Wall Street Journal Tuesday has article about how VW is bringing back the International Harvester Scout as an EV.
VW bought Navistar, which owns the old IH trademarks.

New EV Scout intends to copy the body shape of the old IH Scout.

Funny to me as I recently watched an old Lawrence Welk show where Mr Welk was driving an IH Scout with its top off around his then new Escondito Golf Resort with the Lennon Sisters in the back singing as he climbed gravel roads up hills.

Everything old,
Is new again.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztvg_AwyHvQ&pp=ygUXbGF3cmVuY2Ugd2VsayBzaG93IDE5NjU%3D

although the original show was one of the first in “Living Color”
this copy is in grainy Black and White

IH Scout footage begins just after 1 minute 46 seconds

I am 100% a Scout guy but am disappointed that it will be electric only. Still, I look forward to seeing a new one in person. I do have a spare 345 that I could put in one lol.

I remember several roaming the neighborhood and a family friend who owned one when they were new.

Super cool, but man I've never seen a vehicle rust away so fast. (Our city used salt on the roads in winter and it seemed to eat them up worse than other vehicles of the era..)

Boy you are correct about rust!! Over the years my family went through 13 ! of them. Of course they were usually beaters when we bought them. If you could have gotten a factory fiberglass body man that would have been something.

"Ahh Wonnafull, Ahh Wonnafull !".................[in my best lawrence welk voice ]

there was a "cornbinder" dealership here until sometime in the late [?] 70's. i don't recall when it was started.
some of my very good friends worked there. lots of scouts went through that dealership, and many "stories" could be told having fun with them.
several years ago, the name of that dealership was resurrected, but is now being used in relationship to a locomotive repair and rail car and coach restoration shop. it is a very busy place, and one of the biggest employers in the area, with many talented people working there.
one friend that works there [i somewhat grew up with his dad and mom, and have known this young fellow - he's in his late 40's now - since he was hatched] is an expert fabricator and a master machinist.
he built an ancient indian motorcycle from scratch, he is that good, including a twin cylinder engine that runs great, from combining two hobo fright single cylinder engines, then fabricating a case and cylinder heads that strongly resemble the indian engine.

Back in the 90's we went to look at one that was being sold as a plow truck, the thing was so rotted it couldn't even be driven home lol