Scout Race Build!

Weasel · Sep 27, 2021

Yes it is finally happening. axleater has a Scout that was raced in the Badlands Baja and several others around 1984. It has quite a history and has been dormant in garage storage for a few years now. It is getting built to race the YORR series in stock mod class.

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Terra Tires!!

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And making dust for the first time in years! :flipoff2:

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more to come.

axleater · Oct 4, 2021

Did not take long for the Speedmont race build coordinator to get to work. If anyone is interested in sponsorship for this old scout we are currently looking for some stock YJ springs, stock XJ rear springs, a full width gm dana 44 fromt axle, and a 67"-69" wide dana 60 rear axle.

Weasel · Oct 4, 2021

Did you find a camera from the 80's for the picture too? Blurstown.. :lmao:

Good start!

Weasel · Nov 1, 2021

some better pictures. Little bit done here and there. All the old parts have been removed, bumpers, fenders, etc. The old mount have been torched off and working on getting the frame ground and cleaned up. There are a pile of leaf spring starting to gather for the suspension. A Front axle has shown up and the engine, trans, and transfer case have been pressure washed and cleaned up.

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Weasel · Nov 1, 2021

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Weasel · Nov 1, 2021

more random part pictures

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Weasel · Nov 1, 2021

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axleater · Feb 9, 2022

Race scout Wednesday is happening tonight if anyone wants to stop out!

Here are a few new pics!

axleater · Feb 10, 2022

We made some good progress last night. Thanks to Tom, Jim, Darien, and Jason we gained some body mounts, the new front crossmember is complete and tacked into place. Fender well exit exhaust looks like it is going to be harder than we thought but we have some plans to try anyway.

Next week is motor mount time!

axleater · Feb 10, 2022

Same motor with manifolds in the old rockcrawler. Exhaust might be exhausting

Weasel · Feb 14, 2022

Leaf springs dropped off yesterday, looking forward to seeing some more stuff done on Wednesday!!

axleater · Feb 14, 2022

Weasel said:
Leaf springs dropped off yesterday, looking forward to seeing some more stuff done on Wednesday!!

Thanks Craig!

axleater · Feb 24, 2022

We made some nice progress the last couple of wednesdays.

Rear suspension is mocked up, Engine trans and t case slid into an approximate location, exhause plan formulated

axleater · Mar 3, 2022

the motor found it's final home last night, just tacked in for now while wie do some more measuring..... Thanks Tom, Jason, and Jim for all the dirty work last night!

axleater · Mar 17, 2022

Tom knocked it out of the park with the passenger side header! Darien welded all the pop rivet holes for the roof, I mostly just measured and added to the list. Gotta pick up some snacks and supplies for next wednesday but tonight another piece of the puzzle found it's home .

Weasel · Mar 17, 2022

wow awesome!

Ryan283 · Mar 17, 2022

Sweet. Progress is fantastic

axleater · Mar 24, 2022

Drivers side header complete, seat location determined, front mount tacked in, and fuel cell gutted for cleaning and new pick up tube.
Thanks to the Wednesday night race scout crew for another productive night

axleater · Mar 31, 2022

A radiator that is probably a little bit too big but can never be too big, right. A little work on the frame mounting area and it will work. The hood is from my friend Cody Fuks old rockcrawler that had a 440 Dodge motor is in. It has been in storage for a very long time waiting for it's chance to shine again.

Weasel · Mar 31, 2022

killing it!

axleater · Apr 14, 2022

Another great night at Speedmont HQ. Seat mounts done, raked the front clip for better visability, seat belt bars started. Thanks Jason, Jim, Corey, Tom, and Darian for all the help!

axleater · May 5, 2022

Good progess again last night, Tom got the holes in the cowl cut out for the engnie cage, Pie cut the fenders to give a 1 1/2" rake to the front end for better visability for a short driver. Darien made the rest of the corner gussets and the door inserts are mocked up. Thanks Darien, Tom, Corey, and Jason for an awesome night!

axleater · May 5, 2022

The original bumper sitting on it's new home.

axleater · May 19, 2022

Got the body squared up on the frame and the engine cage mocked up last night. Everything is fitting up way better than expected

axleater · Jun 23, 2022

engine cage is mocked up into place with some temporary front mounts. Front axle swapped out from the loaner (thanks Lonnie!) to the housing we are going to use along with the top over steering knuckle. Next week should be radiator mounts, shock hoops, and front sheet metal mounting.

axleater · Jun 30, 2022

Steering mocked up and the start of the front shock mounts were on the to do list tonight. The extra width of the full width front axle is proving to be the best choice now that we are starting to fill in all the space with shocks. Pitman arm will be redrilled to a shorter length to match up with the top over steering arm once we get the steering stops dialed in.

axleater · Jul 7, 2022

Masster cyl mounted and front shock mount are tacked in!

axleater · Jul 7, 2022

axleater · Jul 21, 2022

We made the commitment to cutting out the inner fenders last night. A little bit of get rid of some rust and a lot a bit of make room for 8 more shocks in the back .

axleater · Sep 30, 2022

Back in action after a busy summer!, some roll cage gussets courtesy of Blackfishfabrication!
A little more work on the rear shock mounts, upper tubes on the roll cage are made but need to be tacked in,

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