I actually paid money for this?

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Been lurking around for a long time figured it was time to join I'll warn you I'm not to computer savvy but have had a love for these old IH's since I was a kid riding around with my grandpa in his old farm truck, ive got a big project taking up what little time money and shop space I got right now but couldn't turn this new (to me) Scout down

 

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Alright so its a 74 with a 345 (so I was told haven't verified yet) 4 speed disc brake Dana 30 up front 44 out back 3.73 geared and a SOA lift with a very scary looking homemade z bar that has got to go,so far just swapped out the carb for a known good Holley I had and got it running properly and replaced the top and tailgate with ones outta my parts pile the po apparently had a hell of night he can't remember and woke up parked in the middle of some trees

 

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Well spent a lot of time stripping out the old suspension and axles the SOA lift that was done on it was very scary so before I really drove it I wanted it to be safe ill try to post up some pictures soon

 

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Here it is after taking some measurements and getting ready to tear her down

 

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Now I know I know its just a Dana 30 but I still took the time to do a cut and turn on this thing making due with what I got till I pull the Chevy 44 out of another rig to put under it planning to throw in a reverse shackle at that point also

 

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That big green ugly thing is my beast thatll be giving up its Chevy Dana 44 and replaced with a GM kingpin 60 ive been hoarding

 

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Ok so at this point I had the suspention where I wanted it put in a new steering pump and drove it to work for a few days but a valueable lesson I learned from my very first Scout was that go figure these things are rusty! Guess I thought it would fix itself so I just ignored the issue and drove the tires off it till it literally folded in half, so not wanting to make the same mistake twice I wasted no time on this new turd to tear out the seat and floor mat and see what I could do, I was alittle shocked at a po fix for the lack of body mounts gotta hand it to him though it was alittle







Creative mixture of styrofoam, chucks of wood and electrical conduit all held together with screws baling wire and bathroom chaulking topped off with bed liner for a classy finish

 

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So I put in new body bushing wherever there was still a body mount left to do so then went to town with a cutting disc starting on the drivers side getting it all cut out and coming up with a plan to rebuild it with some stronger stuff from my local steel yard nothing that hasn't been done already a dozen times and covered in great detail on this site but ill still try to throw some pictures up along the way maybe somebody will find it useful

 

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Had my day off so got some more work done on the Scout I set a goal that I wanted to get the drivers side body mounts and structure all put back together so five hours and not sure how many beers later I did just that

 

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I made a new rocker outta 3x3 tubing if I had to do it again I woulda used some thicker steel but still twice as thick as original and plenty strong its hard to see in this picture but I replaced the center shelf mount with a piece of 1.5x 3 inch tubing as well it ties in nicely between the new rocker and back dogleg this was the best solution I could come up with sense there was nothing left of the original to salvage

 

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Front floor mount in place not sure if it really needs it but I'm gonna add a gusset to the rocker just for a bit more strength

 

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And there you have all tacked together didn't wanna finish weld everything till I gave the door a try and as luck would have it with only minor adjusting door fit great next week ill burn this all in for good still gotta cut some pieces and rebuild the area behind the lower quarter panel and the lower kick panel but not sure if ill do that or get the passenger side in check first

 

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Had another night off so I tackled the passenger side same as the drivers gotta order up some diamond plate from the steel yard and hopefully get the front floors all buttoned up next week, the po must of got a really good deal on a case of expanding foam

 

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If anybody happens to have a pair of salvageable quarter panels or a factory roll bar they wouldn't mind parting with I'm in the market for em thanks

 

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So ive been trying to put an update after every weekend on the Scout to keep my motivating going on it last weekend it was pouring rain here and with the Scout sitting outside I just wasn't up to it but I did get some work done on another IH getting its new motor and tranny mounts all fabed up and dropped in been thinking bout starting a separate build thread for this one if anybody is interested its not a Scout but still a pretty damn cool IH if I do say so myself 1950 l110 ive chopped it down to a shortbed and converted her to 4x4 and then now dropped a dreaded ch##y motor and overdrive trans still has a long long way to go but heres the old girl[/attach]

 

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Yes please do start a new thread for your '50 IH pickup.

 

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I would love to see a thread on you '50. That is one cool ride.

 

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Got some more work done on the Scout front floors are in still got alittle more welding and grinding to do but its mostly done also swapped around some sheet metal outta the parts stash definitely alot more ugly now but no rust and only acouple dings on this front clip[/attach][/attach]

 

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Then comes the next part pulled the rear floormat and big shocker rust next weekend ill start cutting all this out and attack it with some diamond plate[/attach]