1930 International Harvester Single-Ton Pick Up

Sold for $46,750 at 2015 Bonhams : The Scottsdale Auction.
Cyrus Hall McCormick, an inventor from Virginia, finalized his version of a horse-drawn reaper in the 1830s. He received a patent for his design in 1834. In 1847, McCormick and his brother moved to Chicago and founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Over the years, the company's products sold well and the brothers were able to establish sales techniques and a vast network of trained salesmen who could demonstrate the operation of the machines in the field.

In 1885, Cyrus Hall McCormick passed away, with his company passing to his son, Cyrus McCormick, Jr. In 1902, the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company merged with several smaller companies to create the International Harvester Company. During the early part of the century, the International Harvester company opened many new plants, and entered into a long list of different types of commercial vehicle production.

The current owner of this Single-Ton Pick Up acquired it in the 1990s and gave it a comprehensive restoration in the early 2000s. It is finished in utilitarian black, topped by a vinyl-padded roof with a red chassis and wheels. It has a wooden bed, a 3-speed manual transmission, and 4-wheel drum brakes. The engine is a 150 cubic-inch flathead 4-cylinder engine fitted with a single carburetor and offering 35 horsepower.

By Daniel Vaughan | Feb 2015