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RVs and camping were a big deal when the Scout debuted for 1961. RVs were a bandwagon International needed to be on and pursued it on all levels, including the Scout. Slide-in pickup campers were a no-brainer for the International Light Truck line but it wasn't until 1962 that a nifty idea for Scout was considered. Dickson Boats in Georgia, a specialist in fiberglass, proposed a camper conversion…
The 1970 Scout 800A SR-2 is a well known Scout promotional special. It was marketed as a hardtop with lurid Flame Red paint, special striping and chrome Rallye wheels with Goodyear H70-15 Polyglas white-letter tires. Images of an SR-2 with a soft top have been seen occasionally over the years. It inspired questions but the back story was unknown. Until now. The original SR-2 was a V8 Roadster…
As has become the usual Friday drill, I intended to be riding by 1 pm and in fact didn’t do so until late afternoon. My idea was to ride Bueschler State Park’s new patch of singletrack. I’d heard this was a good patch of trail, out in the lovely pines near Bastrop.
So I drove in to the park headquarters, renewed my annual Texas State Park pass and just as I was getting my stamped…
These men are sheperds in the tiny town of Mangrt, Slovenia. Well, town is a stretch. Mangrt is a spot on one of the most beautiful moutainous roads in the world, and in fact the highest road in Slovenia.
This family has worked the same piece of ground for generations. One of the sons estimated they had been there for 500 years. He truly didn't know--they didn't have good recorded history.…
The whole thing came down to four phone calls. The first one was from Tom, my sister Wendy’s then-fiance. I had recently split with my ex-wife. Tom had gone through a divorce a few years back and I think he understood how miserable the holidays can be for the newly single.
“I have an extra travel voucher,” he told me. “that will let you go anywhere Northwest flies for about $100. Why don’t you…
When Boone’s Farm decided to promote their wine with a television commercial that featured a motorcycle-riding grandmother, stunt coordinator Bob Harris suggested they use professional racer John Hateley to double granny. Hateley was a logical choice because he was Hollywood-based and also one of the fastest and most versatile professional racers in America.
When Hateley and his blue CZ race…
The following narrative gives a glimpse into the orchestration of a thirty-plus tractor photoshoot in a single, closed-environment studio. Photographer and author Lee Klancher and the father-son duo of Walter and Bruce Keller (owners of the Keller Collection in Brillion, Wisconsin), along with five assistants, worked tirelessly to produce The Art of the John Deere Tractor. This book features…
For the cover of my book, Red Combines 1915-2015, I was looking for a clean 1440 or 1460. When I discovered that Matt Frey had the very first IH 1460 and the machine was in clean original condition, I knew that was a contender. You couldn't find better pedigree than the first one built, and I felt an original condition machine’s hard-working patina would set the right tone for the book cover.…
I'm writing from Budapest, Hungary. I suspected there would be good garages in this city, places where the wealthy stashed collections of Trabants and Mercedes-Benz limos. I also felt exploring the mysterious city in pursuit of interesting garages would be an adventure rife with drama. I imagined wandering down dank alleys in search of the car afficionados in their haunts. Jag dealerships, repair…
On April 26, 2011, Ukrainians carried single red carnations and lit candles to remember the explosion at Chernobyl that took place 25 years ago. The explosion was the worst nuclear disaster in history, and the radioactive fallout affected 77,200 square miles of the then-Soviet Union and Europe. At least 31 people died trying to stop the fire at the reactor, and 9,300 were acknowledged to have…