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The International K and KB series are trucks that were produced by International Harvester, the first being the K introduced in mid 1940. In total there were 42 models, 142 different wheelbase lengths and load ratings ranging from 1/2 ton to 90,000 lbs. [ 1 ] They are best known for their durability, prewar design in a postwar era, and low price.
The International Harvester Company of Australia Pty. Ltd. was established in 1912, and took over all assets owned by its predecessors. [ 1 ] During the Great Depression , the Australian government imposed high duties on imported farm equipment, leading IH to establish production facilities in Australia.
Since then International trucks have been sold worldwide and built or assembled in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, the Soviet Union, and Turkey. International Harvester also built large numbers of military tactical vehicles between 1941 and 1961. These were not branded "International ...
The International Harvester Company manufactured and sold these trucks as "International Model K-1" in 1941 and "International Model KBR-12" in 1948. International Harvester Co. has told the public that they have sold trucks under the "International" name since 1914 in 1947 (p. 2), 1961 (p. 2), and 1976 (pp. 14-15, 18-26). An editor might think ...
The International Harvester Company (IHC) has been building its own proprietary truck engines since the introduction of their first truck in 1907. International tended to use proprietary diesel engines. In the 1970s, IHC built the DVT 573 V-8 diesel of 240 and 260 hp (179 and 194 kW) but these were not highly regarded and relatively few were sold.
Acknowledgement of the association of the veterans of the Haganah to Czechoslovakia, in Josefov, Prague. Between June 1947 and October 31, 1949, the Jewish agency (later to become the Israeli government) seeking weapons for Operation Balak, made several purchases of weapons in Czechoslovakia, some of them of former German army weapons, captured by the Czechoslovak army on its national ...
The B was replaced by the Farmall C in 1948. [7] [8] From 1940 to 1947, International Harvester produced the Farmall BN, with the same engine displacement, but with a rear wheel width adjustment of 56 inches (140 cm) to 84 inches (210 cm) for narrower rows. [4] About 1500 BN tractors were produced. [5]
The Farmall 1468 was produced beginning in 1971. It was essentially a Farmall 1466 with an International 549-cubic-inch (9,000 cc) diesel V-8 truck engine. Compared to the 1466, it was no more powerful, but made a distinctive noise and had two prominent exhaust stacks flanking the engine housing.