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Post by toshtego on Mar 10, 2024 14:08:50 GMT -5
In '64 the Scout was equipped with a 4 cylinder, overhead valve engine mated to a three speed transmission. The locking hubs in front were very finicky often requiring driving in reverse to lock. Good little truck. We hauled a horse trailer on the highways with it. People underestimate little 4 cylinder engines with low gears. My 96 horsepower Isuzu Trooper hauled my 18' Searay 90 miles one way to the lake every weekend at 90mph. The V8 was overkill in the Scout. Not sure of the displacement of the old Scout 4 banger. It was not small. It sure did the job. Same problem with the old Jeeps. The Hurricane Four was sufficient. The Six was good but the V-8s were too much power. |
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Post by Gypo on Mar 11, 2024 20:00:59 GMT -5
Cripes. How long will it take? You got other arrangements? Hard to say. My appointment with the Ford Dealer Service Dept is for next Thursday. Once they have the parts, it should take all that long. I might be able drive my old Landcruiser into Taos for the MD appointments the following week. No windshield wipers owing to the failure of a cheap plastic part no longer available. I might be able to work a McGiver Fix on it. Can they get the parts? I would not drop it off if they can not get all the parts! |
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Post by toshtego on Mar 11, 2024 23:15:51 GMT -5
Hard to say. My appointment with the Ford Dealer Service Dept is for next Thursday. Once they have the parts, it should take all that long. I might be able drive my old Landcruiser into Taos for the MD appointments the following week. No windshield wipers owing to the failure of a cheap plastic part no longer available. I might be able to work a McGiver Fix on it. Can they get the parts? I would not drop it off if they can not get all the parts! If a Ford Dealer cannot, no one can. I am sure they are available. They will not know which parts until they examine it. |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 13, 2024 12:38:53 GMT -5
No… John always stayed on top of his beaver pelt recaps.
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Post by toshtego on Mar 14, 2024 11:39:50 GMT -5
Here I sit in Ford land. Hoping all needed parts are still available!!! Snowing mightly. It will be a long trip home assuming my ride shows up.
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Post by Plainsman on Mar 14, 2024 11:59:45 GMT -5
Wishing you good news and a safe trip home.
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Post by urbino on Mar 14, 2024 15:09:43 GMT -5
Here I sit in Ford land. Hoping all needed parts are still available!!! Snowing mightly. It will be a long trip home assuming my ride shows up. Fingers crossed. |
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Post by toshtego on Mar 14, 2024 18:48:23 GMT -5
Home with truck. Problem not as complicated as I feared from the initial inspection. Also not as costly. Repaired same day does not happen often but the dealer service department was not busy. Of course, I have not tried to drive in 4 wheel drive yet....
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 14, 2024 18:53:01 GMT -5
Home with truck. Problem not as complicated as I feared from the initial inspection. Also not as costly. Repaired same day does not happen often but the dealer service department was not busy. Of course, I have not tried to drive in 4 wheel drive yet.... Good for you. I hope the blessings continue for you. |
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Post by toshtego on Mar 14, 2024 18:55:15 GMT -5
Home with truck. Problem not as complicated as I feared from the initial inspection. Also not as costly. Repaired same day does not happen often but the dealer service department was not busy. Of course, I have not tried to drive in 4 wheel drive yet.... Good for you. I hope the blessings continue for you. Thanks for the kind thought, Ron. |
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Post by urbino on Mar 14, 2024 19:24:58 GMT -5
Home with truck. Problem not as complicated as I feared from the initial inspection. Also not as costly. Repaired same day does not happen often but the dealer service department was not busy. Of course, I have not tried to drive in 4 wheel drive yet.... One less thing is always good. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Mar 14, 2024 20:19:32 GMT -5
Time to roll some coal and get sideways, be sure and keep the rubber side on the pavement.
