Here’s another parking lot find.
This pickup is good shape and that could be the original paint.
1956 International Pickup. (Try not to look at the white mustang!!!)
This is the S100.
This truck came with a 3.6L 220 cubic inch L6 and 3 on the tree (3 gears shift on the steering column). Love the hub caps.
Value of these truck can range between $11,600 in top condition to as little as $450.
These are great little trucks. Here is a little help when you need to shift your ’56 International.
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Thanks for reading.
Tim
My native Louisville, KY was home to a LARGE International Harvestor plant in the 1960s and 1970s, so I have a fondness for their trucks. In my neighborhood growing up, the argument for best pick wasn’t Chevy vs Ford, but rather International vs Ford (both were built in Louisville).
Little known fact about the Louisville International Plant: it was licensed by Chrysler Corp to build 318 engine blocks at the foundry. Yep, there were many 318 V8s in Scouts and International Pick Ups, and Volares and Aspens for that matter, with the “IH” cast into the 318 block.
Another tidbit; the Louisville IH plant built CUB CADET riding lawnmowers and tractors.
I got to visit the IH foundry once when the FBI and ATF was bringing in confiscated firearms to be melted into 318 engine blocks. My uncle worked as a Federal Penitentiary guard, and I got to ride along and watch thousands of handguns go by conveyor (heavily guarded) into the smelters. The guys joked with me that once one gun was loaded and the bullets went off as they neared the smelter door.
Kind of sad that International Pick Ups and Scouts are forgotten today. They sure were great products.