I had a F-100 with this engine. It was about to roll over 300k, and still going strong when I traded it for an International Harvester Scout. That truck was ugly as hell, and I beat on it without mercy, but it never, ever gave me any problems or let me down.

I was at the Brat Town Hall last night. What a piece of work that guy is...

My wife and I went to Congressman Dave “women are in my grill” Brat’s town hall last night in Blackstone, VA. He chose to have his first in person Town Hall since the election in a reliably red county in which less than 2% of his constituents live, and was over an hour drive from the counties where over 60% of his…

Congratulations, and welcome to the unique world of Scout ownership! That is exactly how I got MY scout. Traded a beat but functional F-100 for it. Of course I had to trailer mine home, but I haven’t regretted it for a second, and Mr. Farmer seemed pleased to have a new farm truck. Win-win.

I was at the AACA museum in Hershey a few weeks ago and they had a pretty spectacular hood ornament collection. These were a few of my favorites.

Been there, done that. Oil bath air cleaner no less. On the positive side, the sheen of 10w40 means ALL my kitchenware is non-stick now.

Hey Andrew, great video. This is exactly the kind of stuff I want to see here. Reminds me very much of trying to get my own Scout running for the firs time except, you know, mine started...eventually. It would be a shame for you to give up on this one, but if you do, and get the itch to work on one anyway, you and…

Please God, make it this one.

I've driven over bridges 5 and 3. In a hurricane. It the boxiest of boxy vehicles (Isuzu Trooper II). Do I get some kind of prize?

Seems about right...

I guess I'll take it. I think it's pretty Jalop, but I get dinged for the 4 pot I guess.

Oh no, how sad. Those guys have entertained me for many, many years. He will be dearly missed.

Glad to see you're making progress, even if it is just cleaning and fumigating. Amazingly, all the crap that came in my Scout actually belonged to it. In some cases, it proved helpful in seeing what the PO had been up to, and where to look for issues. For instance, after double and tripple checking everything after…

LOL, yeah 1-3 in 2WD and 1-3 in AWD. That's six, right?

Yeah, I have an 800 with the ultra high performance (note the use of the sarcasm font there) 196 4-banger coupled to a 3 speed manual. Hitting 60 is no problem, but things get a little dicey past that. I'm sure with new shocks, new bushings new steering stabilizer and some love lavished on the steering box and…

To be fair, the Fast Five Scout was highly modified.

Excellent! Welcome to the sickness, uh, I mean brotherhood!

I'd definitely be in. I've already got a sporadically ongoing series for my Scout on Oppo.

Regrettably, I'm likely going to have to say goodby to my 69' here soon. We are buying a house, and need to free up cash to pay for all the crap that involves. Much sadness.