Happy Anniversary y'all! And thanks again to the photographer for the amazing photos.Officially Happy Anniversary to that guy I’m married to who took all these amazing pictures.
Happy Anniversary y'all! And thanks again to the photographer for the amazing photos.Officially Happy Anniversary to that guy I’m married to who took all these amazing pictures.
Congratulations on your anniversary. I hear he was looking for a new camera. I bet your happy he's not asking for one of these.Morning! Happy Monday! Officially Happy Anniversary to that guy I’m married to who took all these amazing pictures.
These next two are closeups of the door handle. I really like the detail and that they aren’t just flat. That little row of indents at the top gives it more visual interest.
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It will be interesting to see how this may change, if any, considering now we know it will be a fully mechanical mechanism.Morning! Happy Monday! Officially Happy Anniversary to that guy I’m married to who took all these amazing pictures.
These next two are closeups of the door handle. I really like the detail and that they aren’t just flat. That little row of indents at the top gives it more visual interest.
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I had that question as well.It will be interesting to see how this may change, if any, considering now we know it will be a fully mechanical mechanism.
Thanks for the great Baja Terra photos taken at nats.A couple more. View attachment 7500View attachment 7501
That’s a good question.Wonder if the roof rack was a 3-d printed project or legit made with a nice texture
That would be cool!Those are cool. Does he use old Scout sheet metal to make these?
Let me take a stab at this... First of all, the Scout SSII came with a soft top and door inserts to allow for easy "top down" conversion. On the hard top Scouts like mine, the top was removable, but not necessarily built with the intent to make this an easy conversion. First the interior side panels have to be removed to access the bolts on the side. I added a roll bar to my Scout making the removal of the interior panels even more of a challenge. The side bolts are in a tight spot making the very difficult to remove. For example, if you attempt to remove with a ratcheted box end wrench, the bolt would top out on the curve of the hard top. Usually, I just use a standard box end and work each bolt 1/2 turn at a time. The bolts across the windshield are easier to access. So after getting all the hardware off, you have a heavy lunk of metal to lift off. Not easy for a single person. I rigged a lifting system in my basement garage to assist with this. Now after all of this, I typically just leave it off. I once had a full coverage soft top that I purchased through JC Whitney (showing my age) that I wish I never sold. I now have a bimini (or bikini) top that I use for those blistering hot summer days. So I hope this is answering your question. I believe the conversion from top to topless leads many owners to leave it one way or the other. This is just from my experience with my Scout. I am not real familiar with the Jeep tops but I am guessing they are no way similar.Do these all have tops like a Jeep you can put on or are they topless all the time?
Thank you for that detailed explanation. Now I understand why when it’s off it doesn’t look like it will just go back on, that’s what was confusing me. Yes Wranglers are very different. I have never taken the top off mine, but there’s no interior panels to remove or anything like that. It’s easy access to the bolts you need to remove and I would imagine since they are smaller the top wouldn’t be as heavy.Let me take a stab at this... First of all, the Scout SSII came with a soft top and door inserts to allow for easy "top down" conversion. On the hard top Scouts like mine, the top was removable, but not necessarily built with the intent to make this an easy conversion. First the interior side panels have to be removed to access the bolts on the side. I added a roll bar to my Scout making the removal of the interior panels even more of a challenge. The side bolts are in a tight spot making the very difficult to remove. For example, if you attempt to remove with a ratcheted box end wrench, the bolt would top out on the curve of the hard top. Usually, I just use a standard box end and work each bolt 1/2 turn at a time. The bolts across the windshield are easier to access. So after getting all the hardware off, you have a heavy lunk of metal to lift off. Not easy for a single person. I rigged a lifting system in my basement garage to assist with this. Now after all of this, I typically just leave it off. I once had a full coverage soft top that I purchased through JC Whitney (showing my age) that I wish I never sold. I now have a bimini (or bikini) top that I use for those blistering hot summer days. So I hope this is answering your question. I believe the conversion from top to topless leads many owners to leave it one way or the other. This is just from my experience with my Scout. I am not real familiar with the Jeep tops but I am guessing they are no way similar.
Also, if you can imagine, the sheet metal in those days was much thicker than on vehicles today. If you ever get a chance to "knock" on the metal of an old Scout you'll immediately realize the difference (as long as it is not a rust bucket.Thank you for that detailed explanation. Now I understand why when it’s off it doesn’t look like it will just go back on, that’s what was confusing me. Yes Wranglers are very different. I have never taken the top off mine, but there’s no interior panels to remove or anything like that. It’s easy access to the bolts you need to remove and I would imagine since they are smaller the top wouldn’t be as heavy.
Nice pic. Did they show any outlets, fake or real in the frunk?I know earlier in this thread we discussed the cup holders in the frunk. He got a pretty good picture of them.View attachment 7574
When I talked to the gentleman who owned the last Scout he made sure to open and close the door for me so I could hear how solid they are.Also, if you can imagine, the sheet metal in those days was much thicker than on vehicles today. If you ever get a chance to "knock" on the metal of an old Scout you'll immediately realize the difference (as long as it is not a rust bucket.).
I know he has a bunch more frunk pictures. I’ll get those up in the next day or so.Nice pic. Did they show any outlets, fake or real in the frunk?