With only two days remaining, this 1968 International Scout 800 has no bids. It also has no engine! Listed here on eBay, the Scout has a starting bid price of $3,000 but no takers. The Scout is located in Bates City, Missouri. In addition to the missing motor, the floor pans are rusted through.
The seller states that the engine had a bad crank, the heads were bad and a rod went through the wall of the block. The trim has been removed from the exterior of the Scout and is stored in the back area. The owner does have a number of engine components that go with the Scout, just no block.
The interior is spartan but looks clean. It will need new floors and seat covers and door trim pieces. The base engine in the International Scout was a 152 cubic inch inline four-cylinder engine which generated 93 horsepower. The optional engines were a larger inline 4 cylinder, an inline 6 cylinder, and a 266 cubic inch V8 engine.
The International Scout 800 replaced the Scout 80 which was produced up through 1965. The Scout competed against the Jeep CJ-5 and the Ford Bronco which entered the market in 1966. This Scout is still in one piece and I would hate to see it parted out. Maybe a Scout enthusiast will save it.
These were good ground-pounders. The 4 cyl ones lacked power, even the 196 engines left something to be desired. The 266 was good, with no shortage of power but the 304 added an edge and they went like Jack, the Bear. There are some good specialists that can supply a lot of pieces, even sheetmetal. Popularity is increasing so that should encourage more parts to become available; IH trucks have been on the rise over the last few years and there are a lot of pieces available that were unheard of even five years ago. And there are some good enthusiast clubs. If I was inclined to pick a smaller 4×4 I might be tempted to get something like this. I’ll admit that engine parts are harder to come by than a Ford Bronco or a Jeep, and they’re costly. A lot of these had a Holley distributor which will accommodate a Petronix module just fine. With a little hunting you can find a Delco that fits and to which there is no end of parts available…
That ain’t “Patina” it’s just plain old RUST and it NEVER sleeps!!!
Corrosion is something different. It’s out there eating up your precious ride, dissolving away your metal from deep inside…too!
Beep, Beep, ya’ll got RUST???
$3K? Seriously?
Hyping the desirability of this “patina” movement reminds me of former blind date’s described as “pretty face”, “great personality”, or “big boned.” Let’s be honest. Stop with the sales pitch and call these vehicles rusty.
You are entitled to your own opinion but many people actually like the weathered look seen here. It’s something you can’t recreate and it adds character. Personally, I’d rather have this then a fresh basecoat/clearcoat job that’s probably hiding rust and bondo underneath.
Yesss, thank you Jesse! Completely agree and couldn’t have said it better. There is a fine line between cool looking, nicely weathered patina and when it’s gone too far and looks terrible, but this is just about right. Love it. By leaving it alone you’re also saving money, time, energy and materials and ironically helping it’s value for those that appreciate it. It seems like a lot of guys think if you don’t fix it, the rust will keep spreading and get deeper and it’ll disintegrate into nothing 😂 It’s surface rust, keep it out of the salt and it’ll be just fine!
Yep, this level of “patina” is in strong demand by some – myself included. There is just something about the untouched and unmolested purity. They’re only original once. Kept out of the weather and enjoyed on nice days, it would stay just like this for many years.
yeah I HATE clear over the rust, and “me too” (am NOT a patina fan once it goes to ‘no paint’ or ‘rust thru’). Vehicles need paint on em in my mind, not rust. A used’n abused coat it OK tho. THAT is ‘petina’. Not this. My .02$
One man’s opinion (look to the experts, not me. An ex-spirt: X = a has been, a spirt = water under pressure). But they are still “an authority”~
This was once a V8 Scout. You can see both tailpipes in the shot of the engine bay, plus the V on the fender… admitted, that doesn’t help much with a missing engine but it means its a LOT easier to put a V8 back into it. To accommodate the bigger V8 engine, International moved the steering box from the inside of the frame rails to the outside, moved the front frame crossmember forward, and moved the radiator support forward. If you’re retrofitting a V8 into a former 4 cylinder Scout, you have to fabricate all that work.
My .02$ – I’d source an International 304, drop it in and drive the wheels off it. But you could just as easily put a modern V8 in it and have all the technology that makes them so reliable today.