I used to have a contract welder guy that had an Emeryville CO like that with a welding bed on it, Had a 6-71 and a 400 amp Lincoln with a 2-71 Detroit. It was about 2 feet shorter than a standard longbox pickup and could squeeze into some really tight spots. Probably rode like crap though.
Used to take care of a fleet that was all air start (10 trucks) If the systems were maintained well they weren't bad. In the winter they just "jump started" with air. 185 cfm air compressor to save time. I got them to stock one of all the air valves and a spare starter, if the valves didn't leak and the starter was in good condition they always fired up. Priming a dry fuel system could be a challenge without big air.
Wow... the Transtar 400. Drove one of those in high school hauling grain to Cargill in Burbank, two loads a day after school. It had an 8V-71 with a 16 speed Spicer 4x4 air shift, Had to be the worlds ugliest truck... AKA the Woodpecker special, Woody sold tons of those things up here.
I had a Paystar 6X6 with a 10 ton RO crane on it that looked a lot like that. 6-71 with a 9513 trans, thing would only do 50 mph, but in 6x6 would climb trees.
"C" series pickups in the early 60's?
Those International Paystar's were great looking trucks compared to this ruby.
IIRC, those 20" whitewalls were just rings that were mounted between the tire bead and rim flange... I think I remember reading that somewhere. I think...
