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The outing at Gary Taber's is planned for April 27 & 28. Gary's land is near the Lazy E in Guthrie. Take exit 151 or the Lazy E exit, go 2.2 miles then take a hard right that will head you back south, turn east at the church that will be on the left. Go 7 miles east to Indian Meridian and turn rlght, go one half mile - we'll try to have directional signs posted from the highway all the way out to the location. There is a Best Western Territorial Inn at Exit 157, the number to call for reservations is 405-2828831, there's also pioneer RV 1/2 mile east of the 151 exit, their charge is $17/night and their phone number is 405-282-3557 or you're welcome to camp (primitive) at Gary's. Jack McClary plans to close his mechanic shop by April 10th and is busy making deals. To see what's left and make a deal, give him a call 405794-5231. Bob Supplee is relocating Supplee's 4 Wheel Drive to the I-240 Business Park on the Access Road of Bryant & Sunnylane. |
Jim Erb has been planning our trip up Mt. Scott for June 15 & 16. We'll gather on the 15th at the Love's Convenience Store just off the I-44 exit to Medicine Park. Included in the plans for the weekend are a trip to the museum and viewing the old Apache Chief Geronimo's Grave. Jim is gathering information about camping and lodging available in the area. More to come.... Frontier 4-Wheelers is planning an outing on Memorial day in Poteau and members of Southwest Scouts are welcome to attend. They will try to have someone available for the scenic trails. For more information contact Jack McClary. |
Upcoming Events: Rocky Mountain Rendeavous - Salida, CO - July 21st-24th SWFWDA Summer Quarterly 2002 - Fairplay, Colorado - August 1st-3rd Sunflower Regional Truck Show - Junction City, KS - Oct. 11th - 14th Old Settlers Day - Halstead, KS - Aug. 10th Chickasha Firemen's Chili Cookoff - Early November |
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| My biggest Hero was my Dad. He was a retired Air Force pilot who lived on Lake Tenkiller In Northeastern Oklahoma. Moat of the roads around the lake in those earlier years were either dirt or gravel. So...in ice, snow and rainy conditions, it was hard to get up and down many of the steeper roads. The exception was my Dad's Scout. People would call the house to either have my parents add to their grocery list or ask for a tow. The nearest town was 18 miles. I fell In love with the vehicle at some point, either when Dad would haul the kids and grandkids to the lake with the top off or as we used the Scout to remove a large tree stump one summer. Fun is all I remember when I was in the Scout with Dad.
My Dad bought his 1971 Scout II pick-up truck from e barber in Sallisaw, Oklahoma. I think it was around 1973 or 1974. Upon my Dad's death In 1985 the same guy called my Mother in hopes of buying it back. I believe this same person had bought it from Carco International, Inc., Fort Smith, Arkansas. From an article by Howard Pletcher in the Premier Writer Issue 1990 of International Happenings, which is published by the Scout and IH Light Truck Assn. I found out that the total sales for the Scout 100 (100 Inch wheel base) in 1971 was 5387. These are sales figures, not production figures. How many were built In 1971, I am not sure. The first date of manufacture was reported in the Binder Bulletin as April 19, 1971. Some estimate that there may be 10% of that number still on the road. The manufacture date on the inside panel shows this Scout II to have been manufactured in April, 1971. How many could have been made in the 11 days that remain in April; who knows? I have concluded that not only Is this Scout II one of the first, it is one of the "first of the first". Now It is a part of the Southwest Scout Club. This Scout II has been a daily driver since I obtained it in 1985. When my twin sons turned 16 they began to drive it. Around 1991, this poor old Scout had  |
 been so mistreated that she pave up the ghost. To make a long story shortt, it set in a pasture west of El Reno, Oklahoma for the next couple of years. At some point, I received a call from a guy wanting to buy it for $500 so he could make it into a hunting vehicle. I remember telling him that it had more sentimental value to me than anything else and I would think about his offer. My family got wind of this and I guess wanted me to keep it. They arranged with a friend to have the engine pulled and rebuilt by Horton Motors in OKC. On Christmas Day 1993, They had it sitting in front of the house with a big red bow on top. They had spent $1900 to get it in semi-running condition. The radiator was shot, the water hoses gone, the brakes needed work, but there it sat, the engine ran without puffing smoke; you just had to add water often. That was the beginning of my real joy of this vehicle. I retired not long after my Christmas gift was delivered. Now I had the time to give the Scout some badly needed attention. Something this poor old thing had not received much of. Mechanically the Scout was sound but, I must admit, it looked pretty bad. Rusted rear wheel wells and front quarter panels were the worst. The old white paint color looked more yellow than white. The left front door had been dented and the original Holley carburetor taken while unattended in the pasture. It now has a two-barrel Motor Craft Model 2400 carburetor on its 304 V-8 engine. Seems to work OK, although I still wish it had the original Holley. In August, 1999, my nephew, Joe Johnson, helped me restore the body. The Scout was stripped down of all hardware and sanded to bare metal. Derts removed as good as possible and bondo added. She was painted Ford Performance White with three grams of pearl mixed in. Two clear coats on top of paint and 4x4 Ford stickers were added. The T-90 3-speed tranny has been recently rebuilt by Bloomingthals Transmissions in OKC. This Little Scout II has 97,000 original miles and I just put its 33rd license plate on. On the back window glass and an the dash there is a sticker that says 'My Dad's". I don't know if I will ever earn the right to call It mine. My kids know that once it passes on to one of them, they need not worry about changing that sticker. -JIM ERB - |
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