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Post by john on Mar 14, 2024 22:28:56 GMT -5
Whoa, whoa. His sex life is not relevant here. No sex,again. It was a carburetor that, when you stepped on it, all the vacuum went away. Took a big, hungry engine not to bog. The last one was a ‘69 that I put a 351 Windsor in. That was a very good improvement. I wish I had one today 😥 |
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Post by urbino on Mar 14, 2024 22:33:21 GMT -5
No sex,again. It was a carburetor that, when you stepped on it, all the vacuum went away. Took a big, hungry engine not to bog. that I put a 351 Windsor in. That was a very good improvement. I wish I had one today 😥 And Ron said there was no sex. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 15, 2024 13:58:20 GMT -5
No sex,again. It was a carburetor that, when you stepped on it, all the vacuum went away. Took a big, hungry engine not to bog. The last one was a ‘69 that I put a 351 Windsor in. That was a very good improvement. I wish I had one today 😥 My last one was on a built Plymouth 383. I put the biggest one one it. 850cfm I believe. I have gone with a 700. It sure would run through, as long as you eased your foot down. |
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Post by toshtego on Mar 15, 2024 19:18:54 GMT -5
The last one was a ‘69 that I put a 351 Windsor in. That was a very good improvement. I wish I had one today 😥 My last one was on a built Plymouth 383. I put the biggest one one it. 850cfm I believe. I have gone with a 700. It sure would run through, as long as you eased your foot down. I put a GMC 383 (a stroked 350) in a Chevy one ton flatbed with 4:86 rear end gears. Built for hauling a cattle trailer up our mountain roads. Edlebrock 650 4-barrel carb. It did the job. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 15, 2024 20:03:27 GMT -5
My last one was on a built Plymouth 383. I put the biggest one one it. 850cfm I believe. I have gone with a 700. It sure would run through, as long as you eased your foot down. I put a GMC 383 (a stroked 350) in a Chevy one ton flatbed with 4:86 rear end gears. Built for hauling a cattle trailer up our mountain roads. Edlebrock 650 4-barrel carb. It did the job. Mine was built for hauling a$$😁 it got replaced with the radical street Hemi. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Mar 17, 2024 18:33:58 GMT -5
The quadrapukes are rated to 800 CFM just attack the secondary needles with a welding tip cleaner. I never could understand the love affair with Holly with their leaking fuel bowls and blown power valves. The carter AFB was always cheaper and better than than any Holley and like the quadrapuke set it and forget it.  |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 17, 2024 20:05:04 GMT -5
The quadrapukes are rated to 800 CFM just attack the secondary needles with a welding tip cleaner. I never could understand the love affair with Holly with their leaking fuel bowls and blown power valves. The carter AFB was always cheaper and better than than any Holley and like the quadrapuke set it and forget it. I had a lot of Holleys from 350cfm 2 barrels to 850 double pumpers. I never had any problems with them that weren't of my own making. My Hemi had 2 AFB carbs off of 1966 Cadillacs. Took a while to find them in the junkyard. I knew a Nascar mechanic who set them up for me. I never touched them. I also had an AFB on my 67 Buick 350. I have to agree that they were the best carbs I ever used. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Mar 17, 2024 20:23:15 GMT -5
I have fond memories of my parents 1965 Caddy Deville coming in at 23ft long and causing me to miss the first run of Jaws because it needed a water pump.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 17, 2024 23:24:31 GMT -5
I have fond memories of my parents 1965 Caddy Deville coming in at 23ft long and causing me to miss the first run of Jaws because it needed a water pump. When I worked for my brother, from age 14 through 21, his secretary had a 65 Cadillac that my brother would rent from her when we didn't have enough company cars. That thing would cruise at 125 mph for hours at a time with 6 men and 300 pounds of equipment in the trunk. It got great gas mileage too. If I had the money, I would have one fully restored and drive it every day. |
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Post by toshtego on Mar 18, 2024 8:21:46 GMT -5
I had good luck with an Edlebrock 650 cfm on a truck with a stroked 350.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 18, 2024 10:09:42 GMT -5
  Bought this for wife in 1972, she loved it, cruised at 120 mph all day,
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 18, 2024 12:52:55 GMT -5
Bought this for wife in 1972, she loved it, cruised at 120 mph all day, That was the 525 engine I believe. Good cars. I worked with a guy who drove one, a yellow convertible with a white top. His wife's boss gave it to his wife, but she didn't like to drive it. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 18, 2024 13:00:25 GMT -5
I had good luck with an Edlebrock 650 cfm on a truck with a stroked 350. It seems like Edelbrock carbs were kind of new back when I was hot rodding. I remember thinking they were copies of the standard Holley. Had a lot of their intake manifolds, including on my Hemi. I had an Offenhauser dual plane on my 73 Ford pickup. That intake made the biggest difference in that engine. Plus, I liked the Offy on the Ford because of their long history together. On my short lived 40 Ford coupe project I had a pair of Offy heads that I never got to put on. And an Offy 3 duce intake. Sigh. So many cars, so little time. (and money) |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 18, 2024 13:13:05 GMT -5
In 1965 I was single, bought a 65 Ford Galaxie with 427, 2 4bbls, gas was cheap, later got married, traded it on a Volkswagen,cried that night!
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 18, 2024 13:17:23 GMT -5
In 1965 I was single, bought a 65 Ford Galaxie with 427, 2 4bbls, gas was cheap, later got married, traded it on a Volkswagen,cried that night! Those were great cars. Smoother and quieter than a Rolls Royce. My brother dated a stripper that had a red 65 convertible with the 427 and a 4 speed. I was only 15 so you can imagine how much I lusted after that car. Forget about the stripper. And what did those cars cost? $3600? |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 18, 2024 13:21:44 GMT -5
If I remember right in the 3000$ range, mine had a factory Hurst 4 speed on the floor and a glass enclosure for the 2 headlights that was experimental.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 18, 2024 13:24:07 GMT -5
If I remember right in the 3000$ range, mine had a factory Hurst 4 speed on the floor and a glass enclosure for the 2 headlights that was experimental. Cool. I guess you don't have any pictures. I don't have any pictures of my cars, boats, motorcycles, custom bicycles, etc before 2000. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Mar 18, 2024 13:50:01 GMT -5
 My pics have gone the Hurricane route but found this as mine was, only difference mine had wire wheel covers, same color, black interior, I loved that car!
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