66 IIA 88 w/ plow and winch (Sold Nov 19 2015, plow still available)
Sold Nov 19, but the plow is still available.
Price reduced to $3250 Oct 16 2015
It is a 1966 IIA 88" wheelbase gas engine. Location is Bowdoin, ME. As far as I know I am the second owner
and and a fellow in Monson ME bought it new. It has a lot of "character" and
patina...... Anyway, I bought it in 1984 or so, after the PO died, did a bit of repair
work, and drove it on the road as a daily driver, inspected, until 1997. I
plowed my drive with it for quite a few years after that, but it has not
been started since about 6 or 7 years ago when I bought a snow blower. It
did start and it ran fine then, but had a gas tank leak, so I got a new
tank to replace it and never put it in. Now the battery is gone, and I am
not sure it would run without some playing around with the engine and replacing the fuel tank. It has
a Weber carb conversion on it that the PO did, and he had replaced the
engine at some point with a newer one.
The frame should still be OK for an original, though I can't say for sure.
The PO oiled it internally and externally yearly and I followed suit for a
few of the years I had it. I had new repair plates welded on the front
frame horns when I got it, but that was the only questionable thing. You
can get galvanized frames for these if you get into a big time
restoration. I put new rear springs on it when I got it, and they are
still good. The steel bulkhead/dash is the achilles heel in these trucks,
and this one is OK, but could stand some repairs in the footwell areas. It
needs a lot in the interior, if anyone wanted to spend some time and
money, but for a plow truck it is fine. The rear fenders and side panels
have suffered from the PO's driving habits, (He drank a lot), but he always made sure the
doors closed with a solid thunk, despite the looks. I have not changed
that. I kind of like the way it looks, and no one is going to steal it. The exhaust is shot. It needs new gasketing around the safari top
side windows, and probably could use new window tracks if you are picky.
There is some through rust in the drivers door top, not unusual for these,
and replaceable. It has really nice locking hubs in the front.
It has a very nice and desirable Koenig PTO winch that is good. I pulled
a loaded dump truck out of a mudhole with it long ago, and it is a handy
thing since it will never run down a battery like an electric winch. I
have not winched the truck into a tree however. (favorite movie). It has
a Fisher plow system that is unusual since the hydraulic cylinders all
come off with the plow. This is to allow the use of the winch. The plow
needs new cab control cables since these are stuck, new hydraulic lines and the control valve
has a broken mounting tab, but is jury rigged to work. It did a good job
with my long driveway, and lived with chained tires year round for the
last years I used it.
This would be a good yard truck or could be put back on the road with some work. The plow and winch are probably worth it. $3250 OBO oldhaven@comcast.net
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