"ISMAIL MONSTER" - Sacramento, CA
Matt - Scout II - 1973
Current Rating: 4.00
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Hardcore Wheeler
Grip it and Rip it, what sheet metal?
Description & Modifiations
345
727 Automatic
14 bolt rear 5.13 (Detroit & rear disk)
44 front 5.13 (Powerlock)
Dana 300 4:1 twinsticks
IHONLYNORTH Custom Cage
IHONLYNORTH Tube Doors (summer time)
37x12.50 Boggers
Cheap Ass 10,000lb winch
Shit turned orange.
Engine
345
aux electric fans
Brought the family to the snow
All five of us were in there plus our junk
Rubicon
Babble
nice roll cage those guys at ih only north do some nice work. love that roll cage (said over 2 years ago by Darren Rule).
cops dont bother you with those tires sticking out like that ? (said over 2 years ago by Darren Rule).
So far I've been pretty lucky, got pulled over last weekend, but thatcop was cool and told me to get it home. Looking to come up with some kinda rear mud flaps (said over 2 years ago by Matt).
Nicely done Matt, looks very sweet, my wife and I were sexcited to see it again. Happy wheelin man! (said over 2 years ago by Daniel Boldridge).
beautiful scout man. what is the suspension set up you have under that beast? (said over 2 years ago by Drew).
Thanks, the suspension is SOA, reverse shackle, and 4" skyjacker springs. (said over 2 years ago by Matt).
AWESOME, not much more can be said (said over 2 years ago by Christopher Klapp).
Sweet Ride, Hey I am tring to rally the Bay area Fleet Rigs to head down to Hollister Hills the first weekend in May if you are up for going leave me a message on my Rig's page "Misfit" (said about 1 year ago by Ron Newman).
Matt - I have seen your rig on youtube...lots of fun in snow. Keep on wheelin' (said about 1 year ago by Mike Allegretti).
Sick rig, I love the full widths...I am a huge fan of the venerable 14BoltFF. In my opinion its the best choice for a swap. (said about 1 year ago by Rich Nelson).
I like the orange for sure, but man you should put some SSII mirrors on it, the one you have is just plain hideous. (said 6 months ago by Rich Nelson).
I like the new paint scheme -- very nice. But Rich was right with his assessment of the sideview mirror... (said 5 months ago by Mike Allegretti).
Come on guys I love that mirror...lol. Checkout Midlife Crisis' Scout he has 2 on his rig. If I find a better mirror that sticks out that far I will change it, if not that badboy is going to stay on there until it gets torn-off on the trail. Ran the Ru (said 5 months ago by Matt).
Ran the Rubicon this weekend and it never got touched. (said 5 months ago by Matt).
I guess you are fond of the old saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"! Great trail photos. More youtube video, too, pleaase! (said 5 months ago by Mike Allegretti).
I guess, to each his own, right? Nice to see some updated pics especially in action. Your Scout kicks ass. (said 5 months ago by Rich Nelson).
I agree on the youtube stuff too, we need more of it! I was going to ask you...is your Dana 300 the IH D300 or did you do that J**p tailshaft/housing conversion with the J**p D300 I have been hearing about? Thanks (said 5 months ago by Rich Nelson).
Thanks on the Scout. Scout ran gfreat on the trail, only issue was that I hadn't greased a wheel bearing and the damn thing came apart on the way to the trail. Hope to work on more Utube stuff soon. (said 5 months ago by Matt).
The 300 is am IH300. I've heard the benefit of the Jeep 300 is that Lomax makes gears for it. They are supposed to be superior to the Tera gears. Tera gears worked great last weekend. (said 5 months ago by Matt).
Who's in the other Binder in the new pics? And I detect another one in the garage... (said 5 months ago by Mike Allegretti).
Aha! I scrolled down the Highest Rated rigs and figured that the yellow Scout in the garage is the Mosquito Killer! (At least) two Scouts -- you're my hero! (said 5 months ago by Mike Allegretti).
