1947 International KB-1 Pickup

[mdashmore]

Beginning restoration of this truck and need help with a place to buy parts. Does anyone know of a company that reproduces parts for old International trucks? Any help would be appreciated.

[Mr_Mac]

I did a pretty intensive search on the internet and could not find a single catalog out there for International's! There are some online classifieds but those too are hard to find. Good luck to you, though and let us know what you find out.

Mac

Classic Truck Shop (http://classiccar.chooseyouritem.com/classics/list.html)

International Classifieds (http://www.restored-classic.com/international-parts/)

[benmaples]

Here are some links http://www.oldihc.org/ Lots of older IH folks.

http://members.aol.com/ihcollectors/ International Harvester Collectors Club
Find a local chapter in or near your state & join as that would be a connection to info & parts.

http://www.binderbooks.com/ They have reprints of factory service\part & owners manuals.
http://www.binderbulletin.org/forums/showthread.php?t=58478 about the 100th anniversary of IH trucks which is this year.
http://www.binderbulletin.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59357 Info about as well as a link to a website for more info about the 100th

Napa will have or can get all the tune-up & maintenance parts you'll need as well as gasket sets,fuel pumps etc. It's best to find a store in a rural area but either way they will have to look in the books. IT PROBABLY WONT BE IN THE COMPUTER. Get used to saying that as this is not the big 3 stuff you see on every corner. These are more original pieces of Ol' American iron. Body panels are another story. Some stuff is being made & some stuff has to be found. I sent you an email. Reply & I'll send you the email of a friend that has 2 KB's. One stock the other tricked out. Expect to sometimes pay a little more for some parts than you would with a Big3 product. Electricaly IH are mostly GM. Mechanically, Ferd parts will cross over sometimes on brakes & axle parts as they used the same vendors to build their trucks like bendix brakes. See you at Nats'07 in Springfield Ohio.

[is2blu]

benmaples, love to see you bring that International to our event here in Kansas City, Mo

Midwest All truck Nationals
September 7-9, 2007
Riverside, Mo (suburb of kansas city)

more info at alltrucknats.com or chevygmcofkc.org

[benmaples]

Not this year I have too full a plate but next year the Red Power Roundup[RPRU] is in Mo. so I plan on making that & would like to meet up even if you may drive a....Ahem, Chebbie/Ferd/Nopar;) Thanks for the invite though.

[is2blu]

nothing but chevy's for me I own 4 of them I like them so much, hehe.....

I'll hold you to that next year

:D

[Bobsberg]

What parts are you looking for?? I removed the original engine, trani, rear end (no leaf springs) from a 1947 KB-1 about 6 years ago. It has been garaged the entire time in So Cal. Also have small interior parts, gauges, swithces etc.

[kb48]

hi there if you email me i can give you ajot of names and places to get parts i have a 1948 kb1 113 inch short box pickup and i have bin looking for parts for 3 years i know have all my parts used part are hard to find exspealy body parts new parts are not that hard i know of servial places robertkb48@hotmail.com and i am a member of oldihc my user name is kb48

[Wenkeith]

What parts are you looking for?? I removed the original engine, trani, rear end (no leaf springs) from a 1947 KB-1 about 6 years ago. It has been garaged the entire time in So Cal. Also have small interior parts, gauges, swithces etc.

Do you have any parts for sale like a chrome headlight ring., or running boards?