Okay, I know this is a double post from the BB, but I want to make sure that everyone who needs to see this does. This letter was posted to the IHC Digest by John Glancy, the owner of Super Scout Specialists. Apparently some foreign auto manufacturer is trying to take the Scout name, in order to market a foreign SUV type of vehicle. Please don't flood John with requests for information, because due to legal restrictions he can't tell the anyone too much yet, but if your group is on this list, or you belong to a Scout enthusiast group that needs to be on it, please help him out with the information he needs.

Originally posted by John Glancy on the IHC Digest
Yes, a major auto manufacturer is challenging the for use of our beloved Scout name. We have International Truck & Engine Corp's law dept is behind us, but since they are not really in the "Scout" business any longer (Sold to SLL in 1991) they do not have all the data needed to fight this, especially if we go to court. The burden falls on SLL to provide the necessary data. Right now we are in the talking stages with this company, but require quite a bit of pulmonary info. This info may persuade them to drop this challenge. SLL is working diligently on parts sales stats per state, IH/Scout Show participation & attendance etc.etc. There is one area of data that we have had a little trouble getting responses, & this is from all the Clubs. We have emailed all the clubs for membership numbers & states represented. The following a list of clubs that we still need information from:

The Binder Bulletin (Worldwide)
Membership:
Website: www.binderbulletin.org

SSII Registry
Membership:
Website: http://www.ihssii.org/

OldIHC Trucks (Worldwide)
Membership:
Website: www.oldihc.org

Binder Bunch Club of Denver
Membership:
Website: http://www.phantomworks.com/binderbunch/index.html

Just Internationals - Eastern WA/OR/ID
Membership:
Website: http://www.justinternationals.org/

Just Scout'n Around - KS
Membership: ?
Website: http://www.justscoutnaround.org/home.htm

MidWest Binder Club - MI, IL, IN
Membership:
Website:

North Texas Binders
Membership:
Website: http://www.northtexasbinders.com/

Northwest Binders - OR, WA, ID.
Membership:
Website: http://www.nwbinders.net/

Rocky Mountain Binders
Membership:
Website: http://www.dandcextreme.com/club/

Scout Owners of Texas
Membership:
Website:http://users.argolink.net/scoutownersoftexas/

Scout'n About
Membership:
Website: http://members.aol.com/slarsonih/club.htm

Scouts West - California
Membership:
Website: http://www.scoutswest.com/

Sierra Scouts - Northern California
Membership:
Website: http://www.sierrascouts.com/

Southern Scouts - North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennesee, Virginia,
Florida, Georgia
Membership:
Website: http://www.southern-scouts.org/

The Binder bunch
Membership:
Website: http://www.off-road.com/~jweed/binder.htm

Internationl Scout & Trucks of Oregon
Membership:
Website: http://members.aol.com/sboliek/wwscout.htm

Old Dominion Binders Association - VA
Membership:
Website:

Southwest Scouts OK/TX
Membership:
Website:

ScouTenn TN
Membership:
Website:

CAL IH (Southern California)
Membership:
Website:

Scout Owners of New Mexico
Membership:
Website:

Northern Scouts MN
Membership:
Website:

Scouts Only IL
Membership:
Website:

Lake Erie IH Scout & Truck Owners
Membership:
Website:

Illinois IH Club
Membership:
Website:

Grass Valley IH Scouts
Membership:
Website:

Texas Binders
Membership:
Website:

East Coast Scout & Light Truck
Membership:
Website:

If you are a member of one or more of the above clubs please try and get the
info for us or encourge the club leadership to contact us with the info.

A couple of groups that we have heard from have volunteered to spearhead an
email & US mail campaign against this company. If it comes to that point & we
believe it might help the cause, we will ask for you to help here also. Stay
tuned........

Clubs we have HAVE recieved the info from:

Scout & Int'l Motor Truck Assocation (Worldwide)
International Harvester Collectors Club (Worldwide)
Bi-State Binders
Deep South Scouts
Triple Diamond Fourwheelers
Sonora Desert Scouts, Inc.

