1978 Super Scout Build

[Super Scout]

Alot of you guys have already seen the thing, here is the story of how it came to be. After having a daily driver scout my buddy and I decided we wanted to build a trail scout. The plan was SOA, 35s and that was about it lol. Didnt have alot of money but my cousin told me about a guy gettin rid of 3 scouts for free so we dragged em home.

This is the Scout the day we brought it home :



The body was absolutley shot so we took care of the important stuff first, lifting it. This is before we changed the steering lol.







Than on to the body work we grabbed quarters off another scout I had only problem was it was the shorter one so we needed another 18 inches, lol.

Donor Scout:



In place:



Painting it Gray





All done painted Gray and 35s:








And now its Lime Green lol:

[RalphDogg]

i love the green way more than the gray paint. it was bad ass to see it on the trail sunday.

[Super Scout]

I saw Ridgerunner updated his so I figured I would as well.

I have been lazy but in the last few months or so I have added: Front and rear lockers, power steering cooler, upgraded wiring, and new gas tank and skid plate.

Hopefully this winter ill get some more parts together and the Scout will become fuel injected, as well as some maintenance issues that are popping up will be taken care of.

[zak77cj7]

Sweet work!
what fuel injection kit are you going with? kit or new FI motor?

[Super Scout]

I bought a used Projection Kit I hope it works out lol.

[limegreentj]

......logs.....

[Super Scout]

There are no logs in this thread

[pghchamp]

^ why is this in every topic

[Doty152]

Let me know if interested, PM or email me back.

I am sure that Moon can help you out somehow regarding a manual for Combat Mission.

For a spammer, he fits in here, throwing every thread off topic and making no sense at all

[Sloth_Fratelli]

apparently he sells shoes...

[Super Scout]

Its only fitting that a thread I start about scouts gets derailed because of a spammer.

[ridgerunner97]

How bout you update this with some pics and useless bullshit haha You've done a good bit of wheeling and some shit to it since November of last year!

[Super Scout]

FAWK I havent scene the damn thing since August

[Super Scout]

Well I figure ill start updating this thread I have been fairly busy...
First I finally got my bumpers, they are good to go and look good.
Bracket for the front bumper:

Bumper pre powder coating:

Rear:

[Super Scout]

I plan on wheeling it with no top this year so I had some cage work done. More pics to come but here are some.



Smooshed it into my garage so I have been getting some stuff done....more to come.

[joshs1ofakindxj]

Can you change it to a darker shade of green?

Bumpers look sweet BTW

[Super Scout]

Welp did some more work to it. The floors where getting pretty awful so I ripped out the interior expecting the worse. Luckily they where not too bad.
Here is the floors stripped. I had to scoop mud out with a putty knife, the stuff was everywhere.


I coated everything that had rusted with 2 part PPG epoxy mastic. Stuff is pretty tough.


Than I coated it all with Rustoleum truck coat, hopefully this will keep the rust monster at bay for a few more years.

[Super Scout]

Another upgrade that needed done was getting rid of that damn liftgate. If any of you had wheeled with me you probably remember the lift gate flying open during the worst possible time. I lost more damn tools that way. Anyway I tried like hell to get the gate to stay shut but it was pointess. So I swapped it out to a tailgate instead. Big improvement, plus it had to be done if I planned on wheeling with no top.

[98_XJ]

Nice rig man, I've always wanted to get a scout as a project.

[Deadman 94 xj]

Freakin love it! I can't wait to see this thing on the trail without a top.

Steve, do you remember how many gallons of the green you used to spray it? I'm just trying to get an idea.

[Super Scout]

I used less than one gallon. Maybe half I have it in the basement i'll have to look. I used Sherwin Williams Sher khem, it covered really really well.

[Deadman 94 xj]

Cool, thanks. I'm gona have a few questions for you if you don't mind. I'll text ya though.

[Mykal]

WooHoo!

[ridgerunner97]

Stopped by to check this thing out today, the tailgate is a killer improvement and the thing looks menacing with no top and just a cage pokin out. Gonna be a good summer of wheelin!

[Deadman 94 xj]

Updates?