# Ever have a car/motorcycle you wish you had back? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-car-motorcycle-you-wish-you-had-back/842202 "2019-10-23T22:41:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-car-motorcycle-you-wish-you-had-back/842202/20 "2019-10-24T04:59:45Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I had a 1979 International Harvester Scout The first car I actually owned was a 1979 IH scout II Traveler. It had a longer wheelbase than the Scout. I worked on a farm when I was 14 to “earn” it. It had a blown motor and no interior carpeting–just bare metal. My dad and I barely made it the few hundred miles from the farm back home, this after finding a motor to replace the bad one. We rebuilt that motor and then it blew up before I turned 16 and we had to replace it again. Nothing ever worked right and the doors and window seals leaked, which in western oregon is a Bad Thing. We finally sold it and bought the above-noted VW before I turned 16, so I don’t consider it my first vehicle. I think an original Scout (not the II), restored with a manual transmission would be fun to own. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-car-motorcycle-you-wish-you-had-back/842202)._