"BUBBA" - SeaSide, CA
Bo Freitas - Scout II - 1974 Early
Current Rating: 3.80
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Weekend Wheeler
Drive it to the trail, looks and performs well
Description & Modifiations
I have had this truck since 1997. Drove it to high school. Went to prom in it when it was a rust bucket! Tranny was shot so i took it out and had it rebuilt at a local tranny shop. it originally had a single speed transfer case ( no low!?!) so when i had the rebuild done i put a dana 20 (thanks to Sean for help with gears and drive shafts) and had an extra clutch disk. it has a Hughes Puller torque converter, flex plate, and tranny cooler, and new shifter and cable. Replaced windshield frame hood and front fenders. Replaced hard top with a STC soft top. Paint is Hemi engine orange.I bought a 77 and took the seats, dash, and factory roll bar. Had a skyjacker 4" lift with 4"shackles, brake lines and pitman arm drop Skyjacker nitro shocks. I bought a 75 that had spring over cut and turned C's done by anything scout when they wer in san jose. put front axle Z drag link and stock springs in front, still spring under in rear for axle wrap (seems to help a bit) It has 35 12.5 15 dunlop mud rovers on steel rims.
Fresh built AMC 258 4.2L by S&S Engines in Washington. Balanced and blueprinted, has new evereything, distributor, fuel pump, Rv cam,high volume oil pump, Kool Flow water pump, MSD 6-AL2, Blaster coil, big wires, Petronix Flame Thrower, Bosch Platinum plugs, Offenhausser 4bbl intake, Holley Truck Avenger 470, pace setter tri-y header, 3" exhaust to a single 3" to 2 2.5" Flow Master dumped with o2 sensor tapped for air/fuel gauge. This thing was a pile of junk when i got it, been replacing parts for 13 years trying to get it to a point i could drive it places and not be embarrassed. I bought it from a friend that died a few years ago: Carey Neal aka Bubba. So thats its name
Engine
Warmed up AMC 258 4.2L
Future Modifications
You want more?? Ok well im thinkin PSC hydro assist and hydro boost brakes. Gear Vendor over-drive. Was toying with the idea of a turbo? finish trim...
The old spring under with 4'' skyjackers
back in the day
Babble
No, not changing the gauges,. i have a dash from the doner 77 with updated stuff but i like the old scout gauges. trying to keep it old school... the 1964 80 runs ad drives but i want to do a copy of the xtreme 4x4 scout. have you seen it? but the (said over 2 years ago by Bo Freitas).
blue one (Rocky Raccoon) gets its new engine/tranny first!! (said over 2 years ago by Bo Freitas).
Yeah, I saw it. IHONLYNORTH provided the build up on that rig. They're close to me out of Grass Valley, Ca. Give them a call.530-268-0864 (said over 2 years ago by Rob ).
Bo, your Scout is bad! It's one of my favorites dude! Nice work! (said over 2 years ago by tom dailey).
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Bo, great rig! Do you plan on changing out your gauge package and are you doing anything with the 800? (said over 2 years ago by Rob ).