Thread: International Harvester Scout

From my memory, the Scout is an interesting part of Australia's motoring history, albeit a very minor part. As such they are probably something that should be preserved.

Probably because of my association with them, I would be more inclined to look for an IH AA120 4x4. These were much less common than the Scout, and like them had problems, mainly deriving from the fact that they were a conversion of a two wheel drive vehicle, but they were a serious working 4x4 and had a decent payload.

John

Further to JC's comments.

The steering's a (relatively) easy fix.
Typical Yank 4WD, they had bugger all caster.

Most all the Jeeps I used to drive we added stacks of caster to the front end, then they drive in a straight line on road. Seems the average US driver didn't like a little weight or self centreing in their steering.

Oh, and the Travellers with their 118" wheel base had a nice, flat chassis/underbelly so you can ski across whatever you can't crawl

As much as i like the early bronco's i'd pick the scout, early bronco's were not sold here so it would have to be an import and it would be LHD, parts would be a problem unless also imported.

I'm pretty sure the NSW Electricity Commission had heaps of them in the late 60's painted a very light green colour. I know they certainly had them where I grew up. I also think the Dept of Civil Aviation used them as well. May have been a few lucrative govt contracts at the time. Remember all the army trucks were also inters. not related but the mk3/mk4/m5 served the army for about 30yrs or more until unimogs arrived.sorry to hijack the thread but I read that the soldiers arent allowed to travel in the back of trucks anymore....

a friend of mine is in the scout owners club he has had 3 of them.

He runs them spring over, twin shocks and not to much spring set, with a Dana 44 in the front and Nissan Patrol 9 inch in the back 4.11 ratios.

A photo is attached of the one I went away in to Sandy Cape last weekend.
With 35" tyres or 36" Super Swampers it kicks Asss.

The 345 sounds a treat at full song; his had twin 3" exhaust and dual shocks all round.

A bit bogged here tried to go through in 2wd as we were having a minor transfer case issue.

Simple snatch out and away again.

Cheers

Awesome! Thanks for those Piddler! I am looking round at the moment to see if can find one

Rgds
Pete

oh pete,
how sad that you want an 'international rusty',
we did a trip in new guinea about '73,
one toyo, one landy, and us in a 'rusty'
the landy forged the tracks, moresby to lae, wasnt a super highway back then,
the toyo went fast, and us in the rusty followed along, i don't think handling was an issue back then, the roads wern't really very good, maybe 'road' was the wrong word.
the thing i remember most was how this thing earn't the name 'rusty'
it was.