My grandparents owned a scout 2 back in the late 70s and 80s, my grandma still talks about it as her favorite vehicle she's ever had. She says it was simple but unstoppable
My wife and I had an Ice Cream truck many years ago. It was a small Metro step van, and it had that same 152 engine. Slow, but reliable as heck. Never let us down.
I noted a couple of things when the hood was up: 1) the steering shaft was massive relative to the size of this vehicle, and 2) the heater core on the fender well rather than under the dash would make anyone smile if they ever had to fiddle around under the dash replacing the heater core on something else plus deal with wet carpets.
I remember the 1970 Bronco with the cab body had the bulkhead between the passenger area and the open bed. On the Scout with the enclosed bed area, the bulk head wasn’t installed.
hello, ford foxbody fans.... the only time you ever wished you didn't have AC was replacing the heater core--just pull it out of the glovebox like a VCR tape. Otherwise, to keep that $20 part from leaking all over your carpet was an $800 visit to the mechanic--or you did it all yourself.
Thats true. I must have one of the earliest. My one was produced a few weeks before the walk through was launched in June. Its original and was orderd with the bulk but was canceled by hand on the LST and comes with walk trough. Wrote with Jim Allen about that, and at the moment it is by far the earliest one he has on file. At the moment the car is in restoration here in Germany.
@@guidovogelsang8274 I've got a 62 (not sure the month it was born) with the full top (I believe it was actually called a Travel Top, but that may have been the moniker they gave the SUV tops for the Scout II), but mine still has the bulkhead in it. So I've just got this wall behind the seats. I'd like to find a pickup top (Cab Top?) for my '62, that way it matches my '73 Scout II with the Cab Top.
I bought a 1966 half cab Scout about six years ago in close to that condition for $600. And even though I had to get a bonded title I was really fortunate to find one for so little. Absolutely can’t wait to start working on it. Such great styling. Thanks Steve.
Mr. B. Here ! Morning! These vehicles were simple tools for day ! Most people today would not give them a second look . Sad that stuff like these vehicles are not made today .
@@captaintoyota3171 If I may how many people need vehicles over 6000 lbs for daily drivers and then cry fuel prices are high ! Think about the money they would have if they got the right vehicle for there needs, I could go on the cost has become nuts .
@@zairomolino4074 Mr. B. Very true , we as consumers have let marketing and the manufacturers & those we elect to tell fellow Americans how to run there financial and finance, everyone of us knows what is best for our family, what is good for you may not work for me or your fellow Americans. Am retired from the automotive industry, my daily driver now is 1976 GMC Sprint cost to maintain for is very low , do the work myself ! The Mrs. Has the new vehicle and that is what works for us ! This may not work for all !
I learned to drive in a 68 Scout 800 my dad bought new. We plowed lots of snow and moved a few garages with that old boy. Twice cars ran stop sign and ran into it and the plow. Both cars were totaled. Nobody ever got too warm with that heater. The vacuum wipers were awesome too. Thanks for posting
Love how you kept saying it's a 61 when it's a 64 or 65 Scout. Besides also love it when you kept saying Scout one instead of 61 to 65, Scout 800 66 to 71 and Scout 2 from 71 to 80. 61/62 had sliding door window, 63 to 71 had roll up windows. Heater in 61-63 had the heater box on left side (drivers side) while 64 to 71 had it on the right side (passenger side). Wiring on 61-63 had no plug in connectors thru the firewall for wires. 61 to 65 Scout 80 had the fold down windshield while 66 to 71 Scout 800 had a fixed windshield. Scout 80 had a flat dashboard while Scout 800 had more of a contorted dashboard also Scout 80 had two gauges while Scout 800 had five individual gauges. 61 and 62 came with a standard bench seat while 63 to 71 had bucket seats. You were looking at a Scout with a removable bulkhead, there was 3 options as fixed bulkhead, removable bulkhead and a walk thru model. Scout 80 had wipers on top of the windshield while Scout 800 had wipers on the bottom of the windshield. Scouts came with the 152 ci then got the 194ci/194ci turbo, AMC 232 I6, 266ci v8 and 304ci v8
This is the comment I scrolled down looking for, I've a 61', you touched on all the points that had me scratching my head. Sure wish I had the wing windows & roll ups on mine though, come spring, taking my sliders clean off.
This is actually a 1964 or 65 Scout 80. On the one you have there the bulkhead is removable. The heater/core is a later model the 1961 had the heater on the driver side. in 1968 the 266 was available to be replaced by the 304 in 1969.
I worked for Concordia Lutheran Cemetery in Forest Park IL 1971-75. We had a 1968 IHC Scout baby 4x4 pickup like the one you’re featuring. Pale green with a tan interior and a Meyer hydraulic lift snow plow. No ps or pb, and a 3-speed with a 2-lever transfer case. It was nimble and compact and fit in the cemetery proper if needed, although it had some scratches and dents. Good little snow mover.
This brings back good memories I remember riding in my dads 65 scout when I was a kid 6 of us piled in some of us sitting on the square wheel wells going to my grandmas for Christmas some times in deep snow the scout never let us down thanks Steve.
I was under the impression that the IH 304 was a totally different engine from the AMC304- it was a heavy duty engine used in medium duty trucks desiderata about 300k before needing an overhaul. There was later a slightly larger slant 4 offered - I had the one on the cover of your 76 dealer phamplet. Talking about austere- A roof of any kind was an option.
Correct. He misspoke on that. No AMC V8s were used in Scouts, only the 232 or 258 straight sixes. The V8s were IHC and had no relation to the AMC V8s, despite both being 304 CID. If anything, the engine shown here is "half of an SV-304 IHC V8".
@@googleusergp I agree, I worked on an International 1700 1974 truck with the 304, and it didn't look anything like an AMC 304 . International also had a 392, it sure enough couldn't be confused with a Chrysler 392 hemi engine either.
I don't know about the floor and frame but the out side looks pretty dam good. Not to long ago one of those came on auction. Fully restored with factory Meyer plow set up like jeep and dodge had. Pretty cool. Thanks Steve
My online dictionary app lists a number of definitions for "austere", among which are "without excess", "severely simple", etc. A great word with which to describe the first vehicle I ever drove, a 1962 IH Scout, painted in brown with a white half roof. The half roof was eventually ditched by my older brothers, and we drove in whatever mother nature threw our way. What fun! Yes, and I do remember riding seated on the fender wells.
The first scout with rollup windows was 63. The first two years had sliding windows, Bench seat vehicles had a solid bulkhead and bucket seat models ( which came out with rollup windows) had an open bulkhead. My dad bought a 62 with the third available front axle variant which was automatic front hubs. With the FWD lever in the "in" position the front axle would engage if the rear wheels slipped. Great video. Keep them coming.
The Ditch-Rider's Dream Machine! around here the cannel companies bought these little things by the hundreds for their "Ditch-Riders" the guys that would drive up and down the irrigation cannels, opening head-gates, and keeping them clean and maintained. They loved them (along wiht the Farmers & Ranchers) because of their turning radius. You can almost turn them around on a 1 Way street without using reverse. We still find them rolling around here, and the vast majority of them still have the Cannel Co. Logo under the paint on the doors.... lol.
