# International Harvester was very diversified **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250 "2026-02-28T20:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/1 "2026-02-28T20:41:31Z")
I had not previously known that they made kitchen appliances. This ad is from _Life_ magazine, in 1949. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/2/921f3354950295db3d402631d71afd400c60bd87.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/2 "2026-02-28T21:37:17Z")
The fridge in Monica’s apartment on Friends was an IH from around 1950 and still worked. Kept drinks cold for the cast and crew. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/3 "2026-03-01T11:04:46Z")
I bought an I-H chest freezer justlike the one in the ad in the latr 60s and got more than 20 years out of it in my garage. I got rid of it not because it stopped running , but because my 4’ 11” wife was no longer agile to reach the bottom of it. It did quit briefly because the fan quit but a little oil on the fan shaft fixed that. I went to the I-pH dealer to try to get a gasket for the lid and the guy at the counter told me that I-H never made freezers and an old voice from the back room said “Oh yes we did.” ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/4 "2026-03-01T20:19:47Z")
> [@oldtimer-11](#): > > an old voice from the back room said “Oh yes we did.” I had the same situation at my local Harley Davidson Dealership, but not a single one of them, not even the “old hands” knew that Harley Davidson, owned and operated the Holiday Ramble Recreation Vehicle Division from the mid ‘80s until the mid ‘90s. They competed primarily in the mid to premium segment of the recreational vehicle market when the company was sold to Monaco Coach Corporation… ![holiday](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/a/aad6d54225bf7212ebe083233d8868ca82c52c99.jpeg) Gives new meaning to the license plate holder that says, _ **“My other vehicles is also a Harley…”** _ ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/5 "2026-03-02T01:00:56Z")
> [@LoudThunder](#): > > Harley Davidson Dealership, but not a single one of them, not even the “old hands” knew that Harley Davidson, owned and operated the Holiday Ramble Recreation Vehicle Division from the mid ‘80s until the mid ‘90s. And horrors of horrors Harley Davidson also made [Golf Carts](https://www.golfcartgarage.com/blog/harley-davidson-golf-carts-a-quick-history/). ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/6 "2026-03-02T02:08:29Z")
And now you can get a new Scout (in 2027) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/0/4/043967969938bc5379d56ef874ecb68ca9f94af6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/7 "2026-03-02T12:10:39Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > And horrors of horrors Harley Davidson also made [Golf Carts](https://www.golfcartgarage.com/blog/harley-davidson-golf-carts-a-quick-history/). And snowmobiles! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/8 "2026-03-02T12:11:42Z")
Yes, but VW bought the name, and VW makes these EVs. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/9 "2026-03-02T12:27:49Z")
A gal I was dating in the mid 80’s had a Scout. Big and heavy with horrible gas mileage! She wanted better economy and bought a little Rabbit. She gave the Scout to her mother who lived in the NC mountains. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/10 "2026-03-02T13:49:06Z")
Before anyone else mentions it, I am aware that, many years ago, GM made Frigidaire appliances, Ford owned Philco, Nash was the owner of Kelvinator, and Chrysler made Airtemp A/Cs. And, Studebaker was the owner of Gravely–as well as some other companies–so all of the automakers were diversified at one time. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/11 "2026-03-02T14:25:52Z")
> [@glasspilot](#): > > She wanted better economy and bought a little Rabbit Did she get the Diesel Rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/12 "2026-03-02T14:31:46Z")
International Harvester made cars long before Scouts and Travelettes… A 1909 Model A ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/1/e139b74eaaa1aedeb9ca9be31d777a009fbf8e39.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/13 "2026-03-02T14:34:26Z")
> [@glasspilot](#): > > A gal I was dating in the mid 80’s had a Scout. Big and heavy with horrible gas mileage! For its time, the IH Scout wasn’t considered to be a big vehicle. Is it possible that she had an IH Travelall? The Travelall was a **big** vehicle. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/2/7/27a38d1a7ab9f2dac9115dd881f98da275a20ea7.jpeg) This is an IH Scout. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/7/37fba9b2b6a8f9d5631c4f48f4d0ef4992f9650e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/14 "2026-03-02T18:04:14Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > Did she get the Diesel Rabbit. It’s funny you mention that! She had me test drive a D Rabbit. I told her “It can’t get out of it’s own way!” She ended up getting a gas Rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/15 "2026-03-02T19:34:19Z")
They weren’t very fast, but they got 50+mpg ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/16 "2026-03-02T20:02:00Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > They weren’t very fast, That’s putting it mildly. The numbers I have show a ‘79 Rabbit diesel 0-60 in 21.3 seconds (almost the same as the quater mile time, 22.2), the gas version in 11.8. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/17 "2026-03-02T20:05:12Z")
This girl I worked with owned a D Rabbit. We walked out to the parking lot after work one day and it was dark so I really couldn’t tell what car she was driving. When she started it up and got out to brush the snow off I said - _“I sure hope that’s a Diesel engine. If not, it’s got some serious problems.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/international-harvester-was-very-diversified/205250/18 "2026-03-07T13:30:39Z")
True, my Scout was smaller than the K5 Blazers. We did not worry about gas mileage, just if we could get up the next hill. .