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International 1938 D-2 with a bride in 1984.1938
Pas-ka-poo Historical Museum and Park, Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Ken Smithson
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International 1938 D-2.1938
Main Street, Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Ken Smithson
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From 1940 through 1947, International built the K series. Ken Smithson used two trucks to complete a 1941 K-1. Both were 1941 models, maroon in colour, and locally owned. As a boy, Ken remembers seeing both of them, and he himself later owned one. He bought it the spring of 1953, the year he married Rosie. Years later, Rosie did upholstery work in the restored half-tons.Originally bought new by Arthur Jones of Rimbey, Ken later sold the 1941 K to Arthur's son, Davy Jones. Olaf Mandseth of Hoadley, north of Rimbey, bought the second truck in 1941, and Albert Philipzik of the Iola district later owned it.
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International 1941 K-1 torn down in 1986.1941
Ken Smithson's farm, north of Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Ken Smithson
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Built during the war years from 1940 through 1947, the K series was a stripped down model. Neither the grill nor the windshield moulding was made of chrome. However, because International used only three different windshield styles over the course of their 40 years of half-ton production, Ken had many truck bodies with a compatible windshield type. Neither Terry Sheane nor Lorne Hicks would countenance installing the cheaper style in the beautifully restored truck, and Ken went along with their desire. The restored 1941 gleams with a stylish chrome windshield.25
Lorne Hicks painted this 1941 K-1 in Ken Smithson's shop.1941
Smithson International Truck Museum
Credits:Rimbey Historical Society
Photo by Michael's Studio, Wendy Huff
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2004 front view of 1941 K-1 International.1941
Smithson International Truck Museum
Credits:Rimbey Historical Society
Photo by Verna Field
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The KB series ran from 1947 until 1949. P. Ewaschuk of Carstairs, Alberta, was the first owner of this 1948 truck. The second owner was Ed Hunt, who lived near Ken Smithson. Ed sold the truck to Thomas Rycroft of Olds, Alberta, and that was where Ken tracked it down in 1982. Ken also used parts from Alfred Thill's donated 1948 KB.Aside from being jazzed up with a few minor changes - more chrome and two windshield wipers instead of one - the KB, released only a few years after the war, was essentially the same as the previous K model.
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International 1948 KB-1 in 1984, before work began.1948
Ken Smithson's farm, north of Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Ken Smithson
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Parts truck being hauled in for work on the 1948 KB-1.1948
Ken Smithson's farm, north of Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Ken Smithson
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International 1948 KB-1 stripped down to the chassis.1948
Ken Smithson's farm, north of Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Ken Smithson
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International 1948 KB restored in 1984.1948
Ken Smithson's farm, north of Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Ken Smithson
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Restored completely by 1984, the minor amount of bodywork required and all the painting of this 1948 KB-1 were done by Les Beierbach in his Rimbey shop.33
1948 KB as seen in the movie Isaac Littlefeathers.1948
Ken Smithson's farm, north of Rimbey, Alberta, Canada
Credits:Ken Smithson
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