Project: Freedom scout

[radar232]

Originally Posted by kb'sforme

Well I'm falling behind already!
This past week has been crazy! I think I must have walked out in the shop a dozen times only to be pulled away to do something else. I hope to get the interior striped and everything primed in the next few days. But already it's not looking good. Today my wife worked a half day then drug me around shopping. Tomorrow she is making my go to rodeo.

Following women shopping can be rough indeed but don't play like you didn't enjoy the rodeo.
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo at that!
Yeah, I'm sure yall had a horrible time... The only bad thing I remember is $6 beers.
After all, a mans gotta have some down time. Thanks for checking in though.
Now back to work!




Only kidding.

[kb'sforme]

We are going tonight. She wanted to see Blake shelton. I like the rodeo fried twinkies. And BBQ. That's all good. But concerts there suck the audio in there is horrible!

[Fred Demmon]

acustics do suck, But since you don't like it I bet you were glad he played a short concert(40 minutes)

[kb'sforme]

so i'm sure a few of you out there are wondering what happen with this build. well its still here. i'm just waiting on someparts. i want to get some thingsmocked up with the swap to 4 speed before spray the bedlinner. not sure if i will have to cut the floor up. it works out good though. since i've had a lot of personal things to take care of. so stay tuned should see some good progress in the coming weeks.

[Comanche Scott]

On my neighbor's '62 Scout, when he swapped to the 4 speed he used a "pancake" bell housing. With that housing the shifters stayed in the same place. Really worked well.
But man are they hard to come by! If you found one you are a lucky man!

[guidolyons]

Hey Radar, I though I recogonized that Scout from your thread. (Fellow displaced Texan)

I'm sucking up sand in Kandahar with you :usa:


Guido

[kb'sforme]

YEAH WE WON!
been searching for a T-18 and bellhousing for this project. found one on ebay the other day and we just won it! not the best price but fair i guess. got it complete with bellhousing d-20 and all out of a 4cyl 800 for $510. got shipping covered so thats it. sorry if we out bid anyone on here! just had to share. now that i'll be able to setup the drive train the way we want i can move forward with this project soon.

[radar232]

Hell yeah! I'm glad you were able to find the exact T-18 assembly we need for my truck. I don't give a that it cost $510. I can't help but be curious over it getting a free ride from Kentucky to Texas. A thousand thank-yous to whomever is hooking that up for us!

On another subject, I just had the pleasure of helping a fellow IH brother locate some American made core plugs (AKA: freeze or expansion plugs) in the following thread.
http://www.binderplanet.com/forums/s...d.php?t=109195
Check it out! If I say so myself, I was able to find some high speed information.

As Jared pointed out in his opening post, buying American made Tools and Parts has always been important to me. Yes, it's sometimes more expensive but I call it the price of Freedom
as American made tools and parts are increasingly hard to locate.
For this reason, I respectfully request all "Freedom Followers" to do the same. I believe that is the only way we can insure continued American production and through such patronage, potentially increases production to meet demands.


MERICA!

[kb'sforme]

So the T-18 arrived yesterday. Went and picked it up this morning!
It's a bit crusty but should clean up nice. Got it soaking in degreaser then power washed it. Knocked some of it off. The rest will clean up in the parts washer. That's as far as I got today. Got tied up with things around the house.
The picks are the before. As it arrived.

[radar232]

Yeah, it looks pretty rough outside but I'm anxious to see what's inside!