OREGONIA, Ohio — It might look like a hunk of junk to most people. But to Katherine Luker and her father Walter, they see potential.
“This is a 1972, although my dad says it’s a 71 this is a 72 International Scout II,” Katherine said.
- A father and daughter are working to restore a 1971 International Scout II
- The car has been in the family for decades, but it has spent the last 30 years rusting away in the woods
- The project will take up to three years to complete, but it’s something they look forward to accomplishing together
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And like many cars, this one has its own story.
“It was rolled in the Xenia tornado, so it’s been through a lot, as you can tell,” she said. “It’s been sitting in these fields for 30 years— longer than I’ve been alive.”
And rehabbing it won’t be easy.
"It’s got more holes in the floor than it has floorboards,” Katherine said.
But something about the car called to Katherine.
“Kinda makes me sad, whenever you see, you drive past a house, and you see these beautiful vehicles, and what could be a beautiful vehicle,” she said. “You drive past and you kind of see it wasting away. And I have one at my family’s farm and it’s the same thing, and I have an opportunity to do something beautiful with it.”
Katherine was furloughed from her job due to the pandemic, so she has been spending her free time assessing what needs to be done to the car.
And luckily she’s not walking into this project alone. Her father Walter, a Retired Senior Master Sergeant U.S.A.F. Security Forces, has restored several of these vehicles throughout his life.
“I see a piece of American history,” he said. “America and a lot of us have got in the habit that everything is throw-away. When you strip off the rust and you strip off all the bad, you’ve got a solid frame, you’ve got a good power plant and stuff like that to work with. It’s just like anything else. It’s easily rebuildable if you’re willing to put the time and effort into it.”
So where do you start?
“So the starting point will be, we’re going to remove the hood the grill, both doors and the tailgate,” Walter said. “Those are the only pieces that are really worth anything.”
From bumper to bumper, rehabbing the Scout they nicknamed ‘Mowgli’ could cost up to $12,000. And when it’s all finished, they say it will be worth $60-80,000. But Walter said the most valuable part of the project is getting the chance to grow closer to Katherine.
“I deployed a couple times when I was in the military, so I did miss out on a lot of family events. This is an opportunity for us to turn wrenches and do something from start to finish, completely when I can actually be present. It means a lot to me personally.”
They said the project could take up to three years to finish. But it’s something they’re looking forward to working on — together.
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