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I talked to a customer today that remembers being in the US army in 1967.  A new officer had been assigned to work with them in Utah.  The new officer had never been to the west and had lived all … Continue reading →

                      “Scout” has grown quite a bit recently. This photo is from earlier this afternoon, he was watching me measure some fuel tank straps for the 68′ Travelette. I guess I … Continue reading →

I restored my 1963 Scout 80 and looked everywhere for a new steering wheel.  I could not find one so I had to settle for a reconditioned one.   Still looks pretty darned good. Still looks and works great.  Really … Continue reading →

            I finally figured out what was wrong with my T-handle, it was the latch.

          There are plenty of folks on AM radio talking about the broken economy, or sports, or world events. Here in Portland, OR we need a few good AM music stations. If you have a 1979 International Scout … Continue reading →

The new winch bumpers have been fabricated and are ready to ship. This old Travelette looks much better with the new winch bumper installed:

Having acquired a low mileage inline 6 motor, my attention turned to finding a suitable truck to run it in. This morning I made an offer on a 1955 International Harvester pickup with a bad motor in it. If the … Continue reading →

The junkyard solution of the day is this Hi-Lift jack holder. In the back of a Scout II Terra there is no obvious place to mount your Hi-Lift jack. While using a speed bump like a ramp I noticed my … Continue reading →

One of my Scouts had an intermittent miss a couple of weeks ago, which tracked back to a burnt distributor cap. All of the 8 cylinder Scouts that have Holley distributors use the same cap, the predecessor to which can … Continue reading →

The 1979 Scout II was delivered last month, and was purchased from a fellow in Eastern Oregon. On the East side of the Cascade mountains the Scouts have very little rust, and can be in restorable shape. Now that she … Continue reading →