Smithson International Truck Museum
Rimbey, Alberta
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One Man's Dream: Birth of the Smithson International Truck Museum

 
Ken Smithson, left, and fellow trucker Bob Schmidt, in June 1956 with Ken's 1956 International S160.
1 of 107 		Ken Smithson's daughter Judy on the fender of Ken's 1956 S160, box built up for hauling coal.
2 of 107 		1960 photo of six International trucks belonging to the four Smithson brothers.
3 of 107 		Ken's first International gravel truck, the S160, restored in 1984 with a grain box for farm work.
4 of 107 		The same truck with the grain box built up higher.
5 of 107 		International 1956 S160 hauling sand in 2000.
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International S160 with a load of logs in 2000 or 2001.
7 of 107 		Pictured in 1984, International's 1956 S160, and on the right the 1956 V-liner, both fully restored.
8 of 107 		1951 L series International half-ton in 1982.
9 of 107 		Nellie-Bell - 1951 L International - with new box and hood, ready for the body shop and paint.
10 of 107 		Ken's newly restored 1951 L half-ton at work, hauling stock racks to Olson Auction, Rimbey, Alberta.
11 of 107 		International 1956 L series half-ton.
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Two Internationals decorated for a 1984 wedding.
13 of 107 		1951 L restored, in front of the Smithson International Truck Museum in 1991.
14 of 107 		2004 front view of International 1951 L half-ton.
15 of 107 		A truck at the test-drive stage in 1987.
16 of 107 		International 1935 C-1 in the workshop in 1985.
17 of 107 		International 1955 R half-ton in 1985.
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