Mud-lovers Ring

What do we have? Well, I had a chance to take out everything that was inside the Scout and I was surprised to what level of disassembly the Scout was actually in. It's a miracle it didn't fall apart during transportation or when we pushed it into the yard. When you take a look at the pics you'll see what I mean. The more... - 2008/12/09

Removing the bumpers Tried to remove the bumpers today and I can now see why the PO hadn't finished removing the body. If you can tell from the pics, the bumper has been reinforced with welded in crossbars. I'm not sure why, those bumper mounts are plenty strong without all that reinforcement, but to each their own. Now more... - 2008/12/09

Front Bumper Torture Finally got the front bumper removed. Man what a pain in the ass. That thing had more support bracing than I've ever seen. I looked like they were planning to run into the side of a armored truck or something. I took the torch, Sawzall and disk grinder to the damn thing, now I have the back left to more... - 2008/12/09

Finally got the body off! Okay, finally got the body off. Was a little harder than anticipated due to a lack of man power. It was basically my old man and me just blocking it up little by little until we could brace the body to get the frame out. Blocking the body up bit by bit. A little leverage hear and there. Doesn't look more... - 2008/12/09

Slowly Coming Off Finally started to remove the body from the chassis, thankfully the PO had most of the Scout apart and after I cut the front bumper off I only had a couple of brake lines to remove and a couple of engine parts to remove in order to make rolling the frame out from under the body easier. A pic of the more... - 2008/12/09

Frame Pics Got some pics of the frame now that the body is off. Been busy dismantling the extra doors and front grill area the PO had included. I'm gonna try to auction them off on eBay and use the cash for parts. This weekend I hope to move the frame over to the garage and start dismantling it in order to get more... - 2008/12/09