Re: I'm back

[garry@domain.elided (Garry R. Mauldin II)]

A few years ago when i wa at Philmont for the cavalcave (sp??) one of
the staff had a white mid 70's Scout II, I don't know if its still
there but it looked pretty cool

On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:33:08 -0400, you wrote:


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>Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 12:04:46 -0500 (EST)
>From: "daniel.r.felix.1" <dfelix2@domain.elided>
>Subject: I'm back
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>Philmont (the Boy Scout ranch where I went backpacking) was great.  Did
>about 90 miles in 11 days, saw a lot of cool things.  I *think* I saw a
>white Scout II as we were leaving Kirkland AFB, but that was it until we
>got to Philmont.  I figured I wouldn't see any there, because we wouldn't
>be leaving the ranch.  Well, we were sitting there talking to our ranger
>about first aid, and lo and behold, this Scout 800 pulls in!  Apparently
>one of the staff memebers owned it.  I never did talk to the owner, though
>I wish I would have been able to.  I got a few pictures.  I don't know
>what year it was, though it did have back up lights.  My '66 doesn't.
>Does anyone know when IH started putting back up lights on the 800's???
>Howard??  And this Scout had that sticker some of you were talking about a
>while ago.  About not removing the coolant because it was permanent (yes, 
>I _did_ pop the hood, only I had to fiddle with it to get it to open). So
>they did put them in the 800's and not just the II's.  Anyway, I will post
>the pic's if I ever get the time (yeah, right) to do something with my web
>page.  The Scout had no visible rust, and even had a back seat that looked
>original.  Had what appeared to a rubber bed mat in the back.  It looked
>like it was in very good condition, except for the three holes in one of
>the rear fenders where it looked like a tire carrier had been mounted.