Archive for March 2009

Sunday In the Garage.

In Part Numbers, Progress on 29 March 2009 with no comments

I got a little time to work on Scout-related stuff this weekend, and it felt good to make some progress. Because I couldn’t leave the house on Saturday, I worked on the spare dash in the basement. I got the entire thing disassembled except for the washer control and spent an hour cleaning about a [...]

Parts is Parts.

In Future Plans, Progress, Purchasing on 23 March 2009 with no comments

After a long while away from working on my Scout, I was able to break away for a few hours yesterday to visit Mr. Soundman and pick over the carcass of his parts truck. He’s got this one down to the bare bones now, so that makes two rolling frames-with-engines parked in his driveway, and [...]

VIN decoding.

In Part Numbers on 10 March 2009 with 3 comments

One of the questions I’ve had about my FrankenScout since I got it has been what is original and what isn’t. I have the VIN from the title and the plate (which is screwed into the driver’s A pillar), and which most likely comes from the body itself. But what about the frame? is it [...]

Weekend Tinkering.

In Progress, Purchasing, Uncategorized on 8 March 2009 with no comments

This weekend was in the low 70’s, and between spending time with my daughter and doing a ton of overdue yardwork, I took some time to fool around in the garage. The first order of business was to clean out the space and organize everything better; the back half of the garage has been used [...]

Parts Haul.

In Future Plans, Purchasing on 1 March 2009 tagged parts with no comments

This weekend, Mr. Scout took me to the magical, mystical wonderland of cheap Chinese tools: the local Harbor Freight retail store. It’s amazing how much incredible stuff they can jam into one small location, and how cheap everything is. I wouldn’t buy sockets there and trust them to last more than a year, but to [...]