Welcome and Introductions!

[LastDayScout]

Nice! I moved here 11 years ago from Oklahoma. We lived on Isle of Palms for the first ten years and just recently moved to Mount Pleasant. Can’t wait to cruise from King Street to the beaches to some trails around Awendaw with ya!

I live downtown, work in the Ravenel area.

 

[Atticus Finch]

Hi everyone, and welcome to the Scout Community forum!

My name is Jamie (Jamie@ScoutMotors), and with my cohort Chris (Chris@ScoutMotors), we will be your central "tour guides," so to speak, here in the forums. We will do our best to answer your questions, help with any forum issues you might have, and generally try and keep things moving along and share Scout news when we can. We couldn't be more excited about the return of Scout and hope you are as well.

About myself - I've been a lifelong car enthusiast and have owned various brands and types. I've also modified many cars along the way and love to tinker and explore. I started the VW enthusiast website, VWvortex back in the day, and it became one of the biggest automotive forums in the world, so I've had a lot of experience running forums like this one. At VWVortex, we built and restored numerous cars, from some beautiful Volkswagen Mk2 GTIs to a 500hp "Super" Beetle converted to AWD that won awards at the SEMA show. All of it was shared with our readers in detail in our forums and on our website, and I think you will see similar things here at the Scout forums in the future.

Growing up, one of my uncles had a Scout 800a with a V8 that he was "restoring" for many years. Not a ton of progress was made outside of basic (and non-basic!) maintenance, but I remember spending a lot of time in the garage with a beverage or two discussing the potential. It was great fun to tool around in, and we'd often take it into town to run errands where numerous people would stop to ask questions and share their Scout stories.

I've been an avid outdoors person most of my life and have spent time overlanding, back country hiking for days, off-roading everything from mud bogs down south to Hells Revenge to Imogene Pass to Black Bear Pass. I have also helped wrench numerous Jeep, Toyota, Nissan and Ford off-road projects, so I have some background that lends itself well to being involved in Scout.

You rarely get a chance to be involved in the start of a car company, let alone one with the history that Scout has. I am as excited as you to see what the team puts together and can tell you that everyone behind the scenes is incredibly passionate about this undertaking. The new Scout can't be everything to everyone, but the team here is trying hard to tick all the boxes that make a Scout a Scout.

So welcome to the forum, and please take a moment to introduce yourself, tell us any Scout stories you may have, and join us on this ride as we work to bring the Scout back to America.

See you in the forums!

- Jamie

Small world uncle Russel had the same his resto was a daily driver but I remember changing and repairing my first tire on a scout and replacing my first rocker arms. I still remember the hard work it took a couple of pre teen boy to manually remove the tire from the rim, repair the tire on the inside and get the tire back on the rim.

I also remember cruising around after that in the yellow scout with the southwest seat covers.
What a sweet ride!

 

[cyure]

Small world uncle Russel had the same his resto was a daily driver but I remember changing and repairing my first tire on a scout and replacing my first rocker arms. I still remember the hard work it took a couple of pre teen boy to manually remove the tire from the rim, repair the tire on the inside and get the tire back on the rim.

I also remember cruising around after that in the yellow scout with the southwest seat covers.
What a sweet ride!

Welcome to the community!

 

[J Alynn]

Small world uncle Russel had the same his resto was a daily driver but I remember changing and repairing my first tire on a scout and replacing my first rocker arms. I still remember the hard work it took a couple of pre teen boy to manually remove the tire from the rim, repair the tire on the inside and get the tire back on the rim.

I also remember cruising around after that in the yellow scout with the southwest seat covers.
What a sweet ride!

Welcome to the forum. Jump on in and enjoy the ride (like a clown car )

 

[N Wilson]

Small world uncle Russel had the same his resto was a daily driver but I remember changing and repairing my first tire on a scout and replacing my first rocker arms. I still remember the hard work it took a couple of pre teen boy to manually remove the tire from the rim, repair the tire on the inside and get the tire back on the rim.

I also remember cruising around after that in the yellow scout with the southwest seat covers.
What a sweet ride!

Welcome!

 

[THil08]

Hello! I’m Jamie in Northern Virginia and just put a deposit down on a Scout Terra. Really looking forward to this truck, it’s my belated Army retirement gift to myself. Can’t wait for them to go into production, I’m looking forward to perusing the forums!

Imposter Jamie? @Jamie@ScoutMotors is this you?

I’m only kidding. Welcome to the community it’s a wild world here.

