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  1. TaconicBear

    Daily Driver Comforts

    Interesting how these items which I would have considered extreme luxuries when I bought my first Scout in '64 have become very desirable "must haves" as I advance into my 80s.
  2. TaconicBear

    It's the Scouts who answer the call...

    If I may quote: Chrysler is currently owned by Stellantis, a multinational automaker. Stellantis also distributes Dodge, Jeep, and Ram-branded automobiles. In 2021 Italian American automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the French automaker PSA Group (Peugeot Société Anonyme) merged into...
  3. TaconicBear

    Top Five Accessories For The New Scout

    Tomorrow's weather forecast reminds me: 1. Snowplow - The Scouts of the first 10 years were fantastic snow plows. Small, agile, and the best plow trucks many of us ever owned. 2. Winch mount points both front and rear. 3. Tow hooks or loops or adequate attachment points for rescue, both front...
  4. TaconicBear

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

    The key word here is «run», the key issue stated many times in these fora is when some essential element decides not to run when the vehicle is in some remote unserved location.
  5. TaconicBear

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

    I recognize that this may be the way of the future, but it sure flies in the face of the legacy of the Scout and earlier statements about honouring that legacy with low priced, rugged, vehicles that would fill the utilitarian niche and be adaptable to serious off-road (off grid, off net) use...
  6. TaconicBear

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

    That's what they said about the big plastic wheel well liners .... until we took one down and found all the caked silt above it.
  7. TaconicBear

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

    should be ≠ are \\ Much depends on designers/programmers' aptitude/eptitude.
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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
  18. 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...
  19. 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...
  20. 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...
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