The BLUE Scout 800
This is a 1966 Scout 800. My dad spoted this one in the wood.
After getting permission
from the land's owner we brought this beauty home. The best part
is: IT WAS FREE!!
It doesn't have a motor, transmission or transfer case. However
it does have seats that we can
use and look at the neat tire carrier.
If you cant tell from the pictures this think is pretty tired,
it had 83,900 miles no floor boards
and the doors dont close. Actually there isnt much left of it
now cause my Dad took the body
off so we could use is for parts.
The Blue/Green/Red Scout 800
This is a 1967 Scout 800. It has a v-266 motor, 3 speed trans,
Dana 27A axle in the front and a Dana 44 axle in the rear. The motor
runs great but as you can see the body is in rough shape. This Scout
was found by my Dad in an old man's back yard. We ended up paying
$150 for this beast, but i think that it is worth $150 just for the v-266.
This is hopefully going to be the next project. My Dad wants to make
it into a mud machine/plow truck. We'll see. We definitely do next
something to replace the other scout as the plow vehicle around here.
The only set back to this truck is that the right rear hub has no studs.
This is do to the fact that someone came along before us and bought the
rear brake drum. In the process of getting it off thie managed to
beat all the studs and to ruin the threads. Oh well.
The main reason that my dad bought this machine was so that we could
use the seats that were in it. There as in near new condition, much
better than that ones from the above Scout.
NEXT:
1972 Scout II:
This is another one of those free scouts. This one came from my
neighbor. He had been using it to plow his driveway but when he couldn't
get it started one winter he replaced it with a GMC JIMMY!! Anyway, This
scout is a very interesting case. As it is possible to see from the
pictures, it has a half cab. This is no ordinary half cab.
It is infact the front half of the standard travel top welded to the lift
gate section of the back of the top. Very interesting. Also, probably
do to extensive rust, one of the previous owners cut the body in half,
and welded the bed from an old Ford of something, so that it would be a
pickup. If you could see the back you would realize that someone
used this beast to pull stumps, because the rear bumper is all bent.
This Scout has a 304 V-8, automatic transmission, Dana 20 transfer case,
Dana 27A in the front and a 44 in the rear. It is really pretty
useless do to the fact that the brakes dont work and the pinion in the
front axles is striped. However is does run pretty well and it does
drive.
The FUN never ends.