73 beast

[Scooter]

looking good scooter

Thank you. May not be as clean of a build as yours. I'm just addressing the most obviouse issues. At some point I will start another build thread for my 72 Scout II. And I will try and be more detail oreanted with the rest of that build.

would that happen to be a 9/16 ratcheting wrench

Nope 16mm. You missing it? I don't need it. I just thought it was kinda funny seeing the cut up oil bottle, the oil filler breather and that wratcheting wrench hiding in that pocket. If I have time, I May try and pull off the other fender to see what's hiding behind door number 2 - lol

 

[IHRunner]

Took my front fenders off and all I found was leaves and a nickel. You got a way cooler find

 

[Scooter]

took my front fenders off and all I found was leaves and a nickel. You got a way cooler find

Well the presents left behind were just on the driverside. Last Saturday, I ended up pulling off the passenger side fender and it was prety much stuffed full of leaves and packed with dirt. When I was cleaning up the forest off the floor, found some old crusty points. Once I cleaned up the inner area, I came across what I figured would be there. The a-piller on passneger side, is all rotted out and needs attention. Just like the driver side

 

[IHRunner]

Found half of mine. Ended up welding in a little patch

 

[Scooter]

wow. Has it been that long since I did any updates on this beast?

Sigh. Anyways, I finally had a brief break and decided to start doing something about the piss poorly designed roll cage that came already installed in it when I got the beast. I had pulled the cage out way back when I was fixing/replacing part of the floor, which I still have a couple cancer spots that needs attention.

In the mean time, this is the cage that I have to start with:

All out of 1-3/4" tube. And after cutting it up into sections it looks to be either crew or hrew material. Not so bad, but after my barrel roll in the 74 Scout, I prefer dom. After further inspection today of measuring the thickness of several pieces from this cage, it's way too thin for my taste, at .090. I am of the mind set that .120 wall would be the bare minimum thickness in the tube for the cage. Unless it was chromoly tube. Now with this minor set back of hopes of salvaging the front hoop around the windshield frame, I have decided to replace the whole thing, starting from scratch of building a full cage out of all new dom tube. My plan is to use 1-3/4 x .120 wall, which I just received 5 sticks at 18 feet each last month. Once I'm done with the cage I will be able to replace the e-brake handle(that was butchered up from a po who had the old cage built) and will also have easy access to the glove box with out having to modify it.

More to come in the in next few weeks when I get to bending and fabbing.

 

[Thunder Scout]

Great lookin work!

 

[Scooter]

great lookin work!

Thank you. I have been hoping to have more progress accomplished by now. But as with anything in life, other things sorta got in the way.

Although, for the last several months, I have been purchasing and collected parts for this rig, for when I actually get back to working on it. Hopefully, with in the next couple weeks I will have time to actually work on my own Scout. The cage that I pulled out and cut up will be completely replaced. The one in previous post is too thin, at .090 wall, for my taste.

More to follow in the near future

 

[vancetater]

Yes .095 wall is much to thin for a cage the po said he pain 900 dollars for that thing.

 

[vancetater]

Yes .095 wall is much to thin for a cage. The po said he paid 900 dollars for that thing.

 

[Scooter]

yes .095 wall is much to thin for a cage. The po said he paid 900 dollars for that thing.

that much for that pos cage? Guy got had. Who ever made the cage pocketed a crap load of cash for the build. My first thought was to only use the top half of the front a-piller hoop, untill I realized how thin the tube was. So the whole cage is getten scrapped and I will start fresh with some 1-3/4" dom .120 wall. I already have a few plans drawn up here on the puter to choose from. It will be a couple weeks before I will have time to actually start bending and fabing the new cage.

 

[DocBon]

Lookin good scooter! This is the treatment my 74 will get for now. The 72 will be a for.

 

[Scooter]

Finally getting back to working on my own rig for a change. Had to spend a couple days to refresh myself of where I had left off. Realized that I had gutted the entire old wire harness mainly due to typical electrical issues. Along with pulling out the piss poorly made roll cage that was fabed out of 1-3/4 x .090 wall hrew tubing. Too thin for my taste. My plan now is to build a new cage completely from scratch out of some 1-3/4 x .120 dom. But before I get to both the cage and a complete re-wire, I need to replace the rear floor board that has a gapping hole right above the gas tank. Even with duct tape covering the hole, gas and exhaust fumes still came through into the cab. With a combination of a spot weld cutter and plasma cutter, I started cutting the bed floor out. Tank has been completely empty for the last 6 months, and I haven't been using my plasma cutter enough to worry too much about working around the tank. I mostly have been using my spot weld cutter at this point. Next weekend, my plan is to pick up some flat sheet metal to lay in place. I'm considering 1/8" material, maybe 3/32" or 7/64". Not too sure yet. Hopefully, if things stay on track, I will be bending up some tube for the cage in the next two or three weeks

