INTERNATIONAL METRO VANS
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INTERNATIONAL METRO VANS
How many remember those 40's-50's USAF Blue IH Metros that were suddenly sprinkled all over Air Force Bases, they were everywhere, especially on flight lines? It was neat to see them driven by drivers that were standing up at times. I should have bought one in the 60's to restore.
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HONOR GRAD-WHEELED VEHICLE MECHANIC SCHOOL 1960 - US ARMY ORDNANCE SCHOOL(MACHINIST) ABERDEEN PG 1962 - O-1 BIRD DOG CREWCHIEF - 300,000+TROUBLE FREE M-38A1 MILES
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Re: INTERNATIONAL METRO VANS
I see them pop up on craigslist occasionally, they are cool vans and even a few still are blue with markings! Love them and most Internationals till 74 or so, but either the timing was bad (no money or space) or they were in Vermont or somewhere on the opposite side of the country (too far away
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Re: INTERNATIONAL METRO VANS
I also ate a lot of hot dogs and hamburgers out of these that were converted to rolling diners that we called "gut trucks".
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HONOR GRAD-WHEELED VEHICLE MECHANIC SCHOOL 1960 - US ARMY ORDNANCE SCHOOL(MACHINIST) ABERDEEN PG 1962 - O-1 BIRD DOG CREWCHIEF - 300,000+TROUBLE FREE M-38A1 MILES
LIFE MEMBER AM LEGION-40/8-DAV
7 MIL SPEC MAINTAINED MV'S
COL. BRUNO BROOKS (ARMY MOTORS) IS MY HERO
HONOR GRAD-WHEELED VEHICLE MECHANIC SCHOOL 1960 - US ARMY ORDNANCE SCHOOL(MACHINIST) ABERDEEN PG 1962 - O-1 BIRD DOG CREWCHIEF - 300,000+TROUBLE FREE M-38A1 MILES
LIFE MEMBER AM LEGION-40/8-DAV
7 MIL SPEC MAINTAINED MV'S
COL. BRUNO BROOKS (ARMY MOTORS) IS MY HERO
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