Al, this takes me back, way back, over half a century back, all the way to the mid 60s when I saw my first IH Scout, I used to go out of my way on weekends to stand outside the showroom window of the International Harvester head office on Parramatta Rd, across the road from Hastings Derings Ford, alongside Duck Creek just so I could drool over the red and white original Scout on the showroom floor.
The originals all looked exactly the same.
Sure, I liked Landys and the original jeeps, but the Scout was by far may favorite, so utilitarian, so tonka toy tough, yet such perfect symmetry.
Years later, whenever you saw this model, you could be sure it was full of rust, they must have been imported as deck cargo on submarines.
As I was looking for this pic of the first model, I came upon and interesting fact, these originals had 4 cylinder motors either a 152 or a 196cu inch, but International Harvester were not able to gear up to produce a 4 cylinder engine from scratch! solution? just get the 304 & 392cu inch V8s and chop them in half Back in those days I never got the chance to see the engine in one, but that's why all the none diesel 4 cylinder models were slanted.
Al, this takes me back, way back, over half a century back, all the way to the mid 60s when I saw my first IH Scout, I used to go out of my way on weekends to stand outside the showroom window of the International Harvester head office on Parramatta Rd, across the road from Hastings Derings Ford, alongside Duck Creek just so I could drool over the red and white original Scout on the showroom floor.
The originals all looked exactly the same.
Sure, I liked Landys and the original jeeps, but the Scout was by far may favorite, so utilitarian, so tonka toy tough, yet such perfect symmetry.
Years later, whenever you saw this model, you could be sure it was full of rust, they must have been imported as deck cargo on submarines.
As I was looking for this pic of the first model, I came upon and interesting fact, these originals had 4 cylinder motors either a 152 or a 196cu inch, but International Harvester were not able to gear up to produce a 4 cylinder engine from scratch! solution? just get the 304 & 392cu inch V8s and chop them in half Back in those days I never got the chance to see the engine in one, but that's why all the none diesel 4 cylinder models were slanted.
Ya kiddin OB,I used to work right next to Duck creek on the other side of International at the Good Year tyre warehouse,haha.I originally started at Dunlop at Smithfield but they merged some years later and we moved into the Good Year warehouse at Lidcombe.Hastings Deering ford ended up being Fury Ford across the road from us.I to fell in love with a car in the 80s and used to check it out in the window all the time in Church st Parra.It was a 280ZX Nissan,loved em but never bought one,dreamin,haha!...
Get your mind out of the gutter and eyes on the road fellas
oops,sorry boss I think ET meant short boards on the roof
That Woody is a 1936 Chevy Mac,Mega Rare,I've never seen one here in Aus.I had the body and chassis of a 1936 Chev Roadster ( that I was going to Hot Rod) but never finished it due to a divorce settlement
Hey Mac,what yellow car is Ted talking about
The car driven by Martin Bryant
Hey Mac,what yellow car is Ted talking about
The car driven by Martin Bryant
Ah yeah, thanks Ted,the yellow Volvo.I'de never post that on purpose,"hopefully".GRUB
Get your mind out of the gutter and eyes on the road fellas
oops,sorry boss I think ET meant short boards on the roof
That Woody is a 1936 Chevy Mac,Mega Rare,I've never seen one here in Aus.I had the body and chassis of a 1936 Chev Roadster ( that I was going to Hot Rod) but never finished it due to a divorce settlement
oops,got that wrong sorry It's a 1936 Dodge woody!...
Get your mind out of the gutter and eyes on the road fellas
oops,sorry boss I think ET meant short boards on the roof
That Woody is a 1936 Chevy Mac,Mega Rare,I've never seen one here in Aus.I had the body and chassis of a 1936 Chev Roadster ( that I was going to Hot Rod) but never finished it due to a divorce settlement
oops,got that wrong sorry It's a 1936 Dodge woody!...
Nah don't like short boards. Anything under 9' does not register.
ET.