In 1961, Pontiac also offered a 1/2 of their 389 V8 as a 4 cylinder in the Tempest. As a side note, the Toyota Land Cruiser used an OHV straight six that looked so much like the Chevy 235, that it seemed you could interchange parts.
Correct on the Pontiac 4 cylinder. Friend of mine had a ‘62 Tempest with that engine. Funny looking- like they put a 389 through a giant bandsaw. Transmission was mounted at the rear axle. Goofy little car.
@frankfurther3828 True & Volvo in late 50's bought patents from 46' Ford the inline 6 engine lost a couple cylinders & the 444 & 544 looked like a scaled-down version of 46' Ford
More trivia: GM built those Pontiac, Buicks and Olds F85's on the Corvair floorpan, which is why you get the IRS mentioned in "My Cousin Vinny". GM really had plans for the Corvair, but the Nova and Mustang outsold it. Meanwhile, the 215 V8 in the Buick cars would create a Y6, which is a "bent 6" with a deep skirt design. that Y block design was because the 215 was an aluminum block and needed the strength. The 215 V8 design would be sold to British Rover, show up in Land Rovers and be the "chevy 350" swap for Morris Garage fans. the 225 cid Y6 would get sold to Jeep, who called it the "Dauntless" and GM would buy it back in the late 1970's and then put a turbo on it...before making it into the famous Grand National.
What an absolutely perfect car to start a project around. Just have it shipped to my house and I'll do the rest (what a strange way to refer to it as since there's not a cargo ship within 700 miles from my house). Boy O' Boy this brings back some great memories. When I was a little kid in the 60s my uncle had one of these but, the model with a backseat and removable hardtop. They had an absolutely short wheelbase though which caused the vehicle to kind of "porpoise" when they encountered even a small bump in the road. His shocks probably needed replacing too, so I bet that didn't help things either. Great video Steve and as always I bow to your superior vehicular acumen. FEED YOUR DOG!!!
Steve, I had an early 66 Station wagon Bronco purchased from the original owner in 1977 with 11,000 miles (original tires) and it had the full bulkhead and bench seat without any back seat. I would remove the full top (bolted in) 2 man 20 minutes and always wanted the door inserts with soft top as the window frames looked out of place with the top off and windshield folded down, most eliminated (upgraded) after a few years. The heater, (horrible) vacuum wipers (170 couldn't develop enough) and the rear shock mounts were all changed after the first year or so. I kept it for 25 years all original 20,000 plus miles and reluctantly sold it in 2001 to someone pestering me daily with regrets. I enjoy your knowledge through your videos. My older brother had a 69 R/T 4 spd Charger purchased a year or 2 old, then met Dandy Dick and purchased a wrecked 68 Hemi Roadrunner and swapped engines, RR was towed to the junk yard, Charger was sold a year later with the Hemi for $2500. He was an avid model builder in the 60's with the real glue stinking us out, glad no one was harmed in the process.
The IH V8’s of that design were available in 266, 304, 345 & 392 ci. The 4 cylinders were 152 and 196 ( half a 392) ci Thank you for the video Mr. Magnante
So glad you said that. I like Steve’s work but yes thatAMC comment is a myth that won’t die. International bought the Jeep six for the Scout and the 401 V8 for the full size pickup, but never the 304 . The 266/304/345 IH heavy duty pickup engines were all adapted to the Baja Binder we grew up loving.
Among the junkers behind my Dad's shop when I was a kid was a 63 Scout and a 70 Plum Crazy Road Runner, when we played army we played in the Cornbinder, when we pretended to be Richard Petty we did it in the Plymouth. We didn't hang out in the windowless Econoline much until we were a little older and kept our contraband in there
I had a ‘63 built just like this. Loved it. The doors come off also. One thing- a washboard dirt road would turn this short wheelbase Scout sideways in a heartbeat!
Fun story about washboarded gravel roads and my Scout. I was coming home from visiting a buddy at his lake cabin in northern Idaho, and there was about 30 miles of highway they were re-doing, and I got caught behind two brand new Corvettes going about 20 MPH so they wouldn't chip up their paint. It took a few miles for the oncoming traffic and one lane road to open up where I could pass them, but it felt soooo good passing a couple sports cars in an old beater Scout II. Had my top off and everything.
What a super cool find there Steve!! The unicorns you're focusing on in this Vermont series is top notch!! Cannot thank you enough for all the literature you provide and super Shane's handy dandy camera work!!
I wish they would bring back the manual transmission too, when I was a kid, no guy in high school wanted an automatic, just wasn't cool. Now most kids don't know how to drive a manual transmission, that's sad.
The last light duty IH was the scout II, and the last one rolled off the line in October of 1980. In the Bankruptcy re-org, light trucks got the ax, tractors went to Case, and medium & heavy trucks were purchased by Navistar.
I also was fascinated to find in my in-laws’s barn a 1945 IH freezer that was in use until it died as a result of the power failure from Hurricane Andrew in 1991- There was an IH refrigerator on the set of Friends- in the girls’ apartment.
The UAW strike was in 1980. The merger with J I Case happened in 1984 and that was the end of International Harvester. Case primarily wanted the International combine.
I worked for an IH truck dealer in 61 when those scout's were brandy New they sold about 6 of then with plows during the year or so that I worked for them ! in NJ (Snow Country ) !!
Mt friend had a Travelall. The thing was a beast off-road even though it was a 2WD. Came with a factory manual locker that had a lever by the driver's seat. Keeping on the road however took both hands on the wheel because it loved to wander on pavement. Thanks for bringing more of the IH trucks to light Steve
I owned a couple of 1964 Scouts with the four cylinder. Great little 4X4’s!! Only bad thing about them was the low cruising speed and the vacuum windshield wipers. Little tanks though otherwise!
The scout was built in my town, Fort Wayne, IN. A group has formed a car/truck show held in august called the ‘Harvester Homecoming’ at the old factory you should look it up! Great event tons of scouts and IH trucks. They even let em drive them around on the original test track.
I had a’68 Scout 800, it had the 196 4 cylinder, half of the 392 V-8, it was not a speed demon, but very reliable and I spent many hours in it plowing snow, it didn’t care how deep it was, as long as it had traction, it plowed through
IH farmed the optional straight 6 to amc, but that big block 4 banger was made in chicago by International, they ran out of 392 in the end and some 400amc motors where used in place...
Every time I see a first gen Scout, I am reminded of the one Burt Reynolds drove in the Movie Deliverance. Thanks for another cool video. Hope you are doing well sir😎
I had a 1965 Scout with a 196 4 cylinder from 75 to 77, when I was in college. It had a 7 foot fisher plow. When I graduated from Fitchburg State in 77 I got a 78 Toyota SR 5 pickup. During the blizzard of 78 I drove home from the Mountain in Framingham to Sterling in the pickup. The next morning I went out plowing in the Scout even though it hadn't moved since early summer.
