I'll post some pics, but I think I've decided against this particular Scout. Talking to the "owner" left some question marks on its origins and future problems with any title discussions.
A oklahoma Scout club member posted on another forum about this and stated that the owner claimed his father bought in 74. During my conversations the guy said it was 84 (nothing by itself, but added on to other questions and it is something else to consider). I asked him about the interior paneling that goes in the rear and he said they were cracked and unusable. The club member said that they were lost making that the second discrepancy. I pressed further and said that even if they were damaged it would be nice to have for potential repairs (plastic welding or something like that) to which he then said they were destroyed in a fire when his Dad's barn was hit by lightning (say what??). I found that weird, but played it off and continued to look at the car. As I was looking at the car I brought up the issue of the title and that if I was to buy it I would need for the title to get resolved. He asked why, and I brought up the state's dmv site which says oklahoma requires a title for vehicle purchases. He claims he didn't know that, but he would have to get with his Dad on that. I asked if he would give me his Dad's name as the dmv wouldn't even talk to me if I didn't have the current owner's name. He then told me his fathers name, but proceeded to offer three different spelling as he didn't know. He then asked his wife, who was inside the house which they don't own but are moving out of due to black mold before the bank repossesses it (another odd thing), and she identified the correct spelling. I then clarified and asked, "this is your father, right" to which he said yes. How does a son not know how to spell his fathers name???
As I mentioned before, this is my first refurb so I'm being extra cautious. As I was looking at the car there was rust and a lot of it. They had "fixed" the rust the floor pans (front and back) by welding a new piece of metal over the existing floor. The new 'floor" is really rusted so who knows what the original floor looks like. Like I said above, they didn't have any of the interior pieces that made the sportop unique nor the rear tire mount (not a big deal). As I was talking to the owner he revealed that he had put 33" tires on it over a decade ago, but the car wouldn't go faster than 45 mph. He admitted to ramping it up and once accidently ramping it up in 2 wheel low and then shifted into high while it was running. He said he was disgusted with the car after that and never drove it again. Removed the 33" and put on the tires currently shown.
Another thing I found interesting was the fly wheel being completely exposed. Being exposed it was completely rusted as well. I inquired about that and he said it had always been like that.
