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Retired 22 years
One of the best trucks I ever had...was a 1994 International P-7 with the Powerstroke diesel/ 5 spd manual combo. It had almost 300,000 miles on it when they sent it away....it was slow, but it had a great seat with plenty of legroom and it had the lowest step height of any vehicle in the fleet. With the power steering and 3 pt belt, it was a safe and ergonomically efficient work platform.
I enjoyed my Int P-7 diesel also. I got it brand spanking new- the only new vehical I ever had at UPS. Going from an old P-800 with a zillion miles on it to the P-7 was like going to heaven. It actually had a clutch pedal that was easy to push down and the power steering was like having a 10 ton weight lifted off me. It did quit running the 2nd day I had it (it would only idle) so I called to the big shots in Minneapolis (no one answered the phone at my center- it was Friday you know) and they told me to check the throttle linkage from the pedal in the cab. They all but called me a liar when I told them there was none- its all run by some computer box connected by a little wire. I spent half the day ideling around town making my deliveries until they finally got a different vehical to me.