We are sure that we will wins this battle with your help.
Thanks to all IHC Digest members & ALL the other Clubs for supporting the
IH/Scout community.

John Glancy
President,
Scout/Light Line Distributors,Inc


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PS: If anyone is offended by my double-posting here and at the BB, I'll happily delete the thread here, I just want to help out John Glancy and the Scout Light Line folks.

And I hate to see some Korean upstart spoiling the name of our vehicles with some piece of junk.

Guys, I have to say it, but I don't want to.

I'm ~75%ish sure that the newest Scout will be made by KIA!!!




In their wet dreams of course, and over JG's dead and formidable body.

Matt

KIA?!?! KIA?!?! AHHHHHHH......AHHHHHHH....AHHHHHHHHHHH
:Big breath of air : AHHHHHH.....AHHHHHHH....{Twlight Zone music } WTF KIA! My God whats this world comming to...:crybaby2: :crybaby2: :barf: :barf: :crybaby2: i think im sick

KIA = scrap. not scout....they just spelled it wrong.

Originally posted by That Mick
I'm ~75%ish sure that the newest Scout will be made by KIA!!!


Nope ~ thats not it;)

I could live with a Suzuki Scout, but NOT a kia.
I guess kia sounds too much like chia to me! Water it and watch it grow. Hmmm, mabye that's better than watering an IH, and watching it RUST.

Heh, It's late, I mashed my head into the angle iron that holds my garage opener earlier, (headache) getting out of my newly elevated and absurdly tall Scout. Bah, first accident of week! I thought I was gonna skate out without a slag burn, dropped metal on foot, crap in the eye or any other light industrial accident...

I digress.

G-nite.


:eek:

Originally posted by Snoopy


Nope ~ thats not it;)

Ok, so who should I address my letter of complaint to?

NQS

Originally posted by iscout62
I could live with a Suzuki Scout, but NOT a kia.


I'd love to see Suzuki bring out a real 4x4 again (see my petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/SuziTech/) but as someone that loves Scouts too...I hope it isn't Suzuki. I'd rather see a vehicle from Suzuki with a number designation instead of taking the Scout name.

I doubt it is Suzuki anyway...it wouldn't get past Suzuki US HQ in Brea (I'd hope!).

r@m

I doubt it is the "far east".

My bet is the Limeys, or some form of "yugoslavian"......

Well I guess I'll ask the dumb question...

How does that effect me, the little scouter all the way out in TN?

wp

Maybe it's Nissan. With the success of the Xterra, engineering decided to create an Xtraveler but marketing wanted to call it an X800 so they agreed on a Xscout.

I heard of future plans for a full size line too, the Xtravelall.

To tell the truth I don't really care if somebody uses the Scout name. I'll just ignore it like I do all the other imports. :)

I thikn one of the issues, is that it could wind up making things difficult for the light line vendors. (Don't ask me how, I'm not a trademark lawyer, and don't understand these things any better than the next guy.)

And that's one of the reasons it affects us, because they are an extremely important resource to those of us still trying to keep our Scouts alive and on (off too!) the road.

John Glancy isn't asking for help, or asking you to do battle with the "foreign invaders", he is simply trying to get head-counts on as many Scout related organizations (wheeling clubs, etc) that are out there, and representing or using the Scout name.

Sully

Thats kinda what i was thinking about JG getting involved. I don't feel like the average guy(owner) would be affected.


wp

Looks like it's the fucking brits.

http://atlas.binderbulletin.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4082

http://atlas.binderbulletin.org/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=27589

NQS

Too bad that's the "decent" looking one, and not fucking SUV looking piece of trash that they are using the name on.

That thing actually looks like it would be fun to thrash on for a weekend. Or maybe use as a daily driver.

I would like to look at those rims closer...beadlocks with a 5 on something pattern....Hmmmm

Originally posted by Harvester of Sorrow
I would like to look at those rims closer...beadlocks with a 5 on something pattern....Hmmmm

Actually, look more like split rims, no?

r@m