1980 IHC Scout II review from North America

Power steering pump.

Starter.

Carb.

Doors sometimes randomly swing open.

Windshield wiper motor stopped working.

Threw a rod.

Lots of cancer (rust).

The 1980 Scout II!!

Where do you start with a vehicle like this one? I have owned another since this one, and would buy another in a heartbeat!

I bought it with the 196 Slant 4 engine... What a great little engine.. The same as you see on tractors! :P

I felt like I needed a little more power out of it for the 4-Wheeling I was planning on doing with it, so I put in the 345 V8 made by IH. The motor bolted in easily! I had a custom exhaust built, put in the biggest carb I could afford, aftermarket air cleaners, a 4inch lift, 36" tires, new Kayline Soft-top (These things make the COOLEST convertables!), etc, etc, etc...

About 6 months later, and too much money poorer, as Scout parts are rather hard to find and seem to be worth more than gold, it was complete.. I had the big bad 4 wheeling monster I had been dreaming of. I know it's not that impressive in the scheme of things, but this was all I wanted, and it would do anything I needed it to.

Every good tale has to have a sad ending of some sort right?

2 months down the road, it threw a rod right through the firewall...

My fault I suppose for not having the engine completely rebuilt, but what can you do?

I was broke, and sold the entire heap of bolts for $800... the same price I had paid for the exhaust...

All in all, would I do it again?

I did... and I would do it again in a heatbeat.

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Ciao.