I bought a new (new to me) truck! IHC!

[BadNewsBears]

1975 Internation Harvester Corporation Scout II w/the 345 v8 Power steering power brakes and !!!!AC!!!!. It cost 7,xxx in 75. That was a hell of a lot back then.
Got some skid plates too. Lifted 4 inches with 31's on it now.

I have to repaint it though, its that banana yellow, with wood grain panel stickers. My momma hates it.(the color). I have to go over the brakes. I think I might need a new master cylinder, as the prev owner just put on a booster to no avail. NO power brakes working, you have to hit it to the floor and hit those mechanic's. Going to put a new holley 2300 two barrel 500 cfm on it. And just ordered a new lock set with the new ignition, as you can see it cant be started right now thanks to my dad.

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http://pictures.wootworx.com/thumbnails.php?album=2

Thanks for listening to my excited self.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Sweet Munchies, congrats :beer:

 

[BadNewsBears]

Thats my first :beer:





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BTW, does that site load fast, my new host, JW.

 

[Emrys]

Looks like it could be fun once you get done with it. How much did it cost you?

 

[deerslayer]

Looks like it has some potential! Be sure to post pics after you paint it!

 

[BadNewsBears]

Will do. My dad is the master at used car buying, hes done it for years since he became disabled. (Buying used cars, fixing them up and selling). He knocked the guy down to 2,000. Im thinking either solid red, or solid yellow.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Munchies
Will do. My dad is the master at used car buying, hes done it for years since he became disabled. (Buying used cars, fixing them up and selling). He knocked the guy down to 2,000. Im thinking either solid red, or solid yellow.

Munchies, if you're not going to do a full restoration, sticking w/ the current color would be advisable

 

[KenGr]

I'd stick with the yellow since it's never going to be inconspicuous. It's always a lot easier to repaint the same color.

Keep an eye on that engine. If I remember correctly it was not a high point in automotive technology. A lot of people swapped them out for small block Chevy's.

 

[BadNewsBears]

The IHC 345 304 and 392's are like rocks, so are the tranny's. Ive heard of someone getting home from a road trip, and changing the trans fluid to find a small hole and upon trying to empty the old fluid there was none. Ran all the way home on a roadtrip with NO FLUID.

BOMB PROOF

Torquey as hell. I will find stats.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Scouts are awesome vehicles, especially in the snow.

 

[UNCjigga]

So, is that really just a Ford? What's IHC?

 

[thedarkwolf]

Nice
You don't see those that often and when you they have usually been beat to death.

 

Nice! That looks kick ass for camping...

 

[BadNewsBears]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
So, is that really just a Ford? What's IHC?

International Harvester. They make Tractors

now THERES a scout. http://www.eastcoastscouts.com/skidmark.html

IHC stuff
http://members.aol.com/ihcollectors/
http://www.eastcoastscouts.com/index.html ( go to recent projects, look at that yellow MMM)
http://www.scoutmadness.com/stripes.html ( hit partial stripe MMM) Look at that purpley color

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Nice
You don't see those that often and when you they have usually been beat to death.

Or rusted to hell.

 

[BadNewsBears]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: thedarkwolf
Nice
You don't see those that often and when you they have usually been beat to death.

Or rusted to hell.

AZ truck all its life. A big change since I just moved here from MI.

 

[Sluggo]

I love those old Scouts.

I do get a kick out of seeing an unmolested one, IH sure did put some funky stripes and paint combos on those

Living in AZ, you should get to enjoy taking the top off, thats how they look best....topless.

 

[styrafoam]

Scouts are some of the most pissed off rock crawlers you can find, have fun with it :beer:

 

[BadNewsBears]

Orderd that new ignition. Yah I will be able to start it again in a few days.