Re: [ihc] Last of the Light Lines - Vintage Truck

[mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@xxxxxxxxx>]

I saw the last truck & the last scout at Red Power
Roundup this summer. The scout certainly needs some
work, but the fella that has it wants to restore it
because of what it is. The pickup needs a restoration
as well.

Mark



--- Jim Camery <jcamery@domain.elided> wrote:

> Binderphiles:
> 
> The Feb 2005 issue of Vintage Truck that showed in
> my mailbox yesterday 
> (what, other than magazines, consistently show up 1
> 1/2 months early?) 
> has a couple of IH articles.  There is a nice spread
> on the last light 
> truck manufactured by IH and the last Scout.
> 
> The last truck was a white 1975 200 4x4, vin
> E0350EHB36688.  It was 
> produced as a grey cab and chassis and had a utility
> body added.  It 
> currently has a flat bed and still has only 46k on
> it.  The current 
> owner bought it at an auction and only discovered
> later that it is the 
> last of the last.  It has "Last Truck built 5/4/75"
> inside the back of 
> the cab.
> 
> The last Scout was a 1970 Scout II, vin
> K0063KGD23023.  It had air, a 
> diesel, and other options.  It was made for a member
> of the IH Board of 
> Directors who used it for hunting.  It looks like
> it's had a rough life 
> but is still running.  Someone wrote "10-20-80 The
> End" on the 
> transmission housing.  It's still a daily driver for
> someone.
> 
> There's also a nice pictoral on a 1973 1310 with a
> dump body and duals..
> 
> Jim Camery
> 
> River Falls, WI
> 



		
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