On a slightly more practical (depending on your definition of practical) note, if you can snatch up a diesel International Scout II between the years of 1976-1980, *especially* 1980. They will seem overpriced compared to Kelley blue book and for good reason. If they are in good condition they will last for 100s of thousands of miles.
The Diesel engines in these cars were Nissans: - Nissan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan> SD33<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_SD_engine#Straight_6>( diesel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine>) (naturally aspirated) - Nissan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan> SD33T<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_SD_engine#Straight_6>(turbo diesel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_diesel>—1980 only) So why scout? They were built like tanks. Why diesel? I won't make the case for diesel here over gasoline though I do prefer diesel engines: Though Scout did a good job on their gasoline engines, all the parts around the engine went to the lowest bidder. so the distributor might have been from AMC and the alternator from some other cheap source that would break (likely shaken to death by the stiff suspension. :-) ). The diesels being from Nissan and being quite solid finding appplications also in industry, are very servicable and long lasting. And why don't you hear more about these wonderful vehicles? Only ~30000 were made per year from 1976-1980, and only ~10000 of them made in 1980, the last year of production. During that year, only a fraction were diesels. So in other words, they are disappearing. And if you can find one, you can have a very good caving vehicle for a reasonable price -Justin On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Don Cooper <wavyca...@gmail.com> wrote: > At some level - they are very large phallus symbols. > > -WaV > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Ted Samsel <t.b.sam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I feel so inadequate since my carbon footprint is so miniscule. Sob, > > whimper. <snork> > > > > Ted > > > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Louise Power <power_lou...@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Try one of these: > >> > >> > >> > http://editorial.autos.msn.com/14-extreme-campers-built-for-off-roading?icid=autos_3335 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > >
