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RE: [ihc] Last of the Light Lines - Vintage Truck
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- Subject: RE: [ihc] Last of the Light Lines - Vintage Truck
- From: mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 19:23:25 -0800 (PST)
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Ed, the guy wants to restore it. Or he did anyway when
I met him & talked to him this summer at Red Power
Roundup. Eldon has talked to him before, and he said
that the guy wants to put a new tranny tunnel in &
take the one that says THE END out & keep that. Would
make a cool 1-of-a-kind coffe table.
Mark
--- ed sohm <sohmj@domain.elided> wrote:
> Sacrilege!
>
> I've driven the last Scout. (Thanks Mike). It
> isn't that bad. Great
> for an Iowa Scout and not a basket case by any
> means.
>
> I'll have to get a copy of that article.
>
> Ed Sohm
> Battle Creek, IA
>
> '71 800 B
> '74 200 4X4 Travelette Camper Special
> '71 1210 short bed Travelette
> + a bunch more (nothing famous though)
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ihc@domain.elided
> [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
> Jim Camery
> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 9:06 AM
> To: Jim or Ginger Aos
> Cc: Ryan Moore; IH Digest
> Subject: Re: [ihc] Last of the Light Lines - Vintage
> Truck
>
>
> Regarding the axles and such on the last truck made,
> it is listed to
> have option 10987, a 10k GVW package. It has a 392,
> 4-speed, New
> Process gear-driven transfer case (I'm plagairizing
> here), a 4.88 axle,
> and duals. The article lists the current owner as
> Nick Foster of
> Jefferson, IA. Curiously, it doesn't have the
> highest serial number but
>
> trucks apparently weren't/aren't built in order of
> serial. It does have
>
> the highest lineset number for the day (2-8232,
> meaning assembly line 2,
>
> job 8232). IH has confirmed that it's the last of
> the last.
>
> The article lists the current owner of the last
> Scout as Mike Bolton of
> Glidden IA., as you said, Ryan. From the pictures,
> I can't imagine
> restoring it. More of a job to cut the numbers off
> the frame, weld them
>
> onto a donor, and call it "restored." (I have a
> friend who pretty much
> did this with a Sunbeam Tiger).
>
> Jim Camery
>
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