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Old 06-23-2024, 12:16 PM
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Pics will be slow at first, as there are customer projects in the shop that need more attention than personal toys.

Plans are:
-Slammed to the ground
-4 corner double adjustable coil overs, bags or ridetech shockwaves
-stock appearing interior/exterior
-custom doors ( no windows, solid top, possibly with later model door jambs and hinges )
-chopped top
-4 corner Wilwood big brakes
-fuel fill behind rear taillight
-Dakota Digital gauges
-full LED lighting
-custom paint, possibly silver on sides and red on top
-both full sized top and small 'truck' style top
-vintage air heat/ac
-LS powered

I'm thinking all red interior, red with painted sides and bed liner on the floors all red, same matched colors.

My seats are already covered in greyish leather. So, I'll match the leather color to the paint, and then spray the outside in that color. The outside, the seats, and the leather on the billet steering wheel will all match.

I don't want anything that sticks out or doesn't look right inside of the scout. Want to keep it looking like it came that way.

Here is a potential rending I drew up to get a visual..


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That’s something you don’t see every day. That’s going to be cool.
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Originally Posted by Bgbldodge
That’s something you don’t see every day. That’s going to be cool.
Thanks for the kind words.

I have seen, never in person, a handful throughout the years.

Ive got the chassis nearly completed and will be fitting the body to it soon.

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cant wait to watch the build as it progresses!
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got some parts in the mail today.

4-link
coil overs
body mount bushings
collapsible steering shaft

Once we get some tabs and things ground off and removed from the chassis, we should be ready to fit the body on and center up the wheels in the wheel wells..

This chassis has been stripped and sent out for some cleaning.
it's now just a bare frame with nothing attached to it.

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Is that the stock Scout frame you are using?
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What in the booger welded **** is going on with the right exhaust pipe?
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Originally Posted by wretched73
Is that the stock Scout frame you are using?
a portion of it yes.

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What in the booger welded **** is going on with the right exhaust pipe?
no clue, but absolutely beautiful isnt it?

everything in that picture has been scrapped except the frame rails.
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carpet sample came in.
I can take this and match it to some red paint and can paint interior..
It is a 'more red' than GMs red. Hard to see in the picture, but GMs red is more orangy.




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