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"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 02/21/2019 at 10:20 • Filed to: Mobile home

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This is the house I was born in, the photo is from 1973 when they were moving the house from Perma Montana to Arlee Montana, a trek of about 30 miles on a busy two-lane state highway.

The photographer, a close family friend took only slide photos well into the 1990's and is infamous within his group of friends for his loooooonnnnggg slide shows.

Ash78, voting early and often > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 10:48

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On this episode of Tiny House Hunters, Highlander MT’s family says a big “IDGAF” to the Tiny House movement and just Honey Badgers their house straight to the next town.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 10:53

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That truck is very weird - the one doing the heavy lifting, that is.

It’s kind of like some early 60s Studebakers, but I don’t even really know where to begin IDing it. The thing with set lights *in* the fenders is very uncommon, and the shape of the fenders is weirder still.

cbell04 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 10:58

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There’s there’s a guy on top of your house pulling a Teen Wolf move.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/21/2019 at 10:59

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It has to be a 2-3 ton truck, I’m guessing from around 1950 or so...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > cbell04 02/21/2019 at 10:59

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He called “shot gun”.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 11:01

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The style of fenders on it is similar to those that Mack was using (or occasionally Ford), but the radiator surround seems unlike anything I’ve ever seen from those two and the fenders are weirdly curved around at the sides.

Compare/contrast:

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/21/2019 at 11:06

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The window doesn’t look like it has a center divider either, that should be distinct. Otherwise it really looks like a MACK

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 11:08

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All that trouble when you could have just waited a few years and become part of Canada instead.

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/20/696172501/should-the-u-s-sell-montana-to-canada

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/21/2019 at 11:09

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Ha, yeah I’ve seen this too, it’s a great idea.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 11:14

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Combining ignorance of how the national debt works with a land swap deal based on (possible) beaver infestation! What could go wrong?

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 11:14

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Not gonna explain why? Seems like a lot of trouble to move the whole house.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 02/21/2019 at 11:17

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They bought the structure and moved it, thinking it would be less expensive than building new. They didn’t have much money back then.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 02/21/2019 at 11:19

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 11:20

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Wretched illustrations inbound. I think the truck in the picture has modular fenders like the Mack (weld up to required width for use on medium or heavy duty based on application), but I think underneath the corner fillets the basic shape of the fender falls away from the front more than the Mack, which is slightly more of a smoothed box:

It’s hard to see because the fillet radius on the Mack fenders is huge, but I think I’m seeing that.

The fender also stands just a few inches ahead of the cowl, which is opposite how it is on a Mack and most Internationals , and unlike a Mack it has a full perforated fascia ahead of the radiator a little like a later International Loadstar but with four “columns” .

It also has a tall skirt-style bumper for some reason, the header space on the radiator fascia is taller than on a Mack, and the fenders actually occlude the front of the fascia slightly.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 11:22

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Frankly, the “spirit” of the styling seems to me most reminiscent of a ‘48 Continental, which is weird, man.

Shift24 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/21/2019 at 11:28

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Pretty sure it was a 1950s International Harvester R190

If you look at the grill it is wider at the bottom than the upper part as seen below

fintail > Shift24 02/21/2019 at 11:29

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Yep I think it is an early 50s International heavy truck

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Shift24 02/21/2019 at 11:44

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I hadn’t considered that possibility, because the horizontal bars don’t really “pop out” in the picture. If they’re painted black or missing, that cou ld be it.

Shift24 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/21/2019 at 13:04

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Enhance.gif I’m on m oble but you can faintly see the bars (painted black) along with where the IH logo would be above the grill

Shift24 > fintail 02/21/2019 at 13:17

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Agreed and after  some CSI Enhancing on mobile, Im even more sure

fintail > Shift24 02/21/2019 at 13:22

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Nice, even a similar color.