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Brody Keller
Harvard, IL.
My dad (Mike Keller) has a 1961 International Travelette (Brown), which got me into IH trucks. One day I was looking around one day on google, not knowing how rare these trucks actually are. I found a cool looking IH truck and told my dad I might want it someday. He told me: “good luck because they only made 17 of them!”. A few years go bye, and I thought I would never get my own IH truck. Then when I was 15 years old, the exact truck pops up for sale on facebook (White) for only $1,000! Me and my dad went to get it right away. We loaded up his already working IH with our neighbors trailer. On the way home there was a big snowstorm. It should have only taken 4 hours to get home but it ended up taking 9, not only that but we almost got run off the road by a semi. when we did get it home I cleaned the whole thing out, and then we started to address the issues. The seats had to go and the floors needed to be replaced. Under the hood there was a 401 NailHead Buick engine. We put a new hood and my dads old back bumper from his truck onto my front. Everything was put into the truck very choppy. the mufflers were stung up with wire, there were spots where the frame was cut, to fit in the engine, it was all very bad. We took out the engine early december 2017. We bought a Strait six BG 241 IH engine to put into it in the spring. Since the axles on these trucks are so hard to find new parts for, we bought a Dana 44 Front axle and a 14 Bolt axle for the back from a 1978 square body chevy. Once everything is put back into place we will wield up the floors and put in seats, and the truck will be going.
There are only 8 of the 1957-1958 Travelette left to my knowledge and only 6 left of my dads 1961 Travelette
