1979 Scout II -- Colorado

[dlrecord]

sold**1979 Scout II for sale. $2800**sold

Rebult 304 stock/non-emissions
727 torqueflite 3 speed
B&M deep pan trans cover
remote trans cooler
Dana 20 t-case
Dana 44 front and rear
alcan 4" hd springs (stock springs to accompany)
Bilstein 5100 series shocks (x4)
IH Parts America 5" hd shackles/u-bolts/front spring plates
4* metal spring shims
stainless steel brake lines for 4" lift (front and rear)
d&c signature front winch bumper
d&c signature rear tire carrier bumper
d&c signature rock sliders (not installed)
19 gallon poly fuel tank/new lines front to back w/new fuel pump
borgenson steering joint (top and bottom)
new remanned steering box
Holley 7448 350 cfm carb
new brakes front and rear
new tie rod end on driver side
flamethrower coil and pertronix ignitor
currently sitting on 31"s

also have to go along:

aftermarket metal body mount wedges (l & r)
driver side floor pan
driver side out rocker
bucket seat bases
full hard top with sliding windows and tractractor hydrolic lift struts

 

[ihpartsjeff]

How come you're selling?

 

[dlrecord]

Jeff,

wife, baby, zero time; at least at this point I am not seeing myself heading out for a good day of wheeling or back road mountain cruising...I have deep reservations becuase I have been working on this Scout for three years and it is finally ready to get out and enjoy but I am not sure it will be me who can enjoy it.

It looks like I'm going to keep it anyway since no one is expressed interest and I already have the price set pretty low, least compared to the money I have put into it...but that is the Scout curse that I love so much. Maybe I will eventual buy that alum intake and multiport fuel injection set up from you!

in the meantime, I have some time set aside today to work some more on the carb based on michael's latest post. Hopefully I can get that finally adjusted correctly and get rid of the tip in stumble.

-dan

 

[Michael Mayben]

Project creep/trickledown dan! But it's very good therapy!

The family always is first, projects are just that...fun stuff to do and not life itself! Once they become not fun, then they need to go on the back burner until you need more therapy!

And with tha new kiddo, I know you are thinking you will never have any manfun again for awhile...but in time you will (about 6 months away)! All my kids learned to wheel inna land rover series iia (daughter came home from the horspital in it!) and froze in it in the winter...but they lived to wheel/git stuck, the rougher the better! And goin' ta town for snowcones with the lid off in the summer was a real high point in their growin' years!

Remember...these rigs are growing exponentially in value as more and more posers and yuppies find out about 'em, won't be long before they'll be tradin' in the same dollar class as early Bronco and that will take most of us out of the game (except Jeff and the bros'!!!). If ya simply parked it "correctly" outta the weather for a couplea years at this point, all your investment up to this point will have payback. But then, we don't do projects for financial gain...we do 'em for therapy!