1963 Scout 80 resto-mod

[bk2life]

welded the two pieces, and taped it some what in place.
its a bit shadowy where the vehicle is sitting, so ill get a few different pics more around lunch time.

[bk2life]

OK so still taped in place, and have spent a few hours walking by the scout today while working on other jobs.

I like it. Eventually, maybe, i might add some on to the ends to wrap it around the corners a bit. Probably cut the ends off a 68/0 camaro bumper and weld them to this one to give me the material to work with and should be pretty easy.

But for now, I'll keep it the way it is, and make some bumper mounts.

I might, might tackle one door jamb and see if I can get one modified for the upcoming show.

The vehicle isn't pretty right now, and needs gobs of work, but I'd really like to get it to this particular show and see some reactions on it.
It's a local show, and nothing spectacular, just want some friends who don't know anything about it to see what has been going on.

Also, i think I'm going to make the tailgate open like a car door instead of drop down like normal.

[bk2life]

Was able to get a few hours on the rear suspension.
Got the 4-link all tacked in place.
I lifted it 8 inches and had 2 degrees of movement on the pinion, which is more than fine, as ride height will be about 3 inches off the ground.
Started looking at cross bracing, fuel cell and the other final components that need to go back there -such as air tanks and compressors.

Need to make the mid and front body/core support mounts and then remove the body for final fit and welding.

I think the last thing I'm going to tackle before the show is the gauges in the dash and steering.

I'm not stressed, but I'm trying to get it to the show as a motivator. If people, see it now it'll get me going to push harder.
I have already 'failed' as it's not running and driving, but that is how life goes.

I ran the upper bars on the outside of the frame rails to not have them visible once the inner sheet metal work is done. I wanted to keep a non-cluttered section visible. I think I'm going to run the spintech mufflers as well, as I like their square small boxy appearance, and they have such a unique sound to them.

-oh and windshield wasn’t done. Maybe today I’ll get it back…

[bk2life]

laid out some 3 inch tubing to visualize and exhaust system

[bk2life]

Today was able to get some more work done on the chassis, exhaust system and motor/trans mounts.



Chassis is 80% complete now. I still need to make some cross bracing and a mid body mounts, but I'm getting there slowly.



Going to try hard to make my goal and hit the show this coming saturday..

[bk2life]

Windshield, tinted for the car show...

?Maybe a one-off, not sure how many scouts have such a custom window/window frame out there.

[syborg tt]

Nice progress

[bk2life]

Im tryin, Im tryin...

my plan is to get it as much tacked together as possible so i can winch it up the trailer and get it to the show.

It's a project, and Im tryin to get it to a point to where people see and understand what I'm doing.

Plus not many people know I'm building this, so It'll be a fun debut...

[bk2life]

I didnt like the original Scout firewall, so I cut it out and replaced it with a new one..lol

I put on some heads and an old intake I used for displays, and almost done 'under hood' as far as the car show goes.

Tomorrow, mount steering column and hook it up to the gear box, front bumper mounts along with front body mounts.

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Got the front bumper somewhat mounted. I got a few real good ideas on how i will be permanently attaching it after the show. But for now it won’t fall off and I can get some good eyes on to see where I need to adjust it. Not trying to be perfect, but, wanting to make it look like it is supposed to be there.

I think this is the 1st Scout with a car type bumper, and I want people who see it to not know that. Unless youre a scout fan, you probably wouldn’t know anyways.

Started workin on the steering column mounts. The lower is done, just need to fab up a column drop for the upper.

also started the dash panel. im going to not use the stock scout panel and just start fresh with a piece of sheet metal as it will save time of me trying to weld up all those spots for no real reason. Also, I might mount the gauges in the middle of the dash.

I had an old GM truck billet grill laying around so I butchered it to fit, not sure how I feel about it yet, but, we will see.

I think I'm not posting any more pictures until after the show. Sort of want a bit of a surprise for y'all..

-james