71 Scout 800B

Owners Name & City-
Alex Gertsch

Make, Model & Year of Vehicle-

1971 International Scout 800B
Engine-

fuel injected 4.0
Transmission-

AW4
T-Case-
np231

Axles-
Dana 30 and Dana 44 trussed and locked front and rear

Suspension-
3 Link front with 14" ori state struts
4Link with tj rear coil springs and some cheapo hydro shocks.

Wheels and Tires-
35" pitbull tires on alloy wheels.

Winch-
Warn M8000

Favorite Trails-

Hasn't seen any trails yet.
Other-
Cj rear tank conversion.
DandC extreme Cage.
jk front bumper


Going to be changing alot real soon.__________

 

[gertsch]

got glass installed. Gotta work over the driver regulator or fine one in good shape. But it works. Warn m8000 is all fixed up and working now with wireless controller.

My wipers turned out pretty good. I should have documented then closer. But I used wiper motors for marine use. Then shortened the wiper arms to get the length and new wiper blades I wanted to run.

 

[gertsch]

went on a trip with BOAR into the swell. Drove the scout the entire trip down and back. Only real issue was a wheel came loose. But we tightened it up and did have another issue with it.

 

[Bart]

Wow, love your Scout.

 

[gertsch]

Went and had some fun at the winter4x4jamboree in sand hollow. scout did awesome.

 

[Bart]

I saw you down at Sand Hollow and waved, but looked like everyone else in a white 4 door. Nice Scout

 

[gertsch]

out with the old. In with the new.

 

[Jinx]

Andy, Let me know if you want to sell your Air Shocks

so Jealous of your ORIs!

 

[Bart]

Gotta love the ORI's.

 

[gertsch]

Andy, Let me know if you want to sell your Air Shocks

so Jealous of your ORIs!

Who is this Andy character?

 

[Jinx]

Who is this Andy character?

Isn't that the guy who was borrowing tools out of my jeep to work on his electrical back on the Trail in January?

(oh Wait, his name was Alex... Could that be you?)

 

[gertsch]

Alex is definitely my name. I could be talked into selling the fox shocks.

 

[Jinx]

Pm sent

 

[gertsch]

my factory door pins were rusted in place so I couldn't remove my doors. Ended up drilling them out and replacing with stainless steel cap screws. So nice to be able to run doorless when I want.

 

[gertsch]

Had a great time at the Vernal Rock Rally. Was able to get the scout on the ramp to score and 1170. Which is good enough for me.

 

[gertsch]

So I found a half cab for the scout. Always wanted one. Only problem is now my wife loves it and wants to drive it now.

 

[gertsch]

So when I was to the half cab I had to build a new cage. So I pulled a late night and rocked out something that would keep me and the wife safe during the VRR. Since running it for so long there some things I'd like to do differently on the next version.