I have had several Originals, 80's and 800's over the years. Loved them all, but they had their limitations...vacuum wipers, fuel tanks rust out, clutch was kind of weak, broke 2 differential carriers in the rear axles, and the heater is the biggest joke I ever saw!
All that said, I find myself wanting another one bad! If I had my pick, it'd be an 800, with the 196 4 banger. I had one of these that would get an honest 18mpg, if you drove it nice.
I remember one Christmas, cold as a bankers heart out, and my Scout (a 1966 80) was all that would start. I had 2 boat tanks in the back, for fuel tanks, since I was fabricating new ones for it, and the passenger seat was upholstered with Golden Harvest seed sacks and baler twine. I picked up a hitchhiker just east of Tecumseh, NE, going to the same town I was.
He hopped in and looked around, and said "Man...I think you are worse off than I am!"
I get a good laugh out of that every time I think of it!
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