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63 Scout 80 "Clifford"

1963 Scout 80. All stock, self restored, many lessons learned.
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1963 Scout 80. All stock, self restored, many lessons learned.

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This is a 1963 Scout 80, and originally came with a half cab which I still have. It has the stock 152 engine but I have upgraded to a Weber carburetor, disc brakes and a dual master cylinder. All work was done by me except for the upholstery. It is a fun weekend cruiser. I found this in Arizona when I was going to college in 1985 I bought it in 2013.

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Tuff66
Looks great, @Rich McArdle!

Curious about your disc brake upgrade - did you use a kit or build your own? I need to do that on my #tuff66 this summer.
 
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Colton_Scout80 said:
Sick Scout! Is this the one you are brining to Fourtilfour this saturday?
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Yes, i met you there. This the one that scout motors put next to the Terra. There were certainly legacy scouts restored nicer than mine but mine being 100 percent stock must have been the look they wanted.
 
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Tuff66 said:
Looks great, @Rich McArdle!

Curious about your disc brake upgrade - did you use a kit or build your own? I need to do that on my #tuff66 this summer.
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The master cylinder is a dual, I bought it off of Amazon it is a doorman M39502 , I think that's for a 76 CJ5, I did not do power brakes. The disc brakes were a kit, they came off of another Scout build, I bought the axles from another 64 Scout 80. There are lots of opinions and ideas on what to do on binder planet, Gary Billings has some good articles on this conversion on what to do yourself. I have another one to do on my 65 and due to the cost of shipping of heavy parts I think I may just buy the brackets from eBay for the lilies disc brake conversion they're about 175 bucks and piece together the rest from my local auto parts store so I don't have to pay shipping. Or go through Amazon, the brackets use standard Chevrolet disc brake pads, I think my rotors are from a CJ5. Go out and read the forums if you have more money than time buy the kit you'll be happy. People that are building wheelers are not going to put 700 bucks into a Dana 27 or a Dana 30, they're going to look for a Dana 44 with disc brakes on them already, the serious wheelers are not using Dana 44s anymore so there's deals out there
 
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Rich McArdle said:
The master cylinder is a dual, I bought it off of Amazon it is a doorman M39502 , I think that's for a 76 CJ5, I did not do power brakes. The disc brakes were a kit, they came off of another Scout build, I bought the axles from another 64 Scout 80. There are lots of opinions and ideas on what to do on binder planet, Gary Billings has some good articles on this conversion on what to do yourself. I have another one to do on my 65 and due to the cost of shipping of heavy parts I think I may just buy the brackets from eBay for the lilies disc brake conversion they're about 175 bucks and piece together the rest from my local auto parts store so I don't have to pay shipping. Or go through Amazon, the brackets use standard Chevrolet disc brake pads, I think my rotors are from a CJ5. Go out and read the forums if you have more money than time buy the kit you'll be happy. People that are building wheelers are not going to put 700 bucks into a Dana 27 or a Dana 30, they're going to look for a Dana 44 with disc brakes on them already, the serious wheelers are not using Dana 44s anymore so there's deals out there
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