I actually paid money for this?

Floors all welded in of course still a lot of little things to clean and tidy up but I considered this a milestone new floor welded.jpg Took a break to from welding to test fit the new seats way more comfy than the old bench seatView attachment 28855 Alright time for my stupid question for whoever is watching id like to put a swing out tire carrier on this thing and just happen to have one off a 90's Bronco but ive noticed nobody mounts em on the taillight panel and wondering why this is, is it just to weak? This Scout had the brackets on it from what looked like a factory tire carrier when I got it and I'm only running 31 in tires May upgrade to 33's in the future definitely no bigger, I'm by no means gonna be doing any crazy offroading , will I be alright mounting to the taillight panel or should I come up with a way to tie it into the bumper, thanksView attachment 28856
 
Looking good! I'll take a stab at your swing out question. End caps on the Scout are weak when compared to the fs Bronco, which doesn't have end caps. On the Bronco, the rear qp doesn't end in a straight line like the Scout. Its all the same piece that wraps around. Plus, there is an inner qp reenforcing plate. There's more structural integrity that way. Back in the day, my Dad had a nice '80 Bronco that was sporting 33 x 12.50's with a spare on the factory swing out. Those were big tires in the 80's! He never experienced any issues from the swing away carrier while he had it, but I've read on fs Bronco forums where some owners have seen damage over time, especially if the carrier swings out too far. The sii swing out is alright for stock size tires, but you start throwing more weight on there, eventually the end cap will begin to pull away from the qp on that side.
 
Lets see whats gonna be my excuse I had another kid last summer, I got a promotion at work (more money always seems to mean more work), the motor in my 73 pickup died which turned into a huge drivetrain makeover, and the never ending home improvement projects, basically the Scout got shoved out back and put on hold even robbed a few parts off it for other shit, but with warmer weather around the corner I ordered some new quarter panels and rolled her back in after a nice long break from this thing hopefully soon will be able to start showing some progress again
 
Thanks for checking in. Post up when you get started again, I need the inspiration. I'm too old to use the new kid excuse, but work and commute, crap house that needs everything, keeping the fleet of junk road worthy are my excuses!
 
Getting the new quarter panel lined up had to replace the top rail where the top bolts to along with the inner wheel well also build my storage box but didn't get a picture of it
 

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