International Harvester R-Series

International Harvester R-Series in Ice Road Truckers, Non-fiction TV, 2007-2017 Ep. 1.11

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
Sunbar ◊ 2008-03-18 15:41	Thanks to Ddey65 for identifying this as International Harvester. The episode captioned this black and white photograph as an army-surplus truck bought in 1947 by Canadian John Denison.
skywatcher68 ◊ 2008-03-18 20:49	Sunbar wrote The episode captioned this black and white photograph as an army-surplus truck bought in 1947 by Canadian John Denison. I don't know about that. Fender looks more like an L-series, which weren't made until after '47. www.vannattabros.com/pics/l190.jpg Could even be an R. www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/dmckenzie/tbd_ih_mixer_coles_tbd_6.jpg -- Last edit: 2008-03-18 21:27:30
Sunbar ◊ 2008-03-19 00:05	If there is doubt about the age of the truck, then they must have used a more recent photograph to give the impression it was the actual war-surplus truck.
Ddey65 ◊ 2008-03-19 16:49	Assuming that this was from 1947, my first guess would be that it was a heavy-duty KB-Series. However the fender doesn't lead me to believe this is the case, and the cowl insignia looks like it only has a single letter. I'm not sure this is even from the 1940's. Bear in mind, though that IHC didn't only have KB-models in the late-1940's. -- Last edit: 2008-03-19 16:49:26
firebird86 ◊ 2008-03-30 23:34	I think Skywatcher has it, sure looks like an R Model to me http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/ih/specs/r2201a.jpg