Remember when

I bought a new loaded T-bird in 1977 for $4000

 

Bought a 78 International Scout for $6800.00 out the door. God I’m old.​

 

Yeah kind of showing our age

 

Very cool, my folks had a 77 or 78 used. Loved that car but they didn't keep it long.

 

It was a very nice car! I sold it in 81 and bought Toyota 4x4 pickup

 

I forget what they had after that, it was a total pig on fuel even for the time.

 

I remember when we thought it was called ‘Walmark’.

 

I remember when 4x4s had front solid axles, manual transfer case shifters and manual locking hubs. My ‘87 Chev V10 had all 3.

 

Smashing your finger and having the finger nail fall off…

 

Remember when it was a bit more bare bones on a 4 x 4.




Like this? When everything was an optional accessory?



Those prices seem cheap but they were expensive in the day.

 

Overdrive was an optional accessory.



We never did get the overdrive.

 

These are just a few random things from my departed fathers collection of international stuff.

 

Used to open those cardboard oil cans with a buck knife, "stab and twist" style... more dangerous that crushing the oil can! Ask me how I know...

 

Dad did buy the spare gas tank.

But he opted for a less expensive pair of hubs.

 

I still have the knife that I used. Tough knife, the Buck 110. I stabbed many cans.

 

No kidding

 

I remember field trips to the aquarium and the museum. In elementary school they were just for fun, but in middle school we were tested on what we learned that day. It was the end of the school year field trips we looked forward to. Rocky Point and later Six Flags.

 

Exactly the knife! Sadly some miscreant made off with mine years ago...

 

Somehow, I managed not to lose mine.

I bought a new one recently so I wouldn’t beat on the old one, which has a long history.

 

Here’s a 1963 price list from Warn.