OK, this one’s really a stretch. Yes, there’s a ’73 International Scout in there somewhere. The seller advises, “This Scout is a project” – gee ya think? That could be an overly enthusiastic assessment but I’ll withhold judgment for now. This Scout is located in York, Pennsylvania and is available, here on eBay for a current bid of $195, reserve not yet met.

The above image is how this “thing” is supposed to look or how it probably did at one time. We cover Scouts regularly on Barn Finds and they’re neat all-purpose vehicles and a nice alternative to the ubiquitous Jeep or the Ford Bronco. And while the Bronco trades at inexplicable values, the Scout has not reached that rarefied level. Offered between 1961 and 1980, over a half million Scouts found new owners, and near the end of their run, in the late ’70s, there were plenty everywhere. Other than a fleeting glimpse at a car show now, they are seldomly seen these days. Many of today’s discoveries are afflicted with rust, damage, and missing parts but some are quite nice too. As for this example, I feel like mumbling uuuugh and shaking my head the way Lurch from the Adams Family would to express his disapproval of a matter.

The VIN verifies this Scout as a 1973 gasoline-powered vehicle built in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The engine line-up for ’73 included a 113 HP 258 CI in-line six or a pair of V8’s, a 137 HP 304 and a 144 HP 345 – it’s unknown what was under that baby-blue hood originally but it’s a safe bet it’s missing – there’s no reference in the listing.

The body is hard to decipher, it’s like a front clip with a wooden bed placed in the rear, on top of the frame. The doors and quarters are missing – there’s virtually nothing there unless you consider the front grille piece, the hood, and the roof to be something viable. Cab floors? no telling. It does appear that there may be a door sitting inside and lying on the wooden bed. There’s no interior, obviously, and no cargo area either though there is a gas tank shoved in sideways where a front passenger would position themselves.

The seller is a used car dealer, not a private seller, and it seems nervy trying to sell a heap like this, clean Pennsylvania title or not. Is this thing salvageable? Unlikely. Suitable as a parts vehicle? Barely. Scrap? Now you’re talking and there’s the one likely direction this deceased Scout will probably take – haul it away for free is my suggestion, how about yours?