The brown Scout coming up the slabs is my buddy Randy (he is from the bay area) and the back of the red Scout in the pic belongs to my other buddy Craig. His Scout is posted on here as Mario. (said 5 months ago by Matt).
Mario is one nice truck, it sits on a 60 and 14bolt and has a 5 speed Stak Mini Monster box bolted to a 727 auto. And yes the yellow Scout in the garage is Mosquito Killer, that's my baby. (said 5 months ago by Matt).
Mike, what Scout on here is yours? (said 5 months ago by Matt).
Matt - a am the White Wheeler ('78 Traveler) down in So Cal. Other than the lift, the whole drivetrain is bone stock. With the Long Wheel Base, rock crawling is not in its future! (said 5 months ago by Mike Allegretti).
Did you make the bar doors yourself? If not where did you get them, they look great on your awesome rig (said 5 months ago by Eric).
Thanks, the tube doors are from IHOnlyNorth. Here is the link to the doors: http://www.shopih.com/CPT-TUBEDOOR-p-TDS.html
(said 5 months ago by Matt).
Matt -- Ironlung (about half-way down the Highest-Rated list) beats you in the hideous mirrors competition. What is it with you NoCal boys and your mirrors? (said 5 months ago by Ron Mexico).
Matt, what happened in the pic of the LF D44HD Axle (where you have the tire off and the tow strap on it)? Did you blow the hub, axle shaft or u-joint? Gotta love the carnage, wheel it hard! (said 5 months ago by Rich Nelson).
Burned up a wheel bearing on the way to the Rubicon. Maintenance is critical when you run through 3ft deep water. Fixed it at the spillway and had no more issues the rest of the weekend. (said 5 months ago by Matt).
Oh hell no! You don't drop from the top spot after you post pics of making bearing repairs on the Rubicon -- that's BS (said 5 months ago by Ron Mexico).
I guess someone didn't like the Scout. Must of took a few ones to take a tumble. At least they could have left some feedback...of well got to get ready for the next wheeling trip :) (said 5 months ago by Matt).
Do you have any more specs, info about your build? Its one hell of a Scout! (said 4 months ago by Rich Nelson).
Thanks Matt for the link for the bar doors. A bit out of my $ range...someday. (said 4 months ago by Eric).
Great rig, I saw your scout at the Fall Rallye and see you posted pics from the event. (said 4 months ago by Rob Gojkovich).
Damn Matt! You have done wonders to that ol' Scout of mine! Nice to see someone who loveS' um like I do. I love the color scheme! All I can say is DAMN!!!! (said 2 months ago by Daniel Boldridge).
Thanks Dan, it's gone through a bit of a transformation, but I've tried to keep the same look as when you had it, since that's what attracted me to it when you were selling it. The only reason it got painted was because the rough finish was too hard to cl (said 2 months ago by Matt).
ean. When it gets dirty now I just shoot more orange spray paint on it. Hope to see you in NorCal some time soon. (said 2 months ago by Matt).
Matt, I tried to open your email ( matt@scoutrecycler.com ) but nothing came up, is that still good? (said 2 months ago by Rob Gojkovich).
Still running 1-2 in the Highest Rated sort - excellent! (said about 1 month ago by Mike Allegretti).
Thanks Mike, there are some really nice Scouts on here, it's an honor to have both rigs at the top.
Dan, email is matt@scoutrecycler.com. Try giving it another try. If is still doesn't work let me know and I will give you another email to try. Lookin (said about 1 month ago by Matt).
forward to those pics of the rig. (said about 1 month ago by Matt).
If i could build a perfect scout this would be it. wouldn't change a thing perfect! (said 26 days ago by Garry).
This is one BADASS Scout.I hope one day my 73 will look like that.And I like how you did your saftey bar doors.GREAT JOB (said 1 day ago by Robert ).
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Lots, and lot's of fun! look's good off road. (said over 2 years ago by Chad Maile).