Scout Reboot
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I just read the article in Automotive News. I had no clue VW owned the Scout brand!
Got the rights from Navistar, successor to IH.
VW certainly can't do any worse than IH did back in the day. Owners of the originals built in the 1960s told tales of lousy build quality and such serious problems as fuel tank leaks on brand-new ones. At least VW's version won't have any fuel tank.
Let's hope VW knows how to build these trucks better than they know how to use apostrophes.
Fixed it for you.
VW bought Navistar. I didn’t know until now.
My grandfather was a VP of Products at International Harvester before it was sold in the early 1980's - after which he retired. He had great stories about flying to Russia to make a deals to sell farm equipment to the Russians. It also means I grew up with Scouts - absolutely hunks of rusting **** but still a fun post from a nostalgia POVGot the rights from Navistar, successor to IH.
VW certainly can't do any worse than IH did back in the day. Owners of the originals built in the 1960s told tales of lousy build quality and such serious problems as fuel tank leaks on brand-new ones. At least VW's version won't have any fuel tank.
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Way back before International Harvester became Navistar I could have bought a new Scout at employee cost. My wife worked at the corporate HQ in Chicago. They offered the pick of a parking garage full of Scouts. They came pre-rusted from the factory just like Fiats of the day.
Didn't buy one, stupid mistake. Worth a fortune today.
Didn't buy one, stupid mistake. Worth a fortune today.
Wonder if your wife knew my grandfather? He was also there.
Wife worked in the medical department. Did the physicals on most of the employees. If he worked at the Michigan Ave. building then she must have known him.
I bought a brand new 1979 Scout that had rust on the rear quarter panels right where the top attached. The dealer had it sanded and repainted. It was a good rig despite the horrible fuel mileage.
There's also a story about my father and uncle driving a brand new Scout into a lake after one too many and a new Scout that was the exact same color showing up the next day. I think they were giving those things away to anyone who would take one.
My nephew works for a place in Iowa that specializes in Scout restoration. I grew up hunting and camping in the Black Hills of SD and you'd see Scouts out and about, they had a reputation for getting places but I never owned one.