 

[THil08]

Small world uncle Russel had the same his resto was a daily driver but I remember changing and repairing my first tire on a scout and replacing my first rocker arms. I still remember the hard work it took a couple of pre teen boy to manually remove the tire from the rim, repair the tire on the inside and get the tire back on the rim.

I also remember cruising around after that in the yellow scout with the southwest seat covers.
What a sweet ride!

Welcome

 

[bwdavis7]

Just reserved my Traveler Harvester and couldn’t be more excited!!! I have fond memories of my dad driving his Scout when he worked in the oil fields when I was a kid, when I saw the Scout was coming back I was instantly nostalgic. I live in Charleston, SC, so I also love the fact that it’ll be built locally. I’m hoping the price point will remain where it’s at, if it’s keeps creeping up that’ll be come an issue for me.

Nice! I moved here 11 years ago from Oklahoma. We lived on Isle of Palms for the first ten years and just recently moved to Mount Pleasant. Can’t wait to cruise from King Street to the beaches to some trails around Awendaw with ya!

Welcome HuddyBuddy! I was born in Charleston and lived in upstate SC most of my 67 years. I'm also excited that Scout Motors picked South Carolina. I wish our legislators were backing Scout Motors and the consumers rather than letting the dealerships fill their campaign pocket$. There is so much potential for SC to gain from DTC sales when considering folks may want to explore the SC coast and SC mountains after taking their Scout delivery.

 

[bwdavis7]

but I remember changing and repairing my first tire on a scout

That just reminded me...didn't the Scout 800 have some reverse threaded lugs? @cyure is that maybe something documented in the Scout Encyclopedia ? What I recall is when helping my dad change tires on his Scout, you had to remember which side had reverse threaded lugs.

 

[LastDayScout]

That just reminded me...didn't the Scout 800 have some reverse threaded lugs? @cyure is that maybe something documented in the Scout Encyclopedia ? What I recall is when helping my dad change tires on his Scout, you had to remember which side had reverse threaded lugs.

Interesting. I don’t have any hands on experience with the early Scouts. What an odd quirk.

 

[cyure]

That just reminded me...didn't the Scout 800 have some reverse threaded lugs? @cyure is that maybe something documented in the Scout Encyclopedia ? What I recall is when helping my dad change tires on his Scout, you had to remember which side had reverse threaded lugs.

Oh I’ll have to see if I can find anything about that. That would be an odd thing go have to remember.

 

[bwdavis7]

Oh I’ll have to see if I can find anything about that. That would be an odd thing go have to remember.

I didn't find it in the Scout Encyclopedia but did find it on BinderPlanet Forums and also mentioned on Scoutparts.com. I am guessing that there was a theory that the lug nuts on the drivers side would self loosen due to the direction of rotation on that side of the vehicle. I just did a quick search and it appears that was quite common to have left handed threads on lugs on the drivers side. It's funny that my brain had that stored away for decades and the mention of changing tires by Atticus Finch triggered that trivial memory.

 

[cyure]

I didn't find it in the Scout Encyclopedia but did find it on BinderPlanet Forums and also mentioned on Scoutparts.com. I am guessing that there was a theory that the lug nuts on the drivers side would self loosen due to the direction of rotation on that side of the vehicle. I just did a quick search and it appears that was quite common to have left handed threads on lugs on the drivers side. It's funny that my brain had that stored away for decades and the mention of changing tires by Atticus Finch triggered that trivial memory.

Thanks for figuring that out. I have never heard of that before.

 

[N Wilson]

If memory serves correctly some Mopars from that era had reverse threaded lugs.

 

[dreamweaver]

If memory serves correctly some Mopars from that era had reverse threaded lugs.

I think they finally realised this was not necessary in late 69 early 70s and stopped this.

 

[N Wilson]

I think they finally realised this was not necessary in late 69 early 70s and stopped this.

That sounds right. I know they stopped doing at some point, and that time frame is what I had in my head as well.

 

[Electro21]

Now-give us your favorite nickname because unfortunately there can be only one Jamie (like the Highlander). @Jamie@ScoutMotors is the bomb-diggity and the source-the end all be all for this forum. You can certainly keep your name as you are Electro21 but couldn’t help myself.

You can call me whatever! My birth name is James, but I have always gone by Jamie. I think my parents wanted a daughter.

 

[N Wilson]

You can call me whatever! My birth name is James, but I have always gone by Jamie. I think my parents wanted a daughter.

Welcome Jamie!

 

[Jamie@ScoutMotors]

There is always room for more Jamie’s. Welcome to the Scout Community.

 

[bwdavis7]

You can call me whatever! My birth name is James, but I have always gone by Jamie. I think my parents wanted a daughter.

Welcome Jamie!