There was an International Harvester Dealership in the town I grew up in. They had tractors and combines and other farm equipment. They also had Scout's.
I may be wrong, but having owned three Scouts (65, 68 and 70) they didn't all have that bulkhead. I think it was a standard item on the first year or two, and then after that you could install it if you were using the half top or remove it if you were running the full top and back seat.
Fun fact: Some international dealerships had a promotional deal that when you bought certain models of tractors or other equipment, you would get a free scout
Well, if you were dropping 3/4 of a million on a combine harvester, and making them $50K in profit, I'm sure they felt it was pretty easy to write off the $1000 in profit they'd make off a $10K light line truck, plus they could keep you coming back to the dealership for tune-ups and repairs that they could charge you for.
My 1974 work-study college employment was campus service duty. Two older vehicles were at my disposal, one being an early surplus mail delivery Scout equipped with dash controlled automatic transmission. The mountain top campus meant that most stops provided immediate downhill grade. We employed this condition frequently to start the Scout that frequently had a dead battery. This was my only routine vehicle roll starting automatic transmission experience. It usually required rolling speeds of 30+ mph, and it really kicked and bucked when we slammed it into drive. Official college staff supervisors were not with us when employing this engine starting technique. The Scout survived my 2 years of college life and careless, thoughtless teenage abuse. We used the Scout as a general roofed light duty truck, hauling light loads, mostly janitorial equipment. I would have regarded the Scout II as a lady's daily driver. The original Scout had the Willy's Jeep feel and was similarly cool to the less common to us Land Rover. I recall the first year that the Bronco came out. I was in elementary school. Our little town dealership had this cool looking almost Jeep looking thing. We were too poor for a second car, let alone a new car, so there was never any chance that we could drive any kind of cool factor utility vehicle. Dad drove a used Galaxy 500 wagon.
I had a 74 2 wheel drive Scout 2. It had a Jeep 258 straight 6 Mama a granny gear for Speed, and a trac-lok rear end from the factory. It also had Factory front disc brakes. I believe that was the first year for the disc brakes on the scouts. The front had vinyl jump seats with no console and the rear was like your grandma's coach. Patterned and proper
If you Google it, you can find some info on Furgat Tractor and Equipment in Brattleboro, VT. I even found a picture from when it was in business. Building still seems to be there, basically a large barn at 1200 Putney Rd. in Brattleboro. It now looks to be a used car lot that specializes in Subarus. Funny, we don't see many Subarus on the Junkyard Crawl.
I drove a Scout I like this every day for a summer job, pulling a 500 gallon water tank trailer. It had that manual 3spd, and was a POS but surprisingly never let me down. Was a great job, I watered flowers for a large planned community - met a gorgeous girl who worked the marina for the same company and she became my GF.
My father worked at a IH dealership in the early ‘60’s. I remember him saying the dealership would commonly swap the top depending on what a customer wanted. A 2WD version was popular for mail delivery.
My dad had.multiple Scouts and IH pickups. I drove a 1966 scout with the 266 V8 in high school. He always loved the fact that the frames on scouts were lower than mos of the components.
I've owned a few Scouts. That 4 cyl is an IH engine. And the divider does unbolt from the body, making the switch from pickup to wagon a half hour job. Too bad they lost the drop windshield around '67. The transfer case levers are for each axle, left lever for the front, right lever for the rear. Low-neutral-high. It is possible to run only the front axle or have the front in high and the rear in low.
International Harvester was under scrutiny in the early part of the 1900s because they held 80% of the grain binder market. They marketed their equipment as International Harvester but the tractors as McCormick-Deering. International stopped building pickups and the scout when UAW striked Harvester in 1980. By 1984 IH merged with J I Case. The industrial division was bought by Dresser and the heavy truck division became just International. One of the best tractors ever built was the Farmall M.
Right at the end of Scout II production they offered the Nissan diesel, which initially was a dog but they then offered the turbo version which was well received. (I think the engine was called the D33?)
Hi Steve, great video on this International Scout. Back before NAFTA, here in my little town, we had the Big 3 dealerships and 2 tractor dealerships. One of those was an International dealership, and they sold both tractors and passenger vehicles there. Not many, but it was usually 1 or 2 examples of the travel all and pickups. The Scouts either had to be ordered, or they sold as soon as they were delivered. You rarely seen one sitting on the lot. Case took over the dealership when International was bought up. After 2000 the dealerships eventually closed down. Ford was the last to go in 2014 I believe. The Chrysler dealership is a Uhaul and storage facility. The GM dealership was turned into a municipal building of some kind, and the Ford dealership is now a Goodwill. The gov came along and paid farmers not to plant. Then the 2 tractor dealerships closed and were boarded up and left to return to the ground. The one thing the scout and bronco had in common at least around here was hidden rust. It's really hard to find one around here that doesn't have a bad case of rigor mortis. In fact, just from what I can see of it in the video, that one looks to be in good shape. Nice work in Scottsdale. Have a blessed day, everyone, Namaste 🙏🏼
@phillipsrundripbubblecompa9232 Didn't Reagan say something similar? How true it is. Written some 2500yrs ago & roughly translated from the sn ancient Chinese manuscript Tao Te Ching - Verse 60 Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking. Center your country in the Tao and evil will have no power. Not that it isn’t there, but you’ll be able to step out of its way. Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself. Namaste 🙏🏼
A lot of the reason for small town dealerships to close had to do with the manufacturer rules for the dealership facility. The manufacturer required store updates that often meant building a completely new dealership. We used to have John Deere, Case and later Case IH, Allis Chalmers, Chevrolet, Ford and DeSoto. The Case dealership was the last to go. When the owner wanted to retire his son wanted to take over. Case IH said they would not give a new contract unless they built a new facility. They sold and serviced a lot of backhoes and skid loaders as well as small and medium sized tractors and hay equipment but not enough to justify such an investment so after decades of business they closed. The last John Deere dealer I was using was operated on the same sight since 1928. They were already part of a network of dealerships but they got bought out but a bigger dealership network so now we're starting to see a monopoly in the dealerships. They closed the old dealership in the purchase.
