The float aside, that bright red truck is the focus here (also seen
here, and
here) The owner of this truck was a forward thinker: the shiny, new truck
seen here was from the first year
International Harvester made the Scout, its answer to the Jeep. At the time, tractor manufacturers weren't specifically tractor manufacturers: they made all kinds of motorized stuff beneficial to farmers. IH saw a need for a heavy-duty farm vehicle that Willis' Jeep was fulfilling, and came up with the Scout. Ford eventually followed with its Bronco, but the gas-conservation of the 70s mostly killed off these smaller versions of what we'd call an SUV. You may not know, but
IH made the Scout until 1980: that's almost 20 years on the road.
Labels: 1960s, 1961, 4h, automobilia, ih, international harvester, scout
