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

[mark stegmann <truckdriver_1977@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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