Anyone ever use any parts off a Scout?

Like the title asks: has anyone here used any parts off an international scout?

A friends shop has one and all he's using is the drivetrain and axles. Seeing how my '29 is going to be using so many jeep parts (and my budget sucks) he offered me any parts I can use....

From what I've found online the steering box is a saginaw unit? Planning on taking that plus the column and wheel - possibly even the back seat.

Anyone else have any ideas? Experience with scouts?

 

Oval track Modified racers used to use the frames from early Scouts. They were fairly straight and narrow, which was a good foundation for a race car chassis.

 

what year scout is it some of the early scout 80s had some preaty cool gauges

 

have heard of the front axels from the later models being used here in oz for gassers, racers, and mostly in old stock cars- harder to break or something, I don;t know how true it is- do know that the dual headlight units are pretty cool- there;s an old fx custom in perth running a set.

tyler

 

The wheels.

 

Guy here in town has a 12 second '66 Chevy II 383'' mouse & 700R4 hooked to a Scout axle - it's narrow enough to get some rubber in the stock wheel wells.

 

Wiring harness might be useful too

 

I don't care what it's out of, don't use old wiring harnesses.

 

I'm going to check it out tomarrow, from what my friend has told me I might be able to use the backseat as well.

 

I plan on using engines and trans out of a few scouts on my builds only because i'am am a diehard Binder owner, have owned 48 Scouts (1961-1980) and 27 Trucks (1935-1974), 3 travelalls (1966-1975). One thing i have no plans on using is the wiring harness out of one, Pre 1977 Scouts have faulty wiring anyhow and the 1978-1980 are a little better but the newest one being 27 years old i will go new.

 

...I used the front leaf springs under the rear of an F-1 Ford pickup, bolted on, worked great.

 

A friend of mine gave a nice small 4 core radiator that he said was from an old Scout. Worked real well in a V-8 Chevy Luv I built.

 

Ya my 15-8 rear wheels,are off a scout.

 

Most 70's Sxout's had dana 44's front and rear. They are tough axles, and easy to get parts for.

 

I looked at one years ago. It had a straight front axle, not a 4 wheel drive. One might work for a gasser.

 

sell the steering box to a 4x4 or jeep guy.. they are good for a couple of hundred bucks if it is a power box. good luck

 

Isn't the slant 4 half a SBC? Ours has one of those.

 

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Sorry, no.....the slant four is half of an I.H engine. IIRC, there were two sizes, based on whether the "parent" engine was a 304 or 345 c.i. Binder motor.

Roger