@danw6014 Hi, thanks for commenting. Yes, I agree with what you're saying about manufacturers wanting the dealers to "stay with the times." Modernized exterior, etc. Our problem was the manufacturing industry, textile, for example. The tobacco allotments were bought up and left the farmers in my area with no crop to grow. Something some have done over 100s of yrs. Now, some are getting back on their feet with the hemp industry in full swing. Most didn't. Now, some farms are housing developments or have just returned back to a wooded area. They have what they call a redevelopment fund that is used to bring in industry, this is "tobacco money." When the buyers would come to the auctions, they would flood the area with money through restaurants, lodging, rental cars, etc. I know of 4 different accounts that someone came in promising 100s of jobs only to fold up in a yr or so. The gov gave them the land or building promising tax relief, etc. Then pack up with the $ and go back where they came from. One in particular was a hybrid armor car builder. He came in and made the same promise to hire 100's of people and build X number of vehicles that were to be sold to law enforcement, foreign military, etc. They gave him $2.5 mil and an old lumber building to do so. In one year, 4 people were hired. 1 F550 that was built by another company in another state that didn't even have an electric motor. This vehicle was showcased up and down the eastern sea board at trade shows, etc, drawing in more investment. Then, the workers (4) showed up for a couple of weeks just standing around, which I was told was most of the time, and didn't get paid their last 2wks so they just took what little equipment there home. It was later written in the paper that the reason why it never came about was they had to file bankruptcy and owed $2.1mil to surrounding vendors. I later researched all of this, and the man bought out another armor vehicle manufacturer, the same builder of the original F550. It was shut down by the DOJ! That guy fled to Canada but has been caught. Just 15 miles down the rd the largest textile factory in the world sat, and China bought the name and sold off the rest. The mills are gone and demolished. A casino is being built at the main location, but this won't bring back the trades and all that supply them. Plumbing and electrical suppliers, parts manufacturers, etc, all household names around here gone for good. Have a blessed one, Namaste 🙏🏼
Almost thirty years ago, while living in Tucson, I had a beautiful 66' scout 800. Bought it from a cool dude who dealt mostly in CJ jeeps. It was 100% restored, bright yellow, with soft top, western mags, and slant 4 engine was painted body color. Mine was four speed but first was unsynchronized granny gear and someone had added warn hubs. It seems like I remember it had a twin stick transfer case but I could be wrong on that. Also mine had a rear seat and no bulkhead between front/rear. Iirc it had a slightly larger, 232? slant 4 maybe half of larger v8? One of the few trucks I regret selling.
Steve you need one of those leaf blowers take all them pine needles off the cars before you shoot 👍 Anyway love the Scouts they where assembled from CKD kits here (australia 🇦🇺) right hand drive of course mine was a Scout Terra I rebuilt it a few years ago then a friend came over one night with a bag full of cash and it was gone shortly afterwards he does take great care of it though.
Love your videos, can I ask you a favor? Carry a lawn rake with you and knock off the pine needles. It’s just going to accelerate the rust to an otherwise usable part.
That’s exactly the way I feel about the little Ford Rangers I have owned! While they are certainly sophisticated compared to a 60’s era Scout, compared to modern vehicles they are a joy! No blinking screens, ringing chimes, or flashing lights! Just me, the steering wheel, a few simple controls, and the sound of the tires humming on the road!
@@waynetaylor8082 True, I had an 88 Dodge Dakota, 3.9 V6, 5 speed manual transmission with 4X4, a fairly simple vehicle, easy to work on, was very dependable, and durable. I never wanted a 4X4 but after I drove it in a snow storm, I decided I never wanted to be without a 4X4 .
@@bertgrau3934 Myself I'm still driving a 30+ year old F-150. It has manual front hubs, window cranks (draws some strange looks at the drive thru), etc. All I can say is NO PAYMENTS, a couple repairs yearly?!!
@@waynetaylor8082 Sounds good. I have a 2012 F150 , and a 2001 Lincoln Town Car, both good vehicles with lots of crazy stuff, I don't like the vacuum system for the 4 wheel drive system. I sold my 88 Dakota. I miss it.
When I was a kid, the service station up the road had a scout that was the same color. Red with a white top. They used it to push cars around and plow snow. I thought that was the coolest little truck! International Harvester was split up in the 80s, the Agricultural side was part of Tennico and ended up as Case International, the truck side became Navistar
A friend had a Scout I with the half cab. 20-30 to remove the cab top and over an hour to reinstall. We took the cab off once. The bolt holes were a bear to get aligned.
Bring back austerity, it wasn't a bad thing and it birthed the whole movement, no, a solid platform upon which to customize or soup up or whatever. And thanks, Steve, for showing us this and surely it finds a forever home soon, too cool and complete to languish another day.
To quote you, Steve, "...shows how far we've come." Indeed, but in many ways have we gone too far? Too much tech, too much isolation in modern vehicles for my taste.
I miss my 70 Scout 800A with the 304. what an awesome vehicle.
My grandparents owned a scout 2 back in the late 70s and 80s, my grandma still talks about it as her favorite vehicle she's ever had. She says it was simple but unstoppable
I had a 345ci scout with an automatic torque flight it was great, half cab it was my roadster so much fun!!!
My wife and I had an Ice Cream truck many years ago. It was a small Metro step van, and it had that same 152 engine. Slow, but reliable as heck. Never let us down.
I really like where they located the heater box and heater core on these vehicles. Sometimes usually simpler is better.
I noted a couple of things when the hood was up: 1) the steering shaft was massive relative to the size of this vehicle, and 2) the heater core on the fender well rather than under the dash would make anyone smile if they ever had to fiddle around under the dash replacing the heater core on something else plus deal with wet carpets.
This should be a thing in modern cars! Oh, right, I forgot... they don't want you to repair your car now : /
I remember the 1970 Bronco with the cab body had the bulkhead between the passenger area and the open bed. On the Scout with the enclosed bed area, the bulk head wasn’t installed.
hello, ford foxbody fans....
the only time you ever wished you didn't have AC was replacing the heater core--just pull it out of the glovebox like a VCR tape. Otherwise, to keep that $20 part from leaking all over your carpet was an $800 visit to the mechanic--or you did it all yourself.
@@jamespn I've rode in original Scouts without the bulkhead as well.
@@FenrisTheMannis Nope
Be nice to see that workhorse back in the coral again.
Thank you, Steve, get well soon.
The Scout 80 & 800 fulltop was available with NO bulkhead, it was called the "walk-thru" and was introduced July 1962.
Thats true. I must have one of the earliest. My one was produced a few weeks before the walk through was launched in June. Its original and was orderd with the bulk but was canceled by hand on the LST and comes with walk trough. Wrote with Jim Allen about that, and at the moment it is by far the earliest one he has on file. At the moment the car is in restoration here in Germany.
@@guidovogelsang8274 I've got a 62 (not sure the month it was born) with the full top (I believe it was actually called a Travel Top, but that may have been the moniker they gave the SUV tops for the Scout II), but mine still has the bulkhead in it. So I've just got this wall behind the seats. I'd like to find a pickup top (Cab Top?) for my '62, that way it matches my '73 Scout II with the Cab Top.
My dad had one. We had so much fun with that scout! Great memories
I bought a 1966 half cab Scout about six years ago in close to that condition for $600. And even though I had to get a bonded title I was really fortunate to find one for so little. Absolutely can’t wait to start working on it. Such great styling. Thanks Steve.
Six years and you haven't started yet? This is how they end up in junk yards bro just saying
Mr. B. Here ! Morning! These vehicles were simple tools for day ! Most people today would not give them a second look . Sad that stuff like these vehicles are not made today .
They would go anywhere...
Yeah they wherent comfy but they where tough
@@captaintoyota3171 If I may how many people need vehicles over 6000 lbs for daily drivers and then cry fuel prices are high ! Think about the money they would have if they got the right vehicle for there needs, I could go on the cost has become nuts .
They are made today too but are loaded with useless stuff
@@zairomolino4074 Mr. B. Very true , we as consumers have let marketing and the manufacturers & those we elect to tell fellow Americans how to run there financial and finance, everyone of us knows what is best for our family, what is good for you may not work for me or your fellow Americans. Am retired from the automotive industry, my daily driver now is 1976 GMC Sprint cost to maintain for is very low , do the work myself ! The Mrs. Has the new vehicle and that is what works for us ! This may not work for all !
I learned to drive in a 68 Scout 800 my dad bought new. We plowed lots of snow and moved a few garages with that old boy. Twice cars ran stop sign and ran into it and the plow. Both cars were totaled. Nobody ever got too warm with that heater. The vacuum wipers were awesome too. Thanks for posting
Had two of those scouts when I was a kid. The only way to get them up to 70 mph would be to drive it off a cliff.
Thats a pretty sweet little truck!
Love how you kept saying it's a 61 when it's a 64 or 65 Scout. Besides also love it when you kept saying Scout one instead of 61 to 65, Scout 800 66 to 71 and Scout 2 from 71 to 80. 61/62 had sliding door window, 63 to 71 had roll up windows. Heater in 61-63 had the heater box on left side (drivers side) while 64 to 71 had it on the right side (passenger side). Wiring on 61-63 had no plug in connectors thru the firewall for wires. 61 to 65 Scout 80 had the fold down windshield while 66 to 71 Scout 800 had a fixed windshield. Scout 80 had a flat dashboard while Scout 800 had more of a contorted dashboard also Scout 80 had two gauges while Scout 800 had five individual gauges. 61 and 62 came with a standard bench seat while 63 to 71 had bucket seats. You were looking at a Scout with a removable bulkhead, there was 3 options as fixed bulkhead, removable bulkhead and a walk thru model. Scout 80 had wipers on top of the windshield while Scout 800 had wipers on the bottom of the windshield. Scouts came with the 152 ci then got the 194ci/194ci turbo, AMC 232 I6, 266ci v8 and 304ci v8
This is the comment I scrolled down looking for, I've a 61', you touched on all the points that had me scratching my head. Sure wish I had the wing windows & roll ups on mine though, come spring, taking my sliders clean off.
How simple this ride is makes it so awesome.
Friends built a cabin in VT using a similar Scout to haul everything up the side of a mountain.
This is actually a 1964 or 65 Scout 80. On the one you have there the bulkhead is removable. The heater/core is a later model the 1961 had the heater on the driver side. in 1968 the 266 was available to be replaced by the 304 in 1969.
I worked for Concordia Lutheran Cemetery in Forest Park IL 1971-75. We had a 1968 IHC Scout baby 4x4 pickup like the one you’re featuring. Pale green with a tan interior and a Meyer hydraulic lift snow plow. No ps or pb, and a 3-speed with a 2-lever transfer case. It was nimble and compact and fit in the cemetery proper if needed, although it had some scratches and dents. Good little snow mover.
This brings back good memories I remember riding in my dads 65 scout when I was a kid 6 of us piled in some of us sitting on the square wheel wells going to my grandmas for Christmas some times in deep snow the scout never let us down thanks Steve.
I was under the impression that the IH 304 was a totally different engine from the AMC304- it was a heavy duty engine used in medium duty trucks desiderata about 300k before needing an overhaul. There was later a slightly larger slant 4 offered -
I had the one on the cover of your 76 dealer phamplet.
Talking about austere- A roof of any kind was an option.
yes the two 304's are totally different engines
Correct. He misspoke on that. No AMC V8s were used in Scouts, only the 232 or 258 straight sixes. The V8s were IHC and had no relation to the AMC V8s, despite both being 304 CID. If anything, the engine shown here is "half of an SV-304 IHC V8".
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I agree, I worked on an International 1700 1974 truck with the 304, and it didn't look anything like an AMC 304 . International also had a 392, it sure enough couldn't be confused with a Chrysler 392 hemi engine either.
@@bertgrau3934 Yup. The company I worked for sold parts for them. The tune up parts between the two engines were not the same.
@@googleusergp However IH did use the AMC 401 in the travelall.
I don't know about the floor and frame but the out side looks pretty dam good.
Not to long ago one of those came on auction. Fully restored with factory Meyer plow set up like jeep and dodge had. Pretty cool.
Thanks Steve
A fully restored Sno-Star? That must have sold for a mint!
My online dictionary app lists a number of definitions for "austere", among which are "without excess", "severely simple", etc. A great word with which to describe the first vehicle I ever drove, a 1962 IH Scout, painted in brown with a white half roof. The half roof was eventually ditched by my older brothers, and we drove in whatever mother nature threw our way. What fun! Yes, and I do remember riding seated on the fender wells.
The first scout with rollup windows was 63. The first two years had sliding windows, Bench seat vehicles had a solid bulkhead and bucket seat models ( which came out with rollup windows) had an open bulkhead. My dad bought a 62 with the third available front axle variant which was automatic front hubs. With the FWD lever in the "in" position the front axle would engage if the rear wheels slipped. Great video. Keep them coming.
They got rid of the bulkhead in early ‘63.
The Ditch-Rider's Dream Machine! around here the cannel companies bought these little things by the hundreds for their "Ditch-Riders" the guys that would drive up and down the irrigation cannels, opening head-gates, and keeping them clean and maintained. They loved them (along wiht the Farmers & Ranchers) because of their turning radius. You can almost turn them around on a 1 Way street without using reverse. We still find them rolling around here, and the vast majority of them still have the Cannel Co. Logo under the paint on the doors.... lol.
I had a 67 with a 152, wish i could find another one, pull the choke and it would start at -30 degrees,loved it!
In 1961, Pontiac also offered a 1/2 of their 389 V8 as a 4 cylinder in the Tempest.
As a side note, the Toyota Land Cruiser used an OHV straight six that looked so much like the Chevy 235,
that it seemed you could interchange parts.
Toyota took ownership of the GM 235 block castings.
Correct on the Pontiac 4 cylinder. Friend of mine had a ‘62 Tempest with that engine. Funny looking- like they put a 389 through a giant bandsaw. Transmission was mounted at the rear axle. Goofy little car.
@frankfurther3828 True & Volvo in late 50's bought patents from 46' Ford the inline 6 engine lost a couple cylinders & the 444 & 544 looked like a scaled-down version of 46' Ford
More trivia: GM built those Pontiac, Buicks and Olds F85's on the Corvair floorpan, which is why you get the IRS mentioned in "My Cousin Vinny". GM really had plans for the Corvair, but the Nova and Mustang outsold it.
Meanwhile, the 215 V8 in the Buick cars would create a Y6, which is a "bent 6" with a deep skirt design. that Y block design was because the 215 was an aluminum block and needed the strength. The 215 V8 design would be sold to British Rover, show up in Land Rovers and be the "chevy 350" swap for Morris Garage fans. the 225 cid Y6 would get sold to Jeep, who called it the "Dauntless" and GM would buy it back in the late 1970's and then put a turbo on it...before making it into the famous Grand National.
