International Harvester Scout Specialists
Fixing your "it ran when it was parked" problems.
Proving your Scout isn't done yet. Restoration, repair, and revival for the trucks that built the West.
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Proving your Scout isn't done yet. Restoration, repair, and revival for the trucks that built the West.
There's something about a Scout that other trucks don't have. Maybe it's the bones — square, honest, overbuilt. Maybe it's the history. Or maybe it's the way one parked in a barn for thirty years still has more soul than anything rolling off a lot today.
High Desert Scouts is a small shop with a singular focus: bringing International Harvester Scouts back to the road and beyond. We restore, repair, and revive — whether your Scout needs a careful nut-and-bolt resurrection or just a few honest hours under the hood.
Every truck that leaves our shop is one we'd be proud to own ourselves.
From a stuck thermostat to a full ground-up restoration, every project gets the same level of care. Here's how we can help.
Nut-and-bolt rebuilds. Bodywork, drivetrain, interior, electrical — taken apart, made right, and put back together to outlast the next fifty years.
The "it ran when it was parked" cure. Engines, transmissions, brakes, cooling, fuel systems. We get tired Scouts back on the road and keep them there.
Resto-mod work that keeps the soul of a classic Scout with the reliability of a modern drivetrain. Fuel injection, suspension, comfort upgrades — your call.
They don't build them like this anymore. We make sure the ones they did keep running.
Shirts, hats, hard-to-find Scout parts, and the occasional restored truck. Buy direct from the shop.
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Whether it's a quick question, a quote, or a full project — drop a line. We answer every message ourselves, usually within a day or two.