Growing up seeing New IH Scout II's/ Scout Traveler's/ Scout SS at the Factory.

[ranma]

My late Father  Worked at the Harvester Factory  in Ft. Wayne Indiana. He started with them in January 1962, and I was born in 1967. From the very early 1970's till the last Scout's rolled out of that plant  I grew up seeing them sitting out side of the factory ready for shipment. Most of the time dad would drive himself or ride with a friend to work, But lucky for us kids sometimes our Mother would take him to work. That was a real treat for me as I have always been a car loving person. My dad would be dropped off at the Meyer Rd gate of the truck Factory , and so this ran along the side of the Scout Factory where the Scout's rolled out of the Factory.  Meyer rd and New Haven Ave were home to quite a few companies back then . North American Van lines head Qt;s  was on the  corner East of the scout plant. Going west on New Haven Ave we would pass the front of the Scout plant . Phelps dodge was the next factory west of the Scout  plant. Magnavox had a factory off the street that The Harvester tower is. Anyway I remember getting to see all those scouts sitting there from 1971 till the last ones where shipped in 1980. And passing the former plant till Harvester left Ft. Wayne in 1983.

[Goose1957]

Ahh.... nirvana! Thanks for the photos and story.

Jeff

[thatz4u]

I knew a guy who worked there on the Scout line installing windshields. when they gave him a problem, he would crawl on the hood & bump them in with his butt...he claims it was a true story...