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UPDATE: The 4-page brochure doesn’t include a DJ-5 or 6, because they didn’t arrive until 1965 (thanks Colin). This may have been produced in March of 1961. International Harvester released their own 40+-page review of the Scout vs. the Jeep a month later. Coincidence?
I scooped this brochure off of eBay. Not the back page the brochure shows the “World’s Most Convertible Vehicles”, yet one of the two DJ-3As pictured has a top. Instead, why not include a DJ-5 or 6?
What I want to know is, if you parked a Jeep and a Scout in an open field which one would collapse into a pile of rust the fastest?
Such a cool find, i guess the same debates went on then as they do now. My scout buddies will love this.
My first vehicle when I was 16 back in ’84, was 1976 4 cylinder International Scout. Spent a lot on repairs, but had a lot of fun with it! Fond memories…like the ones I am now creating with a Willys.
Dave, your comment about not including a DJ5 or DJ6, in a 1961 brochure, the DJ5 or 6 were not in production until 1965. Just sayin’
In Kansas we use to pit scouts versus flat fender CJ’s at tractor pulls and compete in pulling sleds. My friends CJ3A out pulled the scout on the sled even though it was lighter. However, on one pull, with the Jeep hooked to the Scout, his front driveshaft twisted off and went across the arena. This friend was a Scout Dealer. He was a crazy man in a Jeep.
In 75 when a senior in high school I had my 59 cj3b and a buddy got a scout. It was a nice jeep but was nothing special. My Willy’s could and did go every three. It was cooler than a scout. He later got an fj 40 and that jeep was bad.
Colin … this is why it takes a village, because I say stupid stuff at times, too 🙂
Years ago I had a 70 scout, my dad had a 48 lefty, I made the mistake of telling him I could out pull his jeep. We hooked them up and he put me in my place.
Not stupid Dave, just too many things churning around in your mind!
I believe IH produced the same type of brochure against the Jeep.
Jim,
I’ll keep a lookout for that!
– Dave