Equipment
4-speed, white wheels with hub caps and trim rings, Blackwall tires, dual mirrors, Amber driving lights, sun visor, rear mud flaps, wood bed, single spare wheel.
Condition
Restored in original colors. Front bumper has light scratches on the top and paint drips around the edges. A few small scratches and chips around the edges of the hood but other than that and the bumper, the paint is very good and better than normal truck standards. Interior and bed are very good as well, and the frame is spotless without being overdone. Most of these were probably worked to death, even more than normal for the trucks of the day. This one isn't perfect, but it's rare and must be one of the best ones around. Inherently more interesting than either the equivalent Ford or Chevy, but not worth any more than either.
Market commentary
Sold at Motostalgia's Indianapolis sale this year for $26,000, which was itself a huge result, but this number is in a different ball park, down to a paddle war between two bidders who knew they might never come across an example this good again. [Editor says: Let me put this in perspective. My father worked for a company that ownhed an IH dealership. I drove IH pickups like this before I was legally driving (they were orange with black fenders, but that's easily fixed.) Hard-working trucks survive in small numbers, so when you find one in good condition 'sense' is nonsense.] This has all the signs of a result driven by memory, and for that it's no less or more than it deserves to be.