IH Trucks

[jknight]

1966 IH Scout 800

 

[jstertz]

This is a great thread guys! I grew up in and around a ‘66 Scout like the one pictured above. I’ll find some slides of it and post them here. I would love to own one someday but the prices have really gone up. Here are some pics of IH trucks that I’ve seen in the last couple of years...

This one has a Cummins 4BT in it

I love this whole IH setup

 

[gary noblit]

IH scout story...moons ago..a guy worked for me in a gravel pit.He was a practical joker.Drove me nuts.He was the kind who would cry wolf then laugh.One day I fired up his scout,rolled up windows ,locked doors,put in low and 4 wheel,tied the steering wheel off,crawled out the back.Went and found him and asked who was driving his scout in circles.It was fun watching this overweight fella crawling thru the back door.Yea, he called me a few names but no more jokes...

 

[shenderson]

Here's a picture of my 1966 Scout 800. I've owned it since April of 1989. It's pretty much as it left the IH factory in '66 and has only done about 30,000 miles. I know I should paint it, but I'm reluctant to paint over the original finish. The brush guard and plow mount are gone since the picture was taken, but the Scout looks about the same.

 

[jstertz]

That is a beauty! IMHO I would leave it as it is. It is in good enough shape and only original once! Pretty sharp for being 55 years old. Thanks for sharing

 

[snicklas]

I love the scouts. One of these days I will have one.

I do have a Scout story that was told by a friend of mine.

At the time, he was working in a plant in the Ft. Wayne, Indiana area (early to mid 2000's) as and industrial maintenance tech. He had a co-worker that at one time, had been an IH Employee working at the Ft. Wayne Scout Plant. Toward the end to the Scouts (late 70's) his co-worker had ordered/purchased a new Scout through the employee program.. Once it went into production, someone found out which Scout was the one being made for this guy. Once he took delivery, he found the drivers window would only roll down an inch or so and then stop. Being someone who builds them, he took the door apart to see what was wrong. Once he had the door panel off, he found a chunk of 2x4 cut to length, and placed in the door between the bottom of the door and the window. This board had the signature of every employee that had touched this Scout throughout the plant and was placed there before delivery, as joke, and a gift from his co-workers in the plant. He removed the wood so the window would work, but it was kept with the Scout......