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  • From all of us at Scout Motors, welcome to the Scout Community! We created this community to provide Scout vehicle owners, enthusiasts, and curiosity seekers with a place to engage in discussion, suggestions, stories, and connections. Supportive communities are sometimes hard to find, but we're determined to turn this into one.

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    Comment by 'ScoutScribe' in item '1977 Scout SSII'

    Nice to see faithful restorations!
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    How much?

    Old Scouts were born with rust so it's a factory color ( : < )
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    1967 Scout, retired Post Office truck

    The USPS Scouts were a breed of their own, with special serial numbers and equipment not available in regular production Scouts. Was it an automatic? I ask because there were a few postal contract Scouts with manual transmissions to cope with hills and such. An even smaller number had four-wheel...
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    Comment by 'ScoutScribe' in item 'Lilly'

    If you post or PM the VIN, or better yet, since you have it, the Line Setting Ticket (LST, AKA Build sheet), I can tell you the model year and a whole lot more. The second page of the LST has the date it was actually built (Roll Test and Final Inspection). If it has a V8, that option became...
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    Comment by 'ScoutScribe' in item 'Bell Telephone Scout 80'

    Very nice! Thanks for posting. By the hubcaps, it looks like it was a 4x2. Do you remember the color? I always wonder if vehicles in these old pics have survived.
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    Comment by 'ScoutScribe' in item '1970 SR-2'

    Lonchair- I didn't have it on my list but have added it. If it was built without a back seat, that would be the only one I know about because a rear seat was part of the SR-2 package. It would be theoretically possible to delete the rear seat and that would show on the LST. If it does, I would...
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    Comment by 'ScoutScribe' in item '1970 SR-2'

    Hi Toad- And another Goldie has emerged from the mist! I think the VIN you listed has a typo. Should be six numbers and the "H" you have listed is incorrect and is probably a '4'. Except for one prototype, no producion SR-2s were built with soft tops. The LST will answer all the original parts...
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    Landshark the 1966 sportop

    A trail driven, trail-modded Sportop is certainly not a common sight. Much less one with teeth! What sort of mods have been done? Some of those pics look a little "Moab-ey."
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    Comment by 'ScoutScribe' in item 'Winnie the Scout 80 (Australia)'

    I would greatly appreciate a picture of the data plate of your Scout. I have a couple of Australian serial numbers archived and seeing yours would give me some extra context. Australia used a different serial number convention than the USA, starting with "SC" rather than "FC" and their own...
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    1961 Scout 80 - RestoMod

    Thanks. Looks pretty clean. Take that as a compliment from the King of the "Purist Adam-Henrys." I might not call out a hit on you after all for sullying an early Scout 80 (he said in jest!).
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    1961 Scout 80 - RestoMod

    Could you include a pic of the engine? Been wondering how a 4.3L fit in there. It's a "Just Right" choice IMO for a Scout 80 in terms of size, weight and output. Did you also update the gearbox?
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    Comment by 'ScoutScribe' in item '1970 SR-2'

    One of less than 500 built. I nicknamed the Burnished Gold 'Goldies'. We know there were 1,975 total SR-2s built (according to a product planning document) but we don't have a breakdown of Red vs Gold. The original intent was for up to about 2,500 total (if enough orders came), 2,000 to be Red...
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    1964 Scout 80 EV conversion

    Reminds me of Rod Wilde's Lectro-Rover. The Lectro-Scout. I like it! Good work!
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    Comment by 'ScoutScribe' in item '1969 Scout 800 Aristocrat'

    Yes, that is original. It's a special promotional model, the Aristocrat, built in 1969. Around 2500 produced from March 1, 1969 through August 15, 1969. Was used as the "vehicle" to launch the new Power-Thrift 6 (AMC 232 ci inline six) and the Borg Warner 11 (T-39) automatic transmission. First...
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    MY LINE TICKET

    SOBER (Howard Sober Trucking... still in business) was the trucking company that hauled the Scout from the factory to the dealer. This is a Custom trim level 800A, hence the 'DOLL-UP" notation and 16023.9617 code. A top line build! The 729PL paint is the Plum Metallic.. a very unusual color...
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