1967 International 1100B Pickup Cummins Power

RedTruck1100 · 2024-10-26T19:59:13.000Z

I bought a red 1967 International 1200B pickup from M & M Sales in Parksville, B.C. just before my 17th birthday in 1984 and drove that truck daily until I sold it in 1990. I wish I had found a place to store that truck rather than selling it but anyway years later I decided to look for another one. In 2017 I found this red 1967 1100B for sale in southern California and had to have it. The truck is a lot like the one I had when I was a kid with a V8 4 speed and Custom Interior & Exterior Trim, the only real difference is it's a 1/2 ton rather than a 3/4 ton but this one is a Campermobile, International's name for a Camper Special, and was equipped with 12" brakes like the 3/4 ton and a Dana 60 Semi-Floater rear end. When we got the truck home we just cleaned it up and tucked it away in the shop until we decided what we were going to do with it, a Cummins swap was already on our minds so was an addition to the shop with a lift and more tools. In the spring of 2020 we had the addition to the shop completed and in the fall we picked up 12 valve Cummins from a '94 Dodge with only 220,000 Kms on it and a rebuilt NV4500 5 speed. My sons and I started this build in April 2021 and had it roadworthy by mid July. This was our first build of this type, together we figured out how things should be done and my sons did all of the work. Since then we have made a few performance modifications and reached our goal of 400+ rear wheel horsepower and 1000 FTLBs torque. Actual numbers are 440 RWHP/1100 FTLBs torque and 492 HP at the flywheel. The engine has 16 degrees of fuel pump timing and there's no sound deadening material or carpet in the truck, it is very loud in the cab but that is what we wanted. The truck had 15" two-piece wheels on it when we got it, the snap ring type that many tire shops won't touch anymore. The Wheel Smith in Corona, CA. made us a set of 16" one-piece wheels with adaptors so we could install the original International hubcaps. They did a great job and I highly recommend them for custom wheels. Two things that we thought would be a challenge ended up being easy. 1. We wanted to use the original speedometer and found that the NV4500 transmissions made from 1994-1996 had electronic over mechanical speedometer drives. All we had to do was simply removed that unit and drop in a mechanical speedometer drive unit from a late 1960s Chrysler Torqueflight automatic transmission with the correct gear for our tire size & rear end gear ratio and a longer speedometer cable. 2. We also wanted to use the original cast iron IH master cylinder for the clutch. The Dodge master cylinder & slave cylinder for the clutch are a one-piece unit with a plastic type line between them. We used a 5/16" to 1/4" brass compression fitting to join the Dodge plastic line to the IH steel line and have had no problems with it. The Intercooler was an after thought. We weren't going to install one because trucks in the 1960s didn't have them but we thought we might as well put one in now that later if we changed our minds. There was just enough room between the grille & radiator and we were still able to use the factory hood release. It's a very tight fit. I will be posting more pictures. Mat

Started by RedTruck1100Oct 26, 202422 replies

56wrenchJunior MemberOct 28, 2024#21
I’ve never seen one with the trim on the box. Around here they were plain with not many options besides the am radio
RedTruck1100Junior MemberOct 28, 2024#22
That trim on the box is part of the Custom Exterior Trim Package that also included the chrome front bumper, trim around the front marker lights and trim around the windshield.
RedTruck1100Junior MemberOct 28, 2024#23
Here's the one I bought in 1984 from M & M Sales in Parksville. It was originally white and appeared to have a light mounted on top of the roof before it was painted red.

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