International Harvester Scout

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Originally Posted by groucho

They were quite common over here International sold hundreds of them.
There is still a lot on the road
They had a 345 V8 and a dana spicer T90 or a T332 gearbox
dana spicer T/C and axles They suffered from rust but they were not a bad thing.There is still a lot sitting around if you look for them......

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Must have had a good local dealer - I haven't seen one in the metal for many years!

John

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Must have had a good local dealer - I haven't seen one in the metal for many years!

John

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Motors and machinery Unanderra. and A C taunton, Goulburn. Inter dealers
sold heaps.There is still a few running around down here.
Only seen a nice yellow one Comming down Bulli pass last week

Pretty good forum on all things Inter as commented above
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Regards,
Tote

i know were there was a few lying in a paddock near bathurst if anyone wants send me a pm for directions,don't know if they are still there

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Could have problems finding one in restorable condition - they seemed to rust pretty well, although any dumped on farms inland after the chassis broke could be reasonably rust free. They were quite common in the USA, so most parts should be available, although any special RHD parts could resemble hen's teeth.

John

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Lol, You've listed all the positives there John!! :p

We have one sitting out the back at work at the moment, we have to get it going for a customer, it's been there for afew months now.
You might have seen it when you were down a few weeks ago?

CHEERS TIM.

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Originally Posted by crash

An early Bronco of similar vintage would be my pick over a Scout as well. Google is your friend, the Scout has some very die hard fans in the USA, and they are also referred to as a "binder" there and I think one of the best scout forums goes by that name.
Parts avilability will be your biggest problem - but should be able to source almost everything you need from the US.
They had half decent axles for thier vintage which I think were Dana 44's front and rear, as long as you kept things relatively stock.
It would make for an interesting project, something different, and you do not see too many of them in Australia.

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Thanks for that. I wonder if the Oz spec ones were different to the US ones as they apparently had the Dana 27 then later a 30 std in the front I think at least for a while. In all honesty I would probably swap in a 60 in the rear and maybe a 44 in the front if it didnt have one, and I couldnt find a front 60 (I am not a fan of the 44/30 etc)

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Originally Posted by lewy

i know were there was a few lying in a paddock near bathurst if anyone wants send me a pm for directions,don't know if they are still there

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PM sent:)

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Originally Posted by long stroke

We have one sitting out the back at work at the moment, we have to get it going for a customer, it's been there for afew months now.
You might have seen it when you were down a few weeks ago?

CHEERS TIM.

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Hey Tim, No I didn't! Man I must have been blind!!

What spec/version is it?

Rgds
Pete

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Originally Posted by JamesH

Can't help but I do know i really like Scouts.

Another car I like in the same vein is the early Ford Bronco (pre-73) they are very handsome too and you might find parts easier albeit with a more boring badge.

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Thanks James,

If I manage to find one I will do a build up thread if that doesnt break the rules. I don't mind Broncos either but would prefer to do something a bit more unusual. If it came down to doing a Bronco, I would probably do a wheelbase extension on the 90 instead!