This Scout 80 was originally owned by the US Department of Interior. It has lived out its 56 years in the dry Wyoming climate. The Scout is listed for sale here on eBay with three days remaining in the auction. The bids are up to $10,000 but the reserve has not been met.
This International Scout 80 is equipped with the 93 horsepower 152 cubic inch inline four-cylinder engine mated to a manual transmission. The engine has been tuned up and features a new Weber carburetor and electric fuel pump. The International Scout 800 came after the Scout 80 which was produced up through 1965.
The interior looks solid although there are a couple of rips on the recovered seats. The Scout is said to run and drive well and even has a hidden Bluetooth stereo installed. The seller has recently installed new wheels and tires. The odometer reading shows 31,795 miles. Check out the rusted front license plate.
International Harvester produced the Scout from 1960 to 1979. The Scout 80 was primitive but is appreciated by today’s enthusiasts. I personally would leave this Scout just like it is and drive it for awhile before I got the itch to do anything. I think the old girl wears the surface rust pretty well.
I remember when these came out. The local dealer brought in at least six and I think their sudden popularity surprised him. They were good trucks right from the get-go. Underpowered but then, so were the Jeeps. And the Scouts had better heaters. I admit that I was surprised to look under the hood and see only half of the engine; someone sawed the other half off. But that 152 was OK. It wasn’t long before individuals started installing the missing half of the engine and boosting the power significantly. A lot of these are getting modern powertrains installed to get around the sometimes anemic flow of parts. I guess that’s OK for some. Myself, I’d do a truck like this up original, except to remove that four-banger and drop in the full V8. A complete 304 would do wonders…
This old truck is a peach! So many cool vehicles – So little time, so little money. It has been a long time since I’ve seen one this old and this nice. If she were mine I wouldn’t touch a thing. Great find!
Are there 3 shifters?
Had one of these. Great old truck,could move snow like nobody’s business. Went on vacation and came home to find some a-hole had sawzalled the door hinges and stole the doors. Sold it for $800.00.
Stealing anything is a crime right up there with Murder 1. I can’t believe the gall of some people. I lost a ‘38 Ford some years back and it still stings…
My ‘64 was great around Wyoming. It wasn’t much fun running down the hi way to Jackson but it was great off road and got places the big fancy trucks couldn’t. It saved us from lots of miles carrying tools on our backs by crawling all the way to work sites instead.
Thought the last Scout was 1980?Dreadful build quality.
Theirs only three words I can say about this old Scout. I love it. I,d almost trade my woman for it. $10,000 PLUS REPLACING PARTS AND MY WORK. Its a good bit over priced for me . With the outer rust. You can bet their is inner rust,plus all the rubber that needs replaced. It does not come cheap.
Great project for those that worked with IH. The 266 under bore of the 345’s In my buddy’s dad’s bus fleet made me appreciate how tough this little truck was. The ‘68 Dana gearbox low range 4x was perfect for pushing snow plow. Yes, the 800 gave me great joy! GLWTS
used it’s cousin like David (into construction sites B4 the real rd/drive is laid). Off season a plow truck & my only income – 10 or 15 yrs down the rd it’s a woods wrk truck (skid logs upto the neighbor’s band saw mill). Your DD breaks dwn or needs prts? Yeah, it can get U to town but not in comfort. Bronk (mine), blazer, scout (the 80/800 – I prefer these over the later scout & scout II but did like the last yr nissan diesel-SD33T). Now they’re all a mall crawler~
My first car was a white scout just like this. $10K? I don’t see these being the next Bronco.
Leave it original and cut only the rust…..please.
I apologize for my last passionate remarks with a touch
of politics. I will try to do better.
Sorry, Robert