International Harvester R-Series Carpenter Bus Body

International Harvester R-Series in Cent mille dollars au soleil, Movie, 1964

Class: Bus, Single-deck — Model origin:

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Author	Message
Fatt Matt ◊ 2006-01-18 21:24	The bus in the shed looks like an early 50's International Harvester or possibly a Diamond T. The one outside is tricky! Possibly a Dodge based product with a localised grill? Or a De Soto, they did make some commercial chassis around that time too.
DIEHARD ◊ 2006-11-09 19:16	Fatt Matt wrote The bus in the shed looks like an early 50's International Harvester or possibly a Diamond T. The one outside is tricky! Possibly a Dodge based product with a localised grill? Or a De Soto, they did make some commercial chassis around that time too. DIamond T comes close for the one in the shed: http://busexplorer.com/SchoolBus/Images/MidSize/CarpenterDiamondT.jpg
acptulsa ◊ 2018-06-09 03:25	Matt was right the first time. International and Diamond T shared sheet metal in those years, but not grilles. And those are International grilles.
Ddey65 ◊ 2018-07-25 09:11	Can anyone get a closer shot of the grille? Because I'm leaning towards an R-Series. -- Last edit: 2018-07-25 14:56:32