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My father bought his '78 Scout II new in 1978. He owned it until 1998 when he sold it and bought a then, brand new Ford Expedition. I was 13 years old at the time it never really bugged me until recently when I stumbled upon some pictures of it. I remember going to Dale Hollow Lake, pulling the boat, taking road trips to Amish Country, trips to Furrow's hardware. The original color was a light metallic green. In 1987, the Scout had a significant amount of rust and he performed a restoration using new sheet metal. He painted it a 2-tone dark green Ford color w/ a Chrysler gold top and gold Rallye stripes. The interior was a pea green with green and yellow plaid seats. The Scout had its original wheel covers and made an irritating squaling noise in the rear. After he sold it, we used to see it from time to time running around Harrison, OH near our house until it dropped off the planet by 2000. I would just about give anything to find it again, but 10 years have gone by and there is no telling where it is.
Now I'm hooked on IH Scout's. I am searching Craigslist and ebaymotors looking for the perfect Scout II project. Dare I say I want one more than a Olds 442 :cool:
I'm heading out to their house in Indiana this week and will scan the pictures onto the computer so I can share them. In the mean time, I'm going to continue looking...
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