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Confession

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Well guys I went to the dark side today....I bought a scout, and not even a scout with a 401. Do I need to pray to the AMC gods for forgiveness?Image

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No you do not. ;)

Nice truck. I love the Scout's. When I dropped off my Jeep for some work there was a 'travelall' that was in very nice shape waiting for some work as well.
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If things had worked out differently I almost had a Traveler!

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Only reason I have a Wag is that the Scouts are two door.

I hate the Travelers, though. You couldn't give me one.
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At least it has round headlights.
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I don't think thats the "dark side". Now if you bought a bagged square body chevy on 22's, we may have to consider removing you from the forum :P

The scouts are good rigs that are getting really hard to find parts for.
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Since we're iin a confessing mood, I picked up a new daily driver yesterday.
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derf wrote:Since we're iin a confessing mood, I picked up a new daily driver yesterday.

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On a side note, the seats are completely shot in this thing. Since a lot of you have taken seats from newer vehicles, anyone tried using the heated seats from a modern car? I know they make universal kits, but Im too lazy and cheap for that. I was thinking more along the lines of buying them from a upull and using a universal toggle switch.
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derf wrote:Since we're iin a confessing mood, I picked up a new daily driver yesterday.

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I despise Subaru's CVTs, but should be a good all weather daily driver for you.
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I abhor cvts in general, but I flog every car I drive everywhere I go. If you drive like an adult it should be a nice car.
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I've had a '73 ScoutII and a '70 800. I like the 80/800's better than the ScoutIIs. However, in my Scout I replaced the 304 with a Chrysler 360 with Challenger headers bolted to a TF727. I would love to have a Travel-All pickup truck conversion... With a diesel
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So I was looking at the wiring on my scout last night ti figure out what I needed to do to make it run and found some fun wiring.

The power cable going to the coil, is attached to the #1 cylinder spark plug cable via a clamp, and half the wires are exposed.

So, what's everyone's opinion. Should I go wire by wire and replace them to fix the horrid mess in it now, or just use it as an excuse to pick up an LS?

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Regardless of the engine, sounds like you have to fix the wiring. And it will be way cheaper to just getting running for now, swap an engine later.
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Nice Scout. And I know how you feel. I bought a 75 K20 yesterday. Except I have to pray to the Kaiser gods. They are less forgiving than the AMC gods.
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I owned a Scout II and would love another. They're almost like a FSJ to me. Another independent.
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Come get it lol

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OMG, IH has the worst wiring. My '73 had all Green wires w/o numbers. I replaced the inside harness with one from a junk yard because it was so bad and only got worse as I worked on it.

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OMG, IH has the worst wiring. My '73 had all Green wires w/o numbers. I replaced the inside harness with one from a junk yard because it was so bad and only got worse as I worked on it.
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rocklaurence wrote:OMG, IH has the worst wiring. My '73 had all Green wires w/o numbers. I replaced the inside harness with one from a junk yard because it was so bad and only got worse as I worked on it.
They did that because green wires do a better job of spreading the rust around the body. Image

I dig scouts though. My dad used to sell IH back in the 60s. He had a story of going on a test drive with a customer in an 800. Guy lost control and it rolled down the mountain, somewhere in New York.

One of my friends stays on a property around here that is a massive storage yard for old cars. It has THE largest collection of IH pickups I've ever seen! Not sure who owns them but he has a goodmine. There is even a crew cab!
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