside and out and better a one owner truck my dad bought it new in 66 didn't have the heart to sell it when he died , so I guess I am restoring it , but only better then stock.

[@CSXT8250]

Try to leave the 345 alone. At least I would if it were mine. You see, the 345 was like a gasoline engine that was created to do everything a diesel would do for that time period. 1). Run at high load all day and night long repeatedly it's entire life. 2). Extremely durable. 3). Outstanding reliability. 4). Do so for hundreds of thousands of miles. That's asking a lot from any gasoline engine. International hit the ball out of the park. It did everything a medium duty diesel would do, but did it quietly! 3,500 rpm was a lot from these. They had excellent off idle torque just as a diesel does. Outstanding engine! You wanna go fast? (Why not !) Do this: source a complete running Big Block anything.. I.E. 455 Olds with TH400 trans, or 440 Mopar with 727 trans, 500 Caddy etc. Swap it in, go shred some tires! Just.... Not with a 345 IH. 😉

[@hillberry_revival]

This thing is so cool. Love you channel man, I'm glad to see someone who is interested in both Subarus and trucks like myself haha. What are your plans for the bed? It looks super cool without one honestly but I'm curious what you've got planned.

[@gingerauto]

We are just doing tin fenders over the tires. With a wood deck between the frame rail.

[@theidahomegarage8090]

Tremec gear ratio calculator is awesome for those figures

[@gingerauto]

That is what we have been using! Has been very handy.

[@Str8sixfan]

I know the journey is not over, but it has been a fun one to watch

[@gingerauto]

Still a long ways to go.

[@Localtruthspeaker]

The first truck I ever drove was one of these. It had the gas v8 with twin transmissions. Also a tandem axle with a 22’ potatoe box on it. Fully loaded it could only do 30 miles an hour lol. Beautiful rig. What brand of gauges did you guys use in this build? Can anyone tell me please?

[@joncable4045]

May I ask where you got the seats, and what are they out of?

[@bernardoneumann8642]

Parabéns, fazer isso com meu caminhão aqui no Brasil é um sonho !

[@bigedsbeachsidegarage3968]

That's awesome. Love that truck. So what was the RPM to speed on the highway ? I'm working on my IH 4700 Crew cab. Cummins engine swap.

[@gingerauto]

We were cruising at around 50mph at 2k rpm.

[@RaisioWildout]

i love loadstars and fleetstars

[@gingerauto]

They have a cool body style!

[@Satatic]

haha looks like hes sweeping the floor while driving

[@abcdeedcba7557]

Lmfao Oakdale Bud!

[@JohnSmith-qj4cf]

Mine i cut the fenders in half moved the in and mounted the body on to a c30 frame it looks great like me!!

[@gingerauto]

How much did you bring the fenders in?

[@JohnSmith-qj4cf]

@@gingerauto about half put the rim i was going to use 19.5 on back Measure to it looked right there one that I got the idear from on a site has a grain bin on the back looks like you could have 22

[@davidrader4807]

What is the wheelbase measurement, center to center hub

[@derrickcathey4410]

What tire wheel size on the loadstar

[@GeorgeCarlin88]

it looks like a pug :D

[@Dev_Everything]

So when you go to register this car, do you register it as a International Harvester? Do you have to have a class B to drive this?

[@gingerauto]

It’s already registered. So we haven’t had to do anything. No we don’t need a class b.

[@gamareyna2740]

What size tires?

[@mechanicojoe]

Hey, awesome truck. Do you have any idea what the curb weight is of your truck? Im interested in doing something similar but cant legally park it overnight in front of my house if its over 9900lbs. Seems like the IH 1600s and 1700s can be around 9k lbs or higher but finding an answer seems a little tricky.

[@gingerauto]

Someone who had a similar build said he was around 8500. We haven’t weighed ours yet.

[@mechanicojoe]

@@gingerauto No worries, thanks for the reply!

[@anthracitecoal8673]

Nice truck man. Was wondering how you have it registered and insured to be the most cost effective? Cheapest lol. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.. Dan

[@gingerauto]

It’s just insured and registered as a ranch truck. Still just a gas engine 😉

[@sebo1911]

I have a 68 with 304...no bed. Trying to get a ball park guess on curb weight as I'm tackling the brakes and have no ability to run her over the scales. Any guesses? Hoping to have something like yours before the good Lord tells me "You're done son!" 😅

[@gingerauto]

My guess without the bed is between 6-8k.

[@K1L0-K1NG]

Did you do a frame swap? If so what did you use?

[@gingerauto]

Nope. Used stock frame

[@vmaxes]

Cool truck, when will the shifter be changed?

[@gingerauto]

Probably never haha

[@user-pz3dv2ui9f]

What is the size of rims and tires

[@VinceDorval]

ohh man im so jealous can i have it to pull my camper with it haha

[@gingerauto]

Only if it’s a vintage camper 😉

[@joeschlotthauer840]

Are there a lot of reproduction parts out there for these, such as window fuzzies, weatherstrips, or door seals... Just subscribed, I breathe this stuff...

