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Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

That's a great story about your dad's. I didn't know they offered a turbo on them, that's pretty awesome! I've heard the early Scouts were no power house, but they were the first on the market.

The Scout was developed to compete with the Jeep CJ, which was pretty much all alone as a rugged off-road capable vehicle. When IH brought out the Scout, Jeep updated to the CJ-5 in '64 and produced them in a bunch of formats until '87 when the YJ took over. Ford jumped in with the original Bronco in '66 and built them to '96.
Jeep was the lone rugged off-road vehicle for a long time, but then IH brought the Scout, Ford followed with the Bronco and Chevy with the Blazer. Yours is a piece of the early history!!!

Originally Posted by rspears

The Scout was developed to compete with the Jeep CJ, which was pretty much all alone as a rugged off-road capable vehicle. When IH brought out the Scout, Jeep updated to the CJ-5 in '64 and produced them in a bunch of formats until '87 when the YJ took over. Ford jumped in with the original Bronco in '66 and built them to '96.
Jeep was the lone rugged off-road vehicle for a long time, but then IH brought the Scout, Ford followed with the Bronco and Chevy with the Blazer. Yours is a piece of the early history!!!

Oh yeah, how could I forget about the Jeep , they were definitely the first. It is kind of cool driving something that has an IH emblem on it. When I bought it I thought for sure sometime I would put a complete 4.8 or 5.3 4x4 drivetrain in it, but this thing runs like a sewing machine it's kind of cool when you pop the hood to see international on the valve covers. It probably cost me 10 miles to the gallon and 100hp vs the 5.3 but it's cool lol.