I ran into an old friend Saturay night at a wedding and he mentioned he had a 1970 Scout for sale. I told him I wanted it. Apparently he's heard that before because he was suprised when I called yesterday to come look at it. It's sitting in front of my house now 1970 International Scout 800A 304 V8 - 4 speed manual ~16000 original miles* Very little body rust. Two small holes in the back floor area, easily fixable. Runs great. Steering and Brakes via arm and leg muscles I have the original front bumper also. I've always wanted a scout... I'm fucking happy. *So I'm told. May or may not have rolled over. But who fucking cares!!
The first problem arose this weekend. Driver's side window mechanism crapped out on me. Whatever connects it all to the inside door panel got in a bind and came loose. I need to figure out how to get the door apart and assess the situation. It was half way up/down when it stuck. I did managed to take enough loose to get it back up when I got up Sunday morning.
that should be a T18 ... unless it was swapped from the factory ... is it a closed knuckle D27 front?
I honestly haven't looked at the axles yet. I'm changing the oil this weekend, so I'll check it out then. But yeah, it should have Dana 27/30 axles.
First gear in those T18s is like 6:1, so you won't be able to go much faster than a few mph before the engine starts screaming. I've got one in my '80 CJ7, and for anything other than rough offroad terrain, I just take off in second gear. Those transmissions are tough as fucking nails though.
That sounds just about like mine. 35-45 is where I go to 4th, but I've never gone much over 45 in it. No sway bar and a brake caliper that's seizing = not fun to control.