Collectors to show off hundreds of Scout trucks

3-day exhibit at fairgrounds starts today, with parade at 5:30 p.m.

Barbara J. Perenic International Harvester "Scout" vehicles at Super Scout Specialists Inc. at Bechtle and Main. Staff Photo by Barbara J. Perenic

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By Tom Stafford, Staff Writer 11:36 PM Thursday, September 8, 2011

SPRINGFIELD — Twenty-two is not normally a noteworthy anniversary.

But because this year’s IH Scout & Light Truck Nationals falls on the golden anniversary of the Scout’s introduction, “it will be bigger,” said organizer John Glancy of Super Scout Specialists of Springfield.

Hundreds of Scouts, which were built from 1961 to 1980, are expected to be brought to the Clark County Fairgrounds on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Those who don’t want to pay the $7 admission fee to the show can get a look at the classics as they parade from the fairgrounds to the Navistar International Corp. assembly plant Friday evening.

The caravan will leave the fairgrounds at 5:30 p.m., taking Interstate 70 to U.S. 68 to Ohio 334 and north on Ohio 72 to the Navistar plant.

The show will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, then continue through the awards presentation at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

A special Sept. 11 memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday featuring Mike Moran, a Scout owner and New York firefighter who was on the scene the day of the attacks.

Held in conjunction with the huge Springfield Swap Meet & Car Show, the Scout gathering will feature tech seminars on repairing and refurbishing the vehicles.

Although now known as a maker of heavy-duty trucks, Navistar’s forerunner, International Harvester, had a long history of making pickup-size vehicles.

“The Scout is the main thrust of the collectibility,” said Glancy, “but all the light trucks are becoming very popular and are being restored and kept.”

In addition to being “unique, different,” the Scout is “indestructible,” he said. “The bodies rust some, but the drive train goes on and on and on.”

Like the Scout, the show will go on, rain or shine.

For details, go to www.midnitestar.org.

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