You could use Chevy parts on the yota. The Toyota valves weren’t good.
What an absolutely perfect car to start a project around.
Just have it shipped to my house and I'll do the rest (what a strange way to refer to it as since there's not a cargo ship within 700 miles from my house).
Boy O' Boy this brings back some great memories. When I was a little kid in the 60s my uncle had one of these but, the model with a backseat and removable hardtop. They had an absolutely short wheelbase though which caused the vehicle to kind of "porpoise" when they encountered even a small bump in the road. His shocks probably needed replacing too, so I bet that didn't help things either.
Great video Steve and as always I bow to your superior vehicular acumen.
FEED YOUR DOG!!!
Steve, I had an early 66 Station wagon Bronco purchased from the original owner in 1977 with 11,000 miles (original tires) and it had the full bulkhead and bench seat without any back seat. I would remove the full top (bolted in) 2 man 20 minutes and always wanted the door inserts with soft top as the window frames looked out of place with the top off and windshield folded down, most eliminated (upgraded) after a few years. The heater, (horrible) vacuum wipers (170 couldn't develop enough) and the rear shock mounts were all changed after the first year or so. I kept it for 25 years all original 20,000 plus miles and reluctantly sold it in 2001 to someone pestering me daily with regrets. I enjoy your knowledge through your videos. My older brother had a 69 R/T 4 spd Charger purchased a year or 2 old, then met Dandy Dick and purchased a wrecked 68 Hemi Roadrunner and swapped engines, RR was towed to the junk yard, Charger was sold a year later with the Hemi for $2500. He was an avid model builder in the 60's with the real glue stinking us out, glad no one was harmed in the process.
The IH V8’s of that design were available in 266, 304, 345 & 392 ci. The 4 cylinders were 152 and 196 ( half a 392) ci
Thank you for the video Mr. Magnante
So glad you said that. I like Steve’s work but yes thatAMC comment is a myth that won’t die. International bought the Jeep six for the Scout and the 401 V8 for the full size pickup, but never the 304 . The 266/304/345 IH heavy duty pickup engines were all adapted to the Baja Binder we grew up loving.
Among the junkers behind my Dad's shop when I was a kid was a 63 Scout and a 70 Plum Crazy Road Runner, when we played army we played in the Cornbinder, when we pretended to be Richard Petty we did it in the Plymouth. We didn't hang out in the windowless Econoline much until we were a little older and kept our contraband in there
IH made a 266 V8, not a 288. My '64 Travelall had one with a 4 speed.
I had a ‘63 built just like this. Loved it. The doors come off also. One thing- a washboard dirt road would turn this short wheelbase Scout sideways in a heartbeat!
Fun story about washboarded gravel roads and my Scout. I was coming home from visiting a buddy at his lake cabin in northern Idaho, and there was about 30 miles of highway they were re-doing, and I got caught behind two brand new Corvettes going about 20 MPH so they wouldn't chip up their paint. It took a few miles for the oncoming traffic and one lane road to open up where I could pass them, but it felt soooo good passing a couple sports cars in an old beater Scout II. Had my top off and everything.
What a super cool find there Steve!! The unicorns you're focusing on in this Vermont series is top notch!! Cannot thank you enough for all the literature you provide and super Shane's handy dandy camera work!!
I wish the car manufacturers would bring back something like this. No frills just basics.
I wish they would bring back the manual transmission too, when I was a kid, no guy in high school wanted an automatic, just wasn't cool. Now most kids don't know how to drive a manual transmission, that's sad.
Crash test wouldn’t allow it!
The last light duty IH was the scout II, and the last one rolled off the line in October of 1980. In the Bankruptcy re-org, light trucks got the ax, tractors went to Case, and medium & heavy trucks were purchased by Navistar.
I also was fascinated to find in my in-laws’s barn a 1945 IH freezer that was in use until it died as a result of the power failure from Hurricane Andrew in 1991- There was an IH refrigerator on the set of Friends- in the girls’ apartment.
Thank you SIR. for The Info, That i Never knew.
@@o.c.smithiii2626 Jennifer Aniston What A Beautiful Barefoot Beauty.. She loves showing of her Feet and Toes at picture times.
The UAW strike was in 1980. The merger with J I Case happened in 1984 and that was the end of International Harvester. Case primarily wanted the International combine.
Very cool, thanks
I’m glad you mentioned the obscure turbo version. It featured one still-unfathomable item: an International valve cover that was chrome plated!
I didnt know that, one more thing to keep an eye out for!
I worked for an IH truck dealer in 61 when those scout's were brandy New they sold about 6 of then with plows during the year or so that I worked for them ! in NJ (Snow Country ) !!
Mt friend had a Travelall. The thing was a beast off-road even though it was a 2WD. Came with a factory manual locker that had a lever by the driver's seat. Keeping on the road however took both hands on the wheel because it loved to wander on pavement. Thanks for bringing more of the IH trucks to light Steve
AWD you mean
@@kc0lif No. Just rear wheel drive and a factory manual locker. Could go through anything a 4WD one could...almost
I had a 76 Scout II patriot edition with the IH 304...it was my first car...best off road vehicle I have ever had
I owned a couple of 1964 Scouts with the four cylinder. Great little 4X4’s!! Only bad thing about them was the low cruising speed and the vacuum windshield wipers. Little tanks though otherwise!
Awesome 1961 Dodge Phoenix power package on that mag. off topic I know.
The scout was built in my town, Fort Wayne, IN. A group has formed a car/truck show held in august called the ‘Harvester Homecoming’ at the old factory you should look it up! Great event tons of scouts and IH trucks. They even let em drive them around on the original test track.
I had a’68 Scout 800, it had the 196 4 cylinder, half of the 392 V-8, it was not a speed demon, but very reliable and I spent many hours in it plowing snow, it didn’t care how deep it was, as long as it had traction, it plowed through
IH farmed the optional straight 6 to amc, but that big block 4 banger was made in chicago by International, they ran out of 392 in the end and some 400amc motors where used in place...
Bring back the austerity. We need simple, no-frills 4x4s.
The simplicity of the Scout is part of its charm.
I remember Furgat Tractor when I was a kid (I’m 46). There’s a 99 restaurant and a used car lot there now.
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon
Every time I see a first gen Scout, I am reminded of the one Burt Reynolds drove in the Movie Deliverance. Thanks for another cool video. Hope you are doing well sir😎
I had a 1965 Scout with a 196 4 cylinder from 75 to 77, when I was in college. It had a 7 foot fisher plow. When I graduated from Fitchburg State in 77 I got a 78 Toyota SR 5 pickup. During the blizzard of 78 I drove home from the Mountain in Framingham to Sterling in the pickup. The next morning I went out plowing in the Scout even though it hadn't moved since early summer.
Morning Steve. I drove a Scout while serving in the Army as an Armed Forces Policeman. It went everywhere and similar to the Army Jeeps no frills
There was an International Harvester Dealership in the town I grew up in. They had tractors and combines and other farm equipment. They also had Scout's.
