It's mine!

Cool, I won the auction! For the bargain price of just shy over $600, I'm the proud owner of a 1963 International Scout 80. Below are some of the pics from the auction. I'm gonna 2nd day the owner a cashiers check and coordinate with DAS for the shipping. I'll let you know how that all works out, but I figure I should have my baby home in 30 days or so.

Almost!

It's almost mine. Only 15 hours left in the auction. I've been emailing the owner and requesting more pics and asking more questions. Seems as if all systems are there just taken apart to one level or another. Can't wait! Gotta get info on shipping, figuring it will be around $800 dollars door to door. Well, stay tuned.

Looking for a Scout 80

Today, I blog before you, 1 day and 23 hours from becoming the proud owner of a beat to hell basket case slightly used 1963 International Harvester Scout 80. I began my search for a Scout 80 about a month ago. I'd looked in the local papers, craigslist, auto classifieds on the web and eBay. By far, eBay has been the place to find them, now the trick is winning one. As I am located in Florida I've only looked for Scouts in the Eastern US in order to save on shipping. I've bid on a few but so far have been out bid. Today though I am just under 2 days from winning it. It's got a s**t load of parts removed and many extra parts included. I better go find a manual for this thing if I ever hope to piece it back together. I'll be updating the blog as the auction continues and when I win it (and I will win it, damn it!) I'll be blogging about getting it home and about the work I do to it as I try to restore it to at least a decent daily driver. Stick around and if you have a International Harvester Scout of your own feel free to contact me with any pics or ideas and I'll post them up.