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Re: Howard's viscious tongue lashing, and my poor memory <vbg>.




On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:14:07 -0500 "Eppinger.Michael"
<[email protected]> writes:
>

>> You've been around Scouts long enough you should recognize an
RA-18--Dana
>> 44 open diff.
>	[Eppinger.Michael]  <head hung in shame> your right, I should
have
>recognized this.  But in all fairness, wouldn't the scout axles be
differant
>widths than the truck axles?  But they used the same code on both?  I
wonder
>if there are any travelalls running around with narrow scout axles 
<grin>
>
>
Actually, the answer to your question is almost yes--there is a pickup
that was built using a Scout rear axle and it's a really strange looking
truck.  The predecessor to the C-900 pickup which was the "El Cheapo"
pickup with a 4-152, 3 speed, and a 6' box was a C-99 pickup, built at
Chatham and sold only in Canada for a year or two.  This actually used
the Scout rear axle which was noticibly narrower than the front and had a
slab-sided bonus load box that looked quite crude.  I think it was a
home-brew job much like the Wagonmaster's origin.

This is one of the few vehicles that I can think of that Crismon didn't
include in his book, but then there probably wasn't any info on it in the
archives for him to see.  There is/was a restored one at Southland
International in Lethbridge, AB for anyone who wants to go see one.

You aren't part Canadian by chance?

Howard Pletcher
Howteron Products Scout Parts

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