sandhiller Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Two please 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Farmer Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 and RED too! Who would have thought..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I just looked up the family median income in 1966: $7400. So a new Scout at $2000 was about 27% of an average family's income. Median income for 2020 was around $66,000. So if a new 4x4 utility rig cost 27% of 66,000, it'd be about $17,800. All of which tells me the Scout was a pretty darned good deal. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 A friend had one just like it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHhogfarmer Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Even though it was the smallest in the IH line when the Cub came out in 1947 it was $545. In 1962 the IH 2001 loader was advertised at $519. Those are a couple that I think of the top of my head. Then in the early 80’s the prices of combines was astronomical (at least that what the article said that had prices) anywhere from $80,000 up to around $100,000. Crazy how things are now when I’m 22 from when some of you were my age or growing up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudwayne Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Mine was also red, 4 cyl. 3 speed, 2WD. Motor was 1/2 of the 304 V-8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1256pickett Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 4 minutes ago, fudwayne said: Mine was also red, 4 cyl. 3 speed, 2WD. Motor was 1/2 of the 304 V-8 I’ve always wondered about putting a full 304 in one. Probably need some beefier springs to hold it up but I would think it would bolt right in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Aaland Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I had one that had a 265 in it, the smallest of that engine line. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleman Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, Owen Aaland said: I had one that had a 266 in it, the smallest of that engine line. Smallest in displacement but physically the same size although the 392 sat a littler taller and wider due to being taller. There was also a turbo-charged 4-152, local International dealer used one as their parts delivery truck. The IHC V266 and derivatives were the only totally new design V8 engines in America in 1959, I have never understood why their marketing department did not capitalize on that engine! Canted valves and forged internal parts, when the big 3 was still into cheap cast iron! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH Forever Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 36 months to pay.....it would be rusted out before you had it paid off! 😄 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleman Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I was in the Seattle area in 1982/83, sitting in the front row of a well used car dealer was a 1964 Scout. Over 100K miles on it and NO appreciable rust, 4-152 4X4 3 spd/2speed for asking price of $375. I took it for a test drive to a local construction area and put it through a let's break-it test. It was fine blowing a little smoke under load but still acceptable power. My wife kept me from getting it, basically because we didn't have any use for another vehicle, especially and old stick shift 4X4. That she would have driven at some time or other. Even the front locking worked fine!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedar farm Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 The 1903.00 in todays money is 17,669.71. I am sure that 1903.00 was a very base model. Not that they had a lot of options. For comparison I looked at a Mahindra Roxor with a soft top. Other than the diesel they are comparable in size and use. A new Roxor is around 19,000.00. I give it the Scout has cool value but in todays money it's very comparable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 To have the opportunity to purchase a climate controlled warehouse full of IH vehicles and tractors back then!...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 13 hours ago, IHhogfarmer said: Even though it was the smallest in the IH line when the Cub came out in 1947 it was $545. In 1962 the IH 2001 loader was advertised at $519. Those are a couple that I think of the top of my head. Then in the early 80’s the prices of combines was astronomical (at least that what the article said that had prices) anywhere from $80,000 up to around $100,000. Crazy how things are now when I’m 22 from when some of you were my age or growing up. One word explains it all: inflation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedar farm Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 minute ago, Steve C. said: One word explains it all: inflation Amen. My daughter and son in law are looking for an acreage. Both have very good jobs. Between the new interest rates and the current acreage prices they may have to live in a Scout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveinSD Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Converting a 4 cyl. early Scout is not an easy straight forward proposition. Lots of changes were made to fit a V8 into a Scout 800. The 152 sits sideways as apposed to straight up and down, the steering box is different and moved, radiator is different, and the is a divet in the fire wall that’s missing in a 4 cyl. Scout. If you want a V8 Scout, find one that came that way. Though with that being said, my V8 800a is one of my all time favorite