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  1. TaconicBear

    No Spare Tire on Tailgate!

    That multi-fold tailgate that GMC offers might be useful depending on your specific use of the truck, particularly the steps since the bed is so far off the ground. I know several owners who decided against it largely because tailgates seem to get hit/crashed/dented more often than other parts...
  2. TaconicBear

    What do you love or hate about other off-road vehicles

    Back to the original question. I'm thinking about my '65 and '66 Scouts 80/800 vs. my Toyota products. First, the Scouts had all the well documented "built-in" rust generators: door drains that didn't drain, salt and dirt collector spaces around gas tanks, water drains directed at doubled...
  3. TaconicBear

    What kind of tech do you expect enabled in the car or interface?

    EXACTLY, WHAT YOU SAID!!!! IN ADDITION, take a serious look at visibility for those switches. Down on the dash by my knees isn't a good place -- too far from the line of sight on the road and bifocals don't focus that far away -- plus it takes your body out of driving position. Similarly...
  4. TaconicBear

    Wifes Car ?

    One of the ways to get to celebrate a 59th wedding anniversary is by sharing interests and sharing decision making. My wife had a Scout 80 as her daily driver for most of 12 years before we mothballed it to wait for rejuvenation and restoration (it's out and running again). We still have four...
  5. TaconicBear

    No Spare Tire on Tailgate!

    Yes, whether these or other places. The designers need to keep options open to maximize storage space. Typically Americans carry too much junk with them in their cars, but those who will use the SM Scouts as real work, camping, or other off-road purposes will be happy with all the storage they...
  6. TaconicBear

    Daily Driver Comforts

    I hadn't thought of heated footwells, but my experience having a garage with radiant heat in the concrete floor says radiant heat just might work... it's not fast, though. I do have the continuing concern that the EV Scout (like so many North American vehicles) will be designed by people living...
  7. TaconicBear

    Scout Color Poll #1

    In the 70s racing stripes, wood panel decals, rallye treatments, and all sorts of colourful blotches decorated many Scouts == the more DOLL-UP it was the more paint got covered by stick-on vinyl colour. In the late 60s the DOLL-UP treatments for 800s were mostly product-model identifiers, and...
  8. TaconicBear

    Not another electric dragster

    I gather that the 0-60 bit is just a general benefit of the EV platform -- no drivetrain, direct to wheel motors, etc. I agree, SM should emphasize other features. For me the "every-so-often" task is to flat-tow one or two my legacy Scouts somewhere or back home; local shows often need this...
  9. TaconicBear

    New England Region

    And after you ID yourself here, be sure to joint the facebook group Scout New England. That's where we communicate and share events to meet up at. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1142660729583906 I'm not far from Bennington VT, or Pittsfield, MA. Hemmings still runs summer evening shows in...
  10. TaconicBear

    Welcome and Introductions!

    It would be well to get some experience with the legacy Scouts. There is clubs that covers your area. There's an excellent dealer restorer in Harrisonburg. Mile Moore will put you in touch with the local owners. https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=scoutco%20llc
  11. TaconicBear

    American Made

    I support your wish for totally American made. But I'll be happy if it is close to the goal. Right now the USA does not hold the top seat in all the necessary minerals and technologies. And we all know that some raw materials and companies making parts are stretched to their limits. So Scout...
  12. TaconicBear

    The Road to Scout Production - All the latest updates in one place...

    That Ford GT wasn't on the transport when it picked up the Scout, but a not inexpensive Audi R8 GT was. The Ford GT was the next to be picked up. The driver said it was special and worth over $1m, if I understood him correctly. (Google says $1.7m each for a production of 67.) Kinda made...
  13. TaconicBear

    The Road to Scout Production - All the latest updates in one place...

    Next time y'all meet I'd appreciate you throwing this question to the assembled masses. The Legacy Scouts, particularly the "underpowered" 80s and 800s were known as some of the best snow plow machines you could have. Narrow tires to dig deep, low power so they didn't spin, torque to push big...
  14. TaconicBear

    Daily Driver Comforts

    Oh please, we are here trying to bring back a vehicle with the essence of the Scout. Scout Motors promised to hit a low price point with a practical car/truck. I have been driving 70 years without 16 cameras showing me everything within 10 feet. Somehow I have managed to park without watching...
  15. TaconicBear

    So what does everyone think of the first new Scout designs...

    No but I believe there is a real difference - despite the advertizing. The Tundra has the "off road package" and a "crawl mode" which does fit it better for construction sites and mountain forest roads, etc. But certainly not the kind of "off-road" Jeff Ismail does with his vehicles. It all...
  16. TaconicBear

    What kind of tech do you expect enabled in the car or interface?

    I have several of those lights scattered around the front compartment of my '23 Tundra, I agree the design is such that you hardly notice them. But there is no way short of electrical tape to turn them off. There are times, limited but real, when I really need to sit in total darkness in a...
  17. TaconicBear

    So what does everyone think of the first new Scout designs...

    I fear you R1TVT and prattm1964 are all too correct. But if you are building a vehicle specifically sold for off-roading shouldn't there be concessions from the nanny state like a kill switch on the air bags (maybe it would come back on at >10mph). And other accommodations to the use? I expect...
  18. TaconicBear

    Auto-dimming Headlights

    Auto-dimming headlights have been around so long now that we all just expect them to work. On some vehicles, however, they also dim when slowing below 20mph or going around a tight curve. That perhaps is fine in urban situations, for us rural dwellers with long steep curvy driveways it's a...
  19. TaconicBear

    Green Spaghetti & Ham

    As the owner of several Scout 80s I cry out that the wiring be multicoloured and easily traceable. Scout people like to add to their vehicles, many addons are electrical, we need to be able to find an appropriate hot wire in the closest harness. Colour coding is a start, even better is wire...
  20. TaconicBear

    Accessories / Aftermarket

    I really like that moveable winch idea. To be useful, though in off-road situations, it would have to be very openly accessible.
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