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International Harvester with a Ford 390?
10/18/09 at 00:12:10
 
How much do you want to bet this IH has the same "Ford" 390 as my '70 Javelin?  So maybe the IH guys get punished with misinformation as much as AMC'ers do...Or i could be completely wrong and IHs came with Ford engines at some point (or transplant).  But I doubt it.
 
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/1419435541.html
 
At $750 and 90 minute drive it isn't worth investigating for me.
 
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Re: International Harvester with a Ford 390?
Reply #1 - 10/18/09 at 18:06:57
 
I will bet you that it doesn't. Not factory anyways.
If it does have a ford 390 ,It is a transplant. More likely a 392 IH engine in it and they think it is the same as ford because the dizzy is in about the same place as a ford.
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Re: International Harvester with a Ford 390?
Reply #2 - 10/24/09 at 00:04:34
 
AMC's 390s were built by Ford!
 
Or at least that is what I have heard... Cheesy
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Re: International Harvester with a Ford 390?
Reply #3 - 10/24/09 at 12:01:58
 
I think the Ford an Binder distributors sit straight up an down . You could call and play dumb and ask a few questions about the dist . If its on an angle to the drivers side it could be gold . I got an orange binder 4oh1 an 727 in my garage from a 71 - 73 Scout ..77.
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Re: International Harvester with a Ford 390?
Reply #4 - 10/25/09 at 05:20:47
 
Quote from needafasterAMX on 10/18/09 at 18:06:57:

If it does have a ford 390 ,It is a transplant.

 
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Navistar ISIS has no listing of a ford motor... Ford on the other hand uses only the Diamond diesels in their trucks till after the changeover after 2010
 
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Re: International Harvester with a Ford 390?
Reply #5 - 01/12/10 at 03:37:10
 
A friend of mine put a 455 Buick in a Wagoneer just to mess with everyone. It eventually lost the trans and was parked, he moved, and it went away. Can you imagine the confusion he created for the next owner down at the parts store?   Grin
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Re: International Harvester with a Ford 390?
Reply #6 - 01/12/10 at 13:31:17
 
Since a 350 Buick was already used in Jeeps, that shouldn't have been too bad to do.     And yes most likely it has a set of valve covers on that 392 that read International Grin A Ford 390 would have said powered by Ford. SH
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Re: International Harvester with a Ford 390?
Reply #7 - 03/05/10 at 00:06:42
 
International made their own 4 cylinder and 8 cylinder engines.  They used AMC 232's and 258's for their 6 cylinder options.  In 76 they started offering a diesel in their Scouts (which is what my 77 has), but they didn't manufacture a diesel small enough to fit in Scouts at the time, so they purchased (follow this if you can) Chrysler Marine Nissan Diesel engines to adapt into them.  They also briefly used some AMC 401's when they ran out of 392's in the early 70's.
 
It's a pity IH and AMC were competitors rather than allies, their companies had a lot in common with each other.  The experience I get driving my Scout is very similar to driving my Rebel in that I get Jeep'ed and Bronco'ed all the time, and when people do recognize it, they are very appreciative.  I also had the great experience recently of calling my insurance about a flat tire and having to explain to the young lady on the phone what and International Scout is and who manufactured it... Roll Eyes
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Re: International Harvester with a Ford 390?
Reply #8 - 03/10/10 at 16:21:57
 
Quote from unstable bob gable on 10/24/09 at 00:04:34:
AMC's 390s were built by Ford!

Or at least that is what I have heard... Cheesy

 
 Grin Yup, and theone they "sold" to AMC happened to turn out way better then there "own"  Roll Eyes
 
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