[@gingerauto]

The little bit of research I have done you can still find a lot of stuff. But since we aren’t to the point of restoring the outside yet. I haven’t looked into it a whole lot yet.

[@joeschlotthauer840]

@@gingerauto I've wanted one for years, I'm going to do it. I just want to end up with an outrageous pickup truck...

[@justinedwards6007]

Idk if you guys have got your gear ratio figured out yet but I use this calculator to help. spicerparts.com/calculators/transmission-ratio-rpm-calculator

[@gingerauto]

This is the same calculator we have been using haha. We just never knew our rpm and speed till now. So now we can figure out which diff to get. Thanks tho!

[@charlesk8631]

where did yall find you're rear diff? I'm trying to find 3:55s for mine lol

[@gingerauto]

Found ours on ebay

[@blackwolfjr1909]

Okay I really like this truck athlete with me I have put some quarter fenders on it back with some short mud flaps the Chrome ones what set this thing off are you planning on painting the truck or not just out of curiosity love what you did with the fenders with the blinkers cuz I hate those stupid overrated I am so much Factory blinkers but you using there low Pros just sex the truck off Fender blinkers on the front phenomenal idea love it

[@gingerauto]

Thanks man. I am really happy with how the blinkers look. Yes we are planning on painting the truck eventually. But we get everything done. And then we will completely take it apart and paint. Still need to do the rear fenders and deck between the frame rails.

[@AntonioGarcia-qe5oy]

what size rims and tires? where did you purchase them from?

[@gingerauto]

24.5 wheels shaved down to a 24. With 285/40r24 tires. Purchased them from a place in LA. Think it was jk Motorsports if I remember correct.

[@wbball15]

Were you parked at the Stake Center before going home?

[@gingerauto]

Yes I was haha

[@rickywoodcock7222]

I need this truck

[@RonnieOhler]

What front axle and rear axle did you use

[@gingerauto]

They are off a 2004 f650

[@garyburbank3537]

Are you going with a 5th wheel semi look i have the same truck with a custom truck camper sleeper

[@gingerauto]

Yeah we are going with the medium size semi look.

[@dustinpollard6237]

I'm building the same on a 68 1700 4x4, do you have pics somewhere? I have a flatbed now, but I'm building something similar to "Full Send Alaskan Overland" aka Truck House Life and I'd like to know your regrets or other things you love or would change about your camper. I can leave my email address if you'd send me them to check out? It's my name but with ".t." in between @gmail.

[@robertrivera2254]

How much did you pay for the rims nice truck

[@gingerauto]

3200 shipped to us

[@saratogaa60]

What year is that international?

[@gingerauto]

71

[@andrewscott3184]

Looks like Oakdale Ca.

[@gingerauto]

Maybe it is 😉

[@andrewscott3184]

@@gingerauto allegedly allegedly..

[@andrewscott3184]

@@gingerauto I live outside motown, farm almonds. I'm currently putting a new 390 in my Fairlane also have a 65 F500 I'm working on next. I want to put on 22.5s and bags, that's how i found the channel getting some ideas. Loadstar is slick, nice job.

[@oscarmora1924]

I have a tractor like yours but its from gasoline it works and everything but I would want you to fix it like yours like around how much would it be and how can I comunicate with you ? Thank you

[@gingerauto]

The cost would really depend on what set up you do. You can message me on Instagram @ginger_auto.

[@dragsbody209]

No issues registering it in CA?

[@gingerauto]

As far as they are concerned it’s still just a stock loadstar with a 302 engine.

[@dragsbody209]

@@gingerauto surprised they let it be registered and didn't ban you for it being a "commercial" vehicle. Looks like you're in Oakdale so not too far from me

[@gingerauto]

@@dragsbody209 it was already registered to us. So we just went in and renewed the registration. Yeah we are in oakdale.

[@andrewb9708]

Is this in Oakdale, Ca?

[@gingerauto]

👍🏻

[@bbwlover3982]

i want to build 1so bad but those cabs are hard to get

[@gingerauto]

They are hard to find in good condition. Start looking on the farms. And government auctions.

[@weldthatiron3683]

Just cut the gear stick lol

[@baileymiller546]

Is it gonna be for sale eventually? 🙂

[@gingerauto]

Probably not haha

[@baileymiller546]

Dang it

[@alltrains2111]

Cummins?

[@gingerauto]

Dt360

[@user-hf7ux9ld1v]

Зарульем

[@kellyreynolds7385]

Cool truck stupid shift handle come on guys no taller then top of dash board

[@gingerauto]

Haha is that the un written rule?

[@kellyreynolds7385]

Drove semi for 41 years we made fun of those guys with big stupid shifters like that lmao 🤣

[@curtisjordan9210]

cool truck, but those rims are awful

[@RobertoHernandez-vd6di]

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