I forgot to post about this a few weeks ago–I sold my droopy secondhand Harbor Freight engine stand on Craigslist for $40, after it proved it couldn’t stand up to the weight of an International 345 (advertised weight: 700 lbs.) I got it for free about five years ago after helping a friend load a storage container for shipping out west, so it never owed me anything, and it’s good to have space back in the garage. That money goes into the project fund.
Another friend posted a pile of parts for free on Facebook, so I’m going to head down to Annapolis on the weekend to pick up the only sheetmetal I don’t have a spare for: a hood. He’s got two in good shape, so I’ll add it to the collection:
| Driver door | Tahitian Red, great shape |
| Passenger door | Tahitian Red, great shape |
| Driver fender | Winter White |
| Shitty blue repaint | |
| Passenger fender | Tahitian Red |
| Tailgate | Tahitian Red, in great shape |
| Windshield | Light Buckskin. Minor pitting |
| Tahitian Red. Minor pitting, still has glass | |
| Front grille and valance | ’72 model year, Frost Green; in great shape |
| Cowl cover | Winter White, in great shape |
| Inner fenders | decent shape, need some rustproofing and patching |
I’m really, really tempted to replace some of my sheetmetal with spare parts so that I can go for the full harlequin effect. I wish I had a good door in a different color.