Scouts, definitely the most fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 4 hours ago, cedar farm said: The 1903.00 in todays money is 17,669.71. I am sure that 1903.00 was a very base model. Not that they had a lot of options. For comparison I looked at a Mahindra Roxor with a soft top. Other than the diesel they are comparable in size and use. A new Roxor is around 19,000.00. I give it the Scout has cool value but in todays money it's very comparable. ...mentioning that word ""Mahindra"' in the context of a thing to transport or shift people around .......will have the unfortunate ''Mahindra ''owners in New Zealand going into post traumatic shock....again.....and scrabbling around with twitching fingers for their tranquiliser meds and scatching around the empty Prozac bottles....... In fact to mention the word "Scout "" and then the word "Mahindra "' in the same paragraph is bordering on blasphemy.....Just sayin ' ''ceder farm''... Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedar farm Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, mike newman said: ...mentioning that word ""Mahindra"' in the context of a thing to transport or shift people around .......will have the unfortunate ''Mahindra ''owners in New Zealand going into post traumatic shock....again.....and scrabbling around with twitching fingers for their tranquiliser meds and scatching around the empty Prozac bottles....... In fact to mention the word "Scout "" and then the word "Mahindra "' in the same paragraph is bordering on blasphemy.....Just sayin ' ''ceder farm''... Mike I guess I should have used Yugo instead. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searcyfarms Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 My uncle had a 63 same color - first manual i ever drove outside a tractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihfan4life Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 6 hours ago, Steve C. said: One word explains it all: inflation That’s part of it. But government manipulation of currency is a big part of that equation too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 10 minutes ago, Ihfan4life said: That’s part of it. But government manipulation of currency is a big part of that equation too. That's what I should have said, since that's what causes inflation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I didn’t even know they made a 2wd. Looking at new phones, the 500 GB iPhone 14 is 37/mo from Verizon for 3 years… I would rather have the Scout! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 4 hours ago, mike newman said: ...mentioning that word ""Mahindra"' in the context of a thing to transport or shift people around .......will have the unfortunate ''Mahindra ''owners in New Zealand going into post traumatic shock....again.....and scrabbling around with twitching fingers for their tranquiliser meds and scatching around the empty Prozac bottles....... In fact to mention the word "Scout "" and then the word "Mahindra "' in the same paragraph is bordering on blasphemy.....Just sayin ' ''ceder farm''... Mike I take it you don't like Mahindra products? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard_P Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 4 hours ago, mike newman said: In fact to mention the word "Scout "" and then the word "Mahindra "' in the same paragraph is bordering on blasphemy.....Just sayin ' ''ceder farm''... Mike It's probably good that a proposal in the 1990's to have Mahindra build a new "Scout" for Navistar never got off the ground. Probably would have caused a lot of post traumatic shock or worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 5 minutes ago, acem said: I take it you don't like Mahindra products? Ace.....New Zealand has been a great ''dumping '' ground for many and varied products over the years...Great if you were / are into (old ) American rifles...although the Socialists have ''culled '' many fine old pieces ......There have been very interesting old vehicles sent to NZ, also..including an American "'Brush '' car..circa about 1911...(you know...the model with the wooden front axle......must get a picture of that...in a local car museum...)...Anyway...a lot of stuff was sent to NZ in the early days ....as it became obsolete in the country of manufacture....and no one was going to any traction by sending a complaint via ships then plying the oceans etc and asking for some vital part........Out of sight ..out of mind... The '' Mahindra '' arrived in the late sixties....looked ...vaguely..like an American Jeep circa WW2...total garbage......the kindest thing for any fool buying them , would be to toss it immediately into the nearest landfill......and '' put it down to experience''......as we are wont to say down under...when things go south .....Then the Mahindra tractors arrived....and the tears stated again.... I forget what they used for engines..back then.....India was building a copy of the British Lister single banger...either petrol or diesel....even those were hideous....No, Ace ..in a few words I am not big on Mahindra..... I guess today their products may be a lot better...they surely would want to be...and NO ..I had enough brains to run old American cars (RHD) in my feckless youth...never would have brought one of thse 4x4 things resembling the US Jeep....but some good working acquaintances did..in the Forestry Industry...to their fiscal detriment..... Mike 20 minutes ago, acem said: I take it you don't like Mahindra products? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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