IH Scout?

[hatidua]

Anyone have any opinions / experience with the early 80 series Scouts?
I'm kind of looking around for a bare bones , simple , SHTF type vehicle.
Thanks!

I had a '73 and a '78. Both went the length of Baja annually for many years and pulled countless other vehicles out of the ditch and off the beaches down there. Both chewed through alternators almost as fast as they did gasoline.

I came very close to getting a series 80 scout (the older one you are inquiring about) and when I found the outfit that is the go-source for parts for those, they strongly urged me to go a different direction due to parts becoming increasingly scarce. Very neat vehicles though and I far prefer them to the old Bronco's.