 

[Scooter]

Well, turns out I needed to drop the tank any ways. I forgot that the tank straps attach to part of the floor board towards the center of the bed. And to my surprise, I actually had fuel in the tank lucky sob that I am, since I ended up draining out about 10 gallons of fuel. Cut out most of the rear floor once the tank and fuel was completely out of the way.

Also, since I've had to go this far, I will go a step further during the build and actually install this 33 gallon tank that I picked up a few years back.

More to follow next week

 

[Scooter]

Spent a good portion of today fitting up the 30+ gallon fuel tank into the empty hole left behind from the old 19 gallon tank. Since I didn't have 3" wide x 1/4" thick flat bar, I ended up cutting a strip off some plate that I have laying around. Drilled 3 holes into the flat bar to hold the welded in bolts for the tabs off the tank. Got the 3" bar tacked into place and tomorrow, I will drop the tank so I can burn in 100% the bar in place.

The tank itself seems to fit nicely. Doesn't drop down too much below the frame.

 

[Tahoedonner]

Hmmmmmmmm, so at 4mpg and 33 gal tank it would only cost about $120 to make the trip there and back to the all American truck show and you'd still have gas left over. Sounds like a win win.

 

[Scooter]

hmmmmmmmm, so at 4mpg and 33 gal tank it would only cost about $120 to make the trip there and back to the all American truck show and you'd still have gas left over. Sounds like a win win.

That's funny. Actually, with the stock 19 gallon tank, the mpg didn't seem too bad when I drove it home from santa cruz when I purchased this beast. Still had about a half a tank left when I got home. Speedometer wasn't working and the fuel gauge is sketchy at best. Which all will be taken into consideration when I get ready to start piecing everything back together.

Bent up the b-pillar hoop last weekend, along with some other miscellaneous work. I'm in the middle of making up a shopping list for steel material to go pickup. So the progress maybe a little more slower than I like. But when money gets kinda funny, not much one can do, but to do things one step at a time.

 

[Scooter]

Finally started fitting up the new sheet metal for the rear floor. Doing it in three sections, making it much easier for me, myself, and I to man handle the parts by myself. Plus, I didn't want the sides to collapse when I cut the last part of the old floor out, under the rear bench seat. I first tried using 14 gauge, but it seemed just a tad too thin for my taste. The piece at the tailgate above the tank seemed to flex under my own weight. I ended up going 11 gauge. Almost twice as thick as the 14 gauge.

Hopefully today, I will have the rest of the old floor cut out with the new piece installed. Then I will permanently burn in most of the floor into place. I will also need to drill a hole through the new floor for the rear seat belt, along with the 6 holes for the mounting of the rear bench seat. I'll post up more once I get a chance.

 

[IHRunner]

Holy cripes. Least you know that baby wont ever rust out again. Looking good scooter. To bad you wont be at rmihr to wheel with your toys

 

[Scooter]

holy cripes. Least you know that baby wont ever rust out again. Looking good scooter. To bad you wont be at rmihr to wheel with your toys

Thanks. It's work in progress.

yea, I'm missing a lot of good trail runs. But as we all know, money gets a little funny when it comes to acquiring parts needed for our projects. Speaking of which, I just picked up a couple parts this last week, from our friends up at IHPA, that I will post up soon enough. Mostly, I'm trying to get most of the major work done first

 

[Scooter]

Out with the old, in with the new. Finally cut out the rest of the old floor where the rear bench sit goes and cut a new piece and welded it in place. Go me some cleaning up to do. I haven't welded the rear most new piece, by the tailgate above the gas tank, in place yet. There is a method to my madness which will be revealed at a later date. I still need to drill one hole in the new floor for mounting the seat belts for rear passenger/s. Along with the drilling 6 more holes for mounting the rear bench seat.

Now just maybe, I can actually start building my new roll cage. I already bent up the b-pillar hoop and made up a pair of plate brackets for the a-pillar hoop for around the windshield, along with some other cage mounting feet brackets. Currently still in fab mode, but I'll post up more at a later date.