I may be wrong, but having owned three Scouts (65, 68 and 70) they didn't all have that bulkhead. I think it was a standard item on the first year or two, and then after that you could install it if you were using the half top or remove it if you were running the full top and back seat.
Fracture coming at you that's very unique I never knew that I never noticed it either
Fun fact:
Some international dealerships had a promotional deal that when you bought certain models of tractors or other equipment, you would get a free scout
Well, if you were dropping 3/4 of a million on a combine harvester, and making them $50K in profit, I'm sure they felt it was pretty easy to write off the $1000 in profit they'd make off a $10K light line truck, plus they could keep you coming back to the dealership for tune-ups and repairs that they could charge you for.
Lowey also designed the Studebaker Hawk.
Not commonly seen or discussed. Luckily, though it's gone, it has not been furgatten. Very interesting show. Thanks again, Steve.
I had a 63 that was just like that one. It was a great little truck but top speed was more like 45 mph not 70 mph
Beautiful in it's austerity.
I think so too!
My 1974 work-study college employment was campus service duty. Two older vehicles were at my disposal, one being an early surplus mail delivery Scout equipped with dash controlled automatic transmission. The mountain top campus meant that most stops provided immediate downhill grade. We employed this condition frequently to start the Scout that frequently had a dead battery. This was my only routine vehicle roll starting automatic transmission experience. It usually required rolling speeds of 30+ mph, and it really kicked and bucked when we slammed it into drive.
Official college staff supervisors were not with us when employing this engine starting technique. The Scout survived my 2 years of college life and careless, thoughtless teenage abuse. We used the Scout as a general roofed light duty truck, hauling light loads, mostly janitorial equipment.
I would have regarded the Scout II as a lady's daily driver. The original Scout had the Willy's Jeep feel and was similarly cool to the less common to us Land Rover. I recall the first year that the Bronco came out. I was in elementary school. Our little town dealership had this cool looking almost Jeep looking thing. We were too poor for a second car, let alone a new car, so there was never any chance that we could drive any kind of cool factor utility vehicle. Dad drove a used Galaxy 500 wagon.
I had a 74 2 wheel drive Scout 2. It had a Jeep 258 straight 6 Mama a granny gear for Speed, and a trac-lok rear end from the factory. It also had Factory front disc brakes. I believe that was the first year for the disc brakes on the scouts. The front had vinyl jump seats with no console and the rear was like your grandma's coach. Patterned and proper
If you Google it, you can find some info on Furgat Tractor and Equipment in Brattleboro, VT. I even found a picture from when it was in business. Building still seems to be there, basically a large barn at 1200 Putney Rd. in Brattleboro. It now looks to be a used car lot that specializes in Subarus. Funny, we don't see many Subarus on the Junkyard Crawl.
I think it is now 99 Restaurant. 1184 Putney was one of the addresses.
Had a 1965 full top with top speed of 61 mph unless coming east out of California then hit 73 downhill
Loved it. Put 10K on it in one month vacation
Owned many of these, the 4 cyl was a thirsty monster but the 304 v8 in one of these was a fun off road buggy!
I have a 1970 with the 304 and full top. I’m hoping to get it running this summer.
I drove a Scout I like this every day for a summer job, pulling a 500 gallon water tank trailer. It had that manual 3spd, and was a POS but surprisingly never let me down. Was a great job, I watered flowers for a large planned community - met a gorgeous girl who worked the marina for the same company and she became my GF.
In my rural area i would often see local farmers driving IH Travelalls and pickups on the freeway...45mph no more no less. Dont see them anymore.
My father worked at a IH dealership in the early ‘60’s. I remember him saying the dealership would commonly swap the top depending on what a customer wanted. A 2WD version was popular for mail delivery.
My dad had.multiple Scouts and IH pickups. I drove a 1966 scout with the 266 V8 in high school. He always loved the fact that the frames on scouts were lower than mos of the components.
I had the exact version and also the same color as my first vehicle. Mine was a 63 tho. Wish I still had it.
I've owned a few Scouts. That 4 cyl is an IH engine. And the divider does unbolt from the body, making the switch from pickup to wagon a half hour job. Too bad they lost the drop windshield around '67. The transfer case levers are for each axle, left lever for the front, right lever for the rear. Low-neutral-high. It is possible to run only the front axle or have the front in high and the rear in low.
Thanks Steve for touching on IH. I think some of the old IH's are under appreciated.
International Harvester was under scrutiny in the early part of the 1900s because they held 80% of the grain binder market. They marketed their equipment as International Harvester but the tractors as McCormick-Deering. International stopped building pickups and the scout when UAW striked Harvester in 1980. By 1984 IH merged with J I Case. The industrial division was bought by Dresser and the heavy truck division became just International. One of the best tractors ever built was the Farmall M.
I had a scout but I could sware mine had a Nissan diesel in it but it so long ago I could be wrong
Right at the end of Scout II production they offered the Nissan diesel, which initially was a dog but they then offered the turbo version which was well received. (I think the engine was called the D33?)
@@ronreyes9910 Close. SD33 and SD33T (the latter was turbocharged). Yes, Nissan sourced.
@@ronreyes9910 yes it was a sd33 thanks I couldn't remember to save me
I know someone who has a scout, just like that one. Its rough, but it runs.
Hi Steve, great video on this International Scout. Back before NAFTA, here in my little town, we had the Big 3 dealerships and 2 tractor dealerships. One of those was an International dealership, and they sold both tractors and passenger vehicles there. Not many, but it was usually 1 or 2 examples of the travel all and pickups. The Scouts either had to be ordered, or they sold as soon as they were delivered. You rarely seen one sitting on the lot. Case took over the dealership when International was bought up. After 2000 the dealerships eventually closed down. Ford was the last to go in 2014 I believe. The Chrysler dealership is a Uhaul and storage facility. The GM dealership was turned into a municipal building of some kind, and the Ford dealership is now a Goodwill. The gov came along and paid farmers not to plant. Then the 2 tractor dealerships closed and were boarded up and left to return to the ground. The one thing the scout and bronco had in common at least around here was hidden rust. It's really hard to find one around here that doesn't have a bad case of rigor mortis. In fact, just from what I can see of it in the video, that one looks to be in good shape. Nice work in Scottsdale. Have a blessed day, everyone, Namaste 🙏🏼
One thing you never want to hear. (I'm from the government, and we're here to help)
@phillipsrundripbubblecompa9232 Didn't Reagan say something similar? How true it is. Written some 2500yrs ago & roughly translated from the sn ancient Chinese manuscript Tao Te Ching - Verse 60
Governing a large country
is like frying a small fish.
You spoil it with too much poking.
Center your country in the Tao
and evil will have no power.
