I was just looking through the suggestions and did not see anything for the bed area behind the rear seat for the scout.
I have a buddy who has a new bronco and I was talking with him this weekend about the forum, and how I saw Harris005 had started the debate on a drop-down tailgate or a swing-out tailgate, and I thought that was a really good question. He said he likes his swing-out, but he said scouts were always more of a truck than a bronco was, and that a scout should have a drop-down tailgate like the originals, since they were used like a truck so often.
I emphatically agreed with this. My old 79 scout I used as a truck very often. I would fold the back seat up and tuck it behind the front seats, and have the bed open most of the time. I ripped out the original carpet, and had the back Line-X'd. It was only when 3+ people would ride with me that I would fold the rear seat back down. The back of a scout II was so useful, and could be used like a truck bed so easily. I plan to put animals, camping gear, landscaping equipment, farming equipment, etc. in the back of my future Scout Motors scout, and would like it if it were durable enough to hold up to these conditions.
The new bronco offers the carpet-delete option, which I think is a must for the new scout (not only for the bed but the rest of the interior too). And I hope whatever rubberized material Scout motors chooses to replace the carpet is very durable to a lot of abuse in the bed of the scout. Because I will buy the SUV for the design and it will make me feel like driving my old 79, but I will use it the same as the Scout Motors truck version, with a lot of junk piled in the back of that SUV.
If it is a similar material to current throw-in bed-liners (the rubber ones) across the floor and walls of the bed of the scout, I think that would be more than sufficient. And if the back seats can fold down (flat, without a lip at the bend) making for a larger cargo area in the back, that would be awesome. Maybe take a page from the old Hummer H3 book with the hard-surface material on the back of the rear seats, making them extra durable when they become a part of the bed when folded down.
I have a buddy who has a new bronco and I was talking with him this weekend about the forum, and how I saw Harris005 had started the debate on a drop-down tailgate or a swing-out tailgate, and I thought that was a really good question. He said he likes his swing-out, but he said scouts were always more of a truck than a bronco was, and that a scout should have a drop-down tailgate like the originals, since they were used like a truck so often.
I emphatically agreed with this. My old 79 scout I used as a truck very often. I would fold the back seat up and tuck it behind the front seats, and have the bed open most of the time. I ripped out the original carpet, and had the back Line-X'd. It was only when 3+ people would ride with me that I would fold the rear seat back down. The back of a scout II was so useful, and could be used like a truck bed so easily. I plan to put animals, camping gear, landscaping equipment, farming equipment, etc. in the back of my future Scout Motors scout, and would like it if it were durable enough to hold up to these conditions.
The new bronco offers the carpet-delete option, which I think is a must for the new scout (not only for the bed but the rest of the interior too). And I hope whatever rubberized material Scout motors chooses to replace the carpet is very durable to a lot of abuse in the bed of the scout. Because I will buy the SUV for the design and it will make me feel like driving my old 79, but I will use it the same as the Scout Motors truck version, with a lot of junk piled in the back of that SUV.
If it is a similar material to current throw-in bed-liners (the rubber ones) across the floor and walls of the bed of the scout, I think that would be more than sufficient. And if the back seats can fold down (flat, without a lip at the bend) making for a larger cargo area in the back, that would be awesome. Maybe take a page from the old Hummer H3 book with the hard-surface material on the back of the rear seats, making them extra durable when they become a part of the bed when folded down.
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). But I can see if this would be your only car how this would get frustrating. I think that the reason a lot of us used the bed area on the original scouts is because there was no backseat doors, so getting groceries out of the bed was easier than reaching back into the back seat. With the new backseat doors, groceries and shopping items could easily go in that second row. Or in the frunk, which is an even better option that the jeeps and broncos do not have. I would probably never use the bed area for groceries and shopping when the frunk is available. I think having a drop-down tailgate with a swing-out carrier causes the least issues and solves the most problems, while keeping it classic.
