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Photo left is from Palm B each Post Times, Sunday July 24
th
1966.
Text reads; Sporty Load—This load of “Model A" car s manufactured
in West Palm Beach are shown moving out toward their destination-
Cleveland-for distribution. The cars are produced by Glassic Inc. 1110
Carmichael Rd. The bodies are red or black fibre glass mounted to
close tolerances on an International Scout chassis. Jack Faircloth is
owner of the firm here producing the cars. Photo top right;
(from Glassic Annex) is Jack & Joel Faircloth
Abercrombie & Fitch founded in 1892 the original firm being noted for
expensive firearms, hunting and fishing gear,whose motto was “something for
the man who has everything" marketed a “Aberc rombie Runabout" in their mail
order catalogue which in fact were Glassics,(IH Scouts) a number of them were
four wheel drives.
Chet Atkins has his Glass ic Roadster on more than one
album cover!
US Vice President Hurbert Humphrey, with wife Muriel,
Below, is VIN 102
look happy with the grandk ids in their Glassic,VIN 159
Very rare, pickup. Playboy Sept. 1970 review.
Left VIN 185
1967 Is stated
as having been
bought brand
new from a
IH Scout
dealership.
Right VIN 342
Is Mercer University mascot car maintained by the Sc hool of Engineering.
Engine rebuilt July 2011 and like many these days, sporting different paint work.
The Glassics continued the IH Scout concept of being easy to individualise by the owners relatively inexpensively.
This is a condensed précis of the first generation of Glassics, primarily the IH Scout with fibre glass body that had the colour
pigment within the gel-coat, with International Harvester red & black colours featured prominently. Joel Faircloth says there were
four generations that each incorporated major changes. Fourth generation the majority of components were Ford, pigment in
gel-coat was grey undercoat and spray on colour was varied.
The Faircloth`s sold the manufacturing, but not the factory to holding company Parker-West who ran Glassics 1972-1975 then
filed for bankruptcy. The Faircloth`s had initially disassociated themselves from Parker-West but now decided to restart the
business.The liquidator sold the moulds privately and so when Joel Faircloth started production again as Replicar he had to
remake a number of moulds and so there are styling changes. It is not known if the buyer of the original moulds used them.
Ford were holding engines calibrated for the Glassics that had not been delivered to Parker-West and offered them cheap to
Joel Faircloth, so the fourth generation were powered by Ford engines and then also Ford suspension and drive trains.
22-10-11 Seven IH Scout Glassics for sale $8000./$9995 (US) for IH enthusiasts wishing to import an unusual Scout.
