I had a 1972  that was painted Burnished Gold (a funky brown) from the factory, my nickname for the truck was "The Brown Streak".

My dad had several 1970s Travelalls, a 1975 200 4X4- the thing was a beast, 1958 A120 4X4 long box step side and still had the livestock racks for the sides. After he semi-retired from farming he fixed up a 1958 Golden Jubilee. 

Later after the '68 was no longer drivable, my brother bought a 1972 Camper Special that was loaded to the gills, 392 engine, bucket seats, AM/FM radio, A/C, etc... Found out Winnebago bought it and used it for their advertising for the pickup campers. The factory is about 25 miles from where we lived so it made sense as to why it was in the area. Even found an ad in, I think Popular Science, that featured that truck. 

Always like to see old I-H trucks.

Though, I do feel sorry for the truck; left in Arizona, it would still look that good in a couple hundred years; it won't fare so well in the North-East.

Another typical sad Kentucky story = way back in the good ol' days, my back-fence neighbor's father had a 4x4 I-H 3/4-ton about the same model as that one; except, his was a darker blue and stood up off the ground quite a bit more.

Back then, it was just another old truck, except that for around here it was unique in that it was 4x4; as rough steep and muddy as it always has been, surprisingly, it was quite rare for anyone to own a 4x4 = extra expense that nobody could afford.

Being teenagers, we drove the wheels off that thing; whether it was possum hunting in some back cornfield in the middle of the night, or watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre at the local drive-in for the forty-seventh time (they played it almost every week for years).

I would have (and still would) cut my little finger off to have that truck.

Alas, one of the local money men actually had money to buy it whereas I never would have, so he bought it to use on his farm.

As time passed, just a few years ago, it ended up sitting in the front lot at one of the local junkyards --- still very much driveable.

I saved cans, picked up Walnuts, babysat, and took to stealing, but never could manage the $800 asking price.

Then, a couple years ago, scrap got really high and the crushers started making their rounds from yard to yard, and that perfectly good driveable I-H 4x4 truck got smushed to smithereens right along with all the rest.

It makes me even sicker than I already am to think about it; it is worse than when they shot Ol' Yeller.

Now i got a 1/2 ton truck, pulls a bigger load, 4 times the HP and double the gas mileage and could cruse down the road over 80 MPH for hours on end... and rides smoother than a Caddy....... but still remember that old LUMBER WAGON !! 

That's comparing the past, to now.  In 1969, someone would say exactly the same thing about my '24 TT or even my '29 Ford A pickup.

I wouldn't trade my '70 Kaiser-Jeep Jeepster Commando for ANYTHING new.  It isn't going to be comfortable blasting down the interstate at 80mph, nor would I be comfortable in sub-zero or 100F temps, but I'm still not getting rid of it.

If I had a chance to add a 4wd TravelAll to my collection, I most certainly would...  and all the old idiocyncracies would be welcomed with glee...

I have completely restored 2 of them and sold them late last year on BAT.

Had a reserve of 25,000.00 on both and they brought well past that.

Still have 2 setting in the shop along with a 1975 Scout traveler.

Current project is a 1946 KB. The cab is painted fenders are close to being ready to put on. Overhauled the Green Diamond 214 engine running into an issue finding the correct bottom radiator hose.

Like I said i have IHC disease BAD.

Nice looking one here.