hillbilly4008
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About 8-10 years ago i gave a friend of mine a '63 IH Scout 80. I didnt really put much thought into it at the time. Years pass and i totally regret doing it.
The Scout belonged to my grandfather. He bought it new in '63. My grandmother use to drive it 40miles a day to take my mother and uncles from the farm to Catholic School in the city. On days when she had to take a calf to auction they put if in the back with the kids. My uncle took his road test in it. My grandfather had a second barn ontop of a hill about a mile from his main farm that he raised beefers in. Real nasty hill, during the winter they always ended up losing control on the way down and road the ditch the whole way to the bottom.
Well, the guy i gave it to came into the shop monday with a drag link for a jeep that he needed shortened. We got to talking about the Scout and he told me that the county was on his case for having to much crap in his yard. So he gave it to another friend of ours. I called him that day inquiring about it. Well, today i went out to get it.
Its great to have it back home. It doesnt run, the engine is seized, and she needs some patch work, and the usual TLC, but i know i can nurse it back to health.
On my way home after dropping it off to the shop i got to thinking about all the family history of the ol' gal. All the miles my grandparents put on it. How my mother use to get embarassed getting dropped at school. Then i got to thinking of how i havent seen either one of my grandparent alive since i was 5...........then i broke down into tears.
I'll post some pics tommorrow after i get her unloaded.
The Scout belonged to my grandfather. He bought it new in '63. My grandmother use to drive it 40miles a day to take my mother and uncles from the farm to Catholic School in the city. On days when she had to take a calf to auction they put if in the back with the kids. My uncle took his road test in it. My grandfather had a second barn ontop of a hill about a mile from his main farm that he raised beefers in. Real nasty hill, during the winter they always ended up losing control on the way down and road the ditch the whole way to the bottom.
Well, the guy i gave it to came into the shop monday with a drag link for a jeep that he needed shortened. We got to talking about the Scout and he told me that the county was on his case for having to much crap in his yard. So he gave it to another friend of ours. I called him that day inquiring about it. Well, today i went out to get it.
Its great to have it back home. It doesnt run, the engine is seized, and she needs some patch work, and the usual TLC, but i know i can nurse it back to health.
On my way home after dropping it off to the shop i got to thinking about all the family history of the ol' gal. All the miles my grandparents put on it. How my mother use to get embarassed getting dropped at school. Then i got to thinking of how i havent seen either one of my grandparent alive since i was 5...........then i broke down into tears.
I'll post some pics tommorrow after i get her unloaded.
