Broncos, Blazers, and Scouts have been going up in value. Good ones at least. So, does that make this rustbucket worthwhile? It was supposedly pushed into a barn 35 years ago when the clutch slave cylinder went out. It must have been a leaky barn though because the floors are shot. Still, this was a cool rig when new and it would be nice to see it back on the road again. It’s located in Cincinnati, Ohio and is listed here on EBTH where bidding is up to $688 with about a day left!
This is a Scout 800 and it saw many improvements over the 80 that preceded it. This still wasn’t what we think about when we imagine SUVs today. There were no “luxury” appointments inside. You had a couple of knobs, a pair of seats, and a metal dash in front of you. One thing it did have though was four-wheel-drive and enough room to haul the kids and some camping gear.
Unfortunately, the EBTH didn’t provide any photos of the engine in their listing. You could get four, six, or eight cylinders in your Scout by the time this one was built, so it would be interesting to see what’s under that hood. Either way, this thing should crawl like a mountain goat once it’s been brought back to life.
From the looks of it, the resuscitation is going to be difficult. This thing has been battered, beaten, and bruised. That doesn’t mean all hope is lost though. Scouts were tough brutes, so I wouldn’t be surprised if someone can get this one humming along without too much effort. The rust will be your biggest enemy here, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that the frame is still solid. It may end up going cheap, but do you think this International Scout is really worth dragging home?
Looks like it might fall to pieces if you try to drag it anywhere..
I love these little mountain goats, but this one is pretty far gone. Be a good parts truck or off road toy though.
Our first 4wd was a 67 Scout with the 152 4 cyl and yes it was a mountain goat but a very anemic one. We had to shift it into 2-Lo to get up our driveway and also to pull out onto the main road from the street where we lived. When we went 4 wheeling, the family would clamber out so dad could gun it up the hill in 4-lo, hoping to make it while we knelt in prayer. Well, not really :).
In any case, we had it for a few years until Dad traded it in on a ’69 Bronco, which I still drive to this day.
This one’s ready to be parted out, IMO.
Scouts, like all IHC’s are custom built. Yours must have been hi geared. Maby 3.73 or taller. I have owned many and have one in the process of restoration now. The 196 4 cyl engines are excellent quality but I prefer the smoother more powerful V8’s. I had a teacher in high school (he was a city guy without a clue about the rural west) that had an early one like this, slant 4 with a 4 speed and positraction. he would take it deer hunting and invariably get in a bad spot, put it in 4 Wd low and twist the axle off…..I must have replaced 4 of them for him over the years…….off course, he was broke and I never charged him any labor. The rig was very low geared, would only do 50 MPH or so but never ran out of power………too much for an amateur with limited experiance with equipment. Rust is a serious enemy of these rigs, this one looks relatively unrusted. Not rust free…..but that might make it a viable tub to build.
Hey Todd. ..hoe do yawl get these a day ahead of me?
HC
Real time vs. digest or something? Seems like I get them late sometimes too.
At $750, this one has about reached its value even with Scout prices jumping like crazy the past few years.
I once looked at a ’61 Scout 80 that was for sale. It was one of the first few hundred made. The old timer selling it had it since new. He was the shop teacher at the local high school and used it to plow the parking lot. It was a 2wd version and swore he never ever got stuck and I believe him. He had restored it beautifully and at the time well out of my price range, but a bargain by today’s standards.
Scouts were born to be used and this one was definitely ridden hard and put away wet. Hope it finds new life. Not too far gone, but it’ll take a lot of work.
This Scout is worse than the Bronco posted earlier but at least the price reflects the value correctly so far.
Go anywhere? Yes.
Grandfather had one in the Blizzard of 78 Chicago and it never missed a beat.
I remember that storm growing up in Aurora, Illinois. I had a 78 Ford shortbed 4×4 and except for city snowplows 4×4’s were the only vehicles on the road. It was actually great because no traffic anywhere, it was like the apocalypse had happened.
Hi S, gramps had the only thing moving THAT day ( ’67 blizzard shown)
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tail light lens looks intact!
Looks like it’s been to the woodshed and back.
Only if you own a scrap yard.
Buy it. Boom! Now you do–well, the bonsai version of a scrapyard.
Actually, this looks viable were you to consider it 1/2 of a ‘buy 2, get one’ combo restoration, with a judicious selection of the other half.
Now calm down, you parts only folks, this would make a dandy snow plow, in these here parts, anyway. Sagging drivers door indicates, well, sagging, rusted stuff,( the top probably holding it together) but certainly worth keeping intact.( if possible) I’m sure ANY IH motor will still run, probably a 4 cylinder, pretty common with these basic Scouts, but geared properly, it will push a mountain. As with most vintage 4×4’s, they were used in the winter, and few of these survived. Actually, this one, even in it’s present condition, looks pretty good. There’s a junkyard in Glen Flora,Wis.( near Ladysmith, N. central) that has about 30 of these in a field. Great find, not many left.
Wow Howard, what a pile of marooned land yachts!
It looks like it was “pushed into the barn” with a bull dozer
anything is worth dragging home, for the right price.
Had one would not go for nothing in 2wd and snow, put in 4x and was like a goat
What’s that behind It? An IH or a Studebaker 96 BBC?
Well folks (and haters)…just bought this bad boy piece of American history! I’ll repost in awhile if any one is interested in seeing it brought back to its original glory!
That’s terrific, Scouter. Can’t wait to hear more! What are your plans for it?
Thanks! Super pumped! Have a 74 Scout II that’s in final stages of restore and this one will go right into the garage to start original restoration. Should be really nice!
I had one that looked just like this, in color. Bought it in the late 80s in Wyoming and drove it to Indiana where I sold it. Coming from Wyoming, the thing didn’t have any rust on it besides a very light surface rust, and was straight as straight could be. So a neighbor helped me paint it. Never worked on such a solid vehicle. The top has oodles of bolts holding it on. The engine ran sweet (4 cylinder). I did have to put a nose cone on the front of the transmission.
I would be interested in seeing what this looks like when done. It makes me wonder if this is the very one I sold near Muncie, Indiana in about 1988 or so? At that time mine didn’t hardly have a scratch in it, but we were not professional body people so I don’t know how good our paint job lasted. I could send pictures of mine if you would be curious.
Mike
Yes, Please how about some pictures now and then showing progress? Glad to see it will be saved.