I would buy such a truck. Very nice work guys, the attention to detail is simply cosmic. In any case, there will be a person with money who will buy this masterpiece. Bravo!
@@Education-1964 The LS3 crate is about $8000 alone, plus the price of the vehicle, the suspension, the custom dash and electronics, paint, roll cage etc etc. Definitely not worth $275,000 in my opinion but $40,000 wouldn't even get you the base vehicle, most of the ones I have seen are around $50,000 in good condition.
Bwahahaha $275k LS swap not the first to do this in a scout ii. Roll cage ain't nothing fancy. No long travel suspension, not even a 4 link its sitting on leaf springs? Where is the $275k at? Doesn't add up. The scout looks sweet probably drives and handles great but I dont see all that money in it even including labor. Nice work though!
Oof. Man, part of the charm with these old scouts is that beastly little tractor engine that just _refuses_ to stop turning over. These trucks are legendary for having completely rusted out bodies and motors that keep spinning... So I don't know how i feel about that motor getting gutted like that :\
I can understand swapping it out, from my experience, parts can be difficult to find. Not to say I'd do it to my own scout, but it's neat to do your own thing
That old scout was in great shape! Stripped that garage kept beauty.....shame. LS swap the sum bich! Bigger tires to! Blah blah. Took the scout out of the scout. All you have is a scout body on a custom build
They wer÷ fun "a=s to have . My Fathe= worked at the Harvestr at the tim÷ the Scou/s were in production , but he wantedN[THING TO DO WITH THE SCOUT , said its just thrown together.
They'll never sell it for that amount of money it's a glorified Mall crawler I own two scouts the way that one setup can't do any more than a factory Jeep off-road
I had a 69 800 a that was restored ground up and I kept everything stock in the vehicle except electronic ignition was added and a modern wiring harness other than that moves all stock. Had a 304 V8 that we had rebuilt no need to swap engines but if you want a more modern up-to-date engine the ls is the way to go. I had the scout for 13 years and finally sold it and it was a great vehicle it turned a lot of heads although I didn't like people calling it a bronco or a Jeep. Here's my 69 800a ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VMz2yrkydAI.html
The roll cage is NOT a roll cage. It's a support for a rag top. At best. A roll cage is something that looks like it could protect you if the vehicle was doin' over a hunnert mylanire n you was sent tumblin then fell off a cliff onto it. Roll cage is manly. Meat n taters. This vehicle was made in MURCUH. Not france.
Nice work but $300k? Sorry, that is not IH nor Scout anymore. The fun of a restomod classic is taking a vehicle that doesn't cost and arm and a leg and making something new and modern out of it within reasonable means, which for the most part means doing it yourself in your garage over time. Even with the LS swap, that's not a Lambo priced vehicle. If I was going to spend $300k, I'de rather crack open a freshly crated brand new Italian sports car over this. I own a 74" Scout. Bone stock, not modded at all, some rust, 77k on a jumpy odometer, with the OG straight 6 258 still chuggin. Nope, my 3 speed doesn't get me anywhere fast and even years later if I update the car with all my work put into it I won't ever try to sell it for a cost like this. Why? Because that is what a Scout is and the everyman's vehicle should never be out of reach for everyman.