Not that it isn’t there,
but you’ll be able to step out of its way. Give evil nothing to oppose
and it will disappear by itself. Namaste 🙏🏼
A lot of the reason for small town dealerships to close had to do with the manufacturer rules for the dealership facility. The manufacturer required store updates that often meant building a completely new dealership. We used to have John Deere, Case and later Case IH, Allis Chalmers, Chevrolet, Ford and DeSoto. The Case dealership was the last to go. When the owner wanted to retire his son wanted to take over. Case IH said they would not give a new contract unless they built a new facility. They sold and serviced a lot of backhoes and skid loaders as well as small and medium sized tractors and hay equipment but not enough to justify such an investment so after decades of business they closed. The last John Deere dealer I was using was operated on the same sight since 1928. They were already part of a network of dealerships but they got bought out but a bigger dealership network so now we're starting to see a monopoly in the dealerships. They closed the old dealership in the purchase.
@danw6014 Hi, thanks for commenting. Yes, I agree with what you're saying about manufacturers wanting the dealers to "stay with the times." Modernized exterior, etc. Our problem was the manufacturing industry, textile, for example. The tobacco allotments were bought up and left the farmers in my area with no crop to grow. Something some have done over 100s of yrs. Now, some are getting back on their feet with the hemp industry in full swing. Most didn't. Now, some farms are housing developments or have just returned back to a wooded area. They have what they call a redevelopment fund that is used to bring in industry, this is "tobacco money." When the buyers would come to the auctions, they would flood the area with money through restaurants, lodging, rental cars, etc. I know of 4 different accounts that someone came in promising 100s of jobs only to fold up in a yr or so. The gov gave them the land or building promising tax relief, etc. Then pack up with the $ and go back where they came from. One in particular was a hybrid armor car builder. He came in and made the same promise to hire 100's of people and build X number of vehicles that were to be sold to law enforcement, foreign military, etc. They gave him $2.5 mil and an old lumber building to do so. In one year, 4 people were hired. 1 F550 that was built by another company in another state that didn't even have an electric motor. This vehicle was showcased up and down the eastern sea board at trade shows, etc, drawing in more investment. Then, the workers (4) showed up for a couple of weeks just standing around, which I was told was most of the time, and didn't get paid their last 2wks so they just took what little equipment there home. It was later written in the paper that the reason why it never came about was they had to file bankruptcy and owed $2.1mil to surrounding vendors. I later researched all of this, and the man bought out another armor vehicle manufacturer, the same builder of the original F550. It was shut down by the DOJ! That guy fled to Canada but has been caught. Just 15 miles down the rd the largest textile factory in the world sat, and China bought the name and sold off the rest. The mills are gone and demolished. A casino is being built at the main location, but this won't bring back the trades and all that supply them. Plumbing and electrical suppliers, parts manufacturers, etc, all household names around here gone for good. Have a blessed one, Namaste 🙏🏼
That's a beautiful sentiment..."give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself". Thanks! -Steve Magnante
Studebaker Hawk in the background @ 9:21?
Volkswagen Group owns the rights and is currently working on a revival.
Almost thirty years ago, while living in Tucson, I had a beautiful 66' scout 800. Bought it from a cool dude who dealt mostly in CJ jeeps. It was 100% restored, bright yellow, with soft top, western mags, and slant 4 engine was painted body color. Mine was four speed but first was unsynchronized granny gear and someone had added warn hubs. It seems like I remember it had a twin stick transfer case but I could be wrong on that. Also mine had a rear seat and no bulkhead between front/rear. Iirc it had a slightly larger, 232? slant 4 maybe half of larger v8? One of the few trucks I regret selling.
Great program. Sounds like you do your homework. I learned a lot. Very interesting stuff, 😁
Steve you need one of those leaf blowers take all them pine needles off the cars before you shoot 👍
Anyway love the Scouts they where assembled from CKD kits here (australia 🇦🇺) right hand drive of course mine was a Scout Terra I rebuilt it a few years ago then a friend came over one night with a bag full of cash and it was gone shortly afterwards he does take great care of it though.
Get well soon Steve - we're all pulling for you.
Steve I own 3 Scouts 64 65 71. The 71 would do 80 a day not the 64 65 Top speed 65mph. and it was humming, But I miss them all, Great Little trucks
Love your videos, can I ask you a favor? Carry a lawn rake with you and knock off the pine needles. It’s just going to accelerate the rust to an otherwise usable part.
1967 was the first year for a v8. The 266. Love the videos though!
I had a 1962 1/2 cab with lockouts and got 20 mpg at 65 mph! I'd take it over most things built today........wish I still had it!!
Vehicles such as this Scout make me nostalgic for simpler days. This vehicle had what was necessary, and nothing more.
That’s exactly the way I feel about the little Ford Rangers I have owned! While they are certainly sophisticated compared to a 60’s era Scout, compared to modern vehicles they are a joy! No blinking screens, ringing chimes, or flashing lights! Just me, the steering wheel, a few simple controls, and the sound of the tires humming on the road!
@@ddellwo It's great to have company, though I 'm fearful our numbers are dwindling.
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True, I had an 88 Dodge Dakota, 3.9 V6, 5 speed manual transmission with 4X4, a fairly simple vehicle, easy to work on, was very dependable, and durable. I never wanted a 4X4 but after I drove it in a snow storm, I decided I never wanted to be without a 4X4 .
@@bertgrau3934 Myself I'm still driving a 30+ year old F-150. It has manual front hubs, window cranks (draws some strange looks at the drive thru), etc. All I can say is NO PAYMENTS, a couple repairs yearly?!!
@@waynetaylor8082
Sounds good. I have a 2012 F150 , and a 2001 Lincoln Town Car, both good vehicles with lots of crazy stuff, I don't like the vacuum system for the 4 wheel drive system. I sold my 88 Dakota. I miss it.
When I was a kid, the service station up the road had a scout that was the same color. Red with a white top. They used it to push cars around and plow snow. I thought that was the coolest little truck! International Harvester was split up in the 80s, the Agricultural side was part of Tennico and ended up as Case International, the truck side became Navistar
Didn't the Scout 2 come with a diesel motor option, or am I remembering wrong.
Yes, 76-80
Their simplicity IS their beauty……..!!!!!
The "Slant Six" of the off roading world.
A friend had a Scout I with the half cab. 20-30 to remove the cab top and over an hour to reinstall. We took the cab off once. The bolt holes were a bear to get aligned.
The 152 was 1/2 of IH's 304 V8, unrelated to the AMC motor.
I swapped the slant 4 in my 64 scout for a chevy small block 350. What a beast,
When they said all-wheel-drive, that usually meant it had a posit differential in the front and the back
IH called all their 4wd systems All Wheel Drive, regardless of whether they had limited slip or not
Bring back austerity, it wasn't a bad thing and it birthed the whole movement, no, a solid platform upon which to customize or soup up or whatever. And thanks, Steve, for showing us this and surely it finds a forever home soon, too cool and complete to languish another day.
Just imagine what his magazine collection looks like
Very interesting never knew the history of Scout and I’m glad to see that Volkswagen is bringing them back. Made in USA too 👍
To quote you, Steve, "...shows how far we've come." Indeed, but in many ways have we gone too far? Too much tech, too much isolation in modern vehicles for my taste.
Great Steve! Keep ‘em coming….thanks.