1966 Travelall Ambulance Adventure Machine

[98dango]

Looking sweet. Keep it up and keep us posted. You inspired me so much my step dad is still yacking about a scout filling up his little shop (4 full bays).

[24HOURSOFNEVADA]

I love this build. The Cummins is going to be awesome. De-Stroked has this down pretty well. I told myself if anything happens to the 7.3 I would by putting in a Cummins via De-Stroked.

[Funrover]

Beautiful Project. I have always loved the Travelalls. My dad had a '71 when I was a kid. It scares my wife, but I will get one. One day. I will be following this thread as I am curious on the rest of the build.

[LIVEanimals]

This is going to be awesome. Subscribed. Some really good childhood memories were in a travelall.

[4BT]

Nice ISB 3.9!

[shortbus4x4]

Thanks for the compliements. Its good to get some other IH guys motivated. My wife is scared too. This June will be 23 years since I bought my first International. I was 16, it was a 1966 Scout and my dad just shook his head, its been downhill ever since.

The motor is a Cummins 3.9 ISB which is a common rail 4 cylinder Turbo Diesel. It came out of a wrecked FEDEX truck. The engine sticker rates it at 170 hp/420 tq. An Allison 5 speed auto came behind it and it has a SAE 2 bellhousing. The 2x4 Fedex trans has been swapped out for a 4x4 trans. It is an all electronic combo but I am a diesel mechanic so am not too scared of it. Its a smaller package lengthwise than a 6bt but puts out comparable power to a first gen Bosch VE pumped one. The trans is a little portly so I might have to do some tunnel massaging. Destroked.com sells the kit to put the Ford NV271 transfercase behind the Allison, it involves a new input in the t-case and a VSS in the tailhousing.

Next in my plan is to clean up the engine bay and the floor under it from the engine pull. Hate working on a dirty floor. Then I need get the frame sitting level side to side and fore and aft on the jackstands. I am going to be taking the stock steering box out and shortening up the steering shaft too. Might get quite a bit of work done on it this weekend. Plans are for camping but the weather is saying rain and wife says no camping with the kids in the rain.

[4BT]

The motor is a Cummins 3.9 ISB which is a common rail 4 cylinder Turbo Diesel. It came out of a wrecked FEDEX truck. The engine sticker rates it at 170 hp/420 tq. An Allison 5 speed auto came behind it and it has a SAE 2 bellhousing. The 2x4 Fedex trans has been swapped out for a 4x4 trans. It is an all electronic combo but I am a diesel mechanic so am not too scared of it. rain.

Where would someone find a junkyard that stocks FedEx trucks? I used to work for FedEx Ground and was amazed at how much quieter the ISB variants were compared to their mechanical siblings.

[shortbus4x4]

Where would someone find a junkyard that stocks FedEx trucks? I used to work for FedEx Ground and was amazed at how much quieter the ISB variants were compared to their mechanical siblings.

I don't know. 4btswaps.com has a classified section and you see some pop up for sale there from time to time. I have seen them on ebay and craigslist too. Be prepared to look for a while and pay a fair bit of money for one. They don't seem to come up to often and when they do people want a bit for them. The noise level is one reason I choose this one over a mechanical Cummins, guess I am getting old but noisy cars just don't hold the appeal for me they once did.

[chilliwak]

Thanks for the info on the motor ShortBus. I can see why you want a smaller motor, as a 6 cylinder Cummins really is quite big. I cant wait to see your project come together. Keep those updates and pics coming, Cheers, Chilli.

[Outback]

My Brother had a IH Travel All as well. It was a California DOT rig and was Orange. He painted tiger stripes on it and we called her Tony. LOVED THAT RIG! Nice build you got going!