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So on Saturday morning we returned A’s shop to finish stripping our parts carcass, which meant pulling the last few parts from the body, then flipping it on its side to pull the axles. As you might expect, we did it redneck-style, which involved a very heavy towstrap, a very heavy pickup and a very balky Scout.
After four tries with the pickup (the carcass just kept spinning around), we gave up and used an engine hoist to get the body over its center of gravity, then pushed it up the rest of the way. After that, it was pretty quick work to unbolt the axles and pull them off the carcass-with only one minor scare when the front axle almost brought the body down on us. Yee-haw.
Once that was done we took a Sawzall to the remainder of the body and cut out anything that might give its life for another Scout, then called the job done. After enjoying a cold home-brewed steam ale from Brian T., the rest of the afternoon was spent taking inventory of all the stuff we’ve got-I have two full double-column pages in a notebook which probably doesn’t cover the whole haul.
A final note: I drove my commuter Saturn down because I expected it to rain that afternoon. When I was backing out to leave, I misjudged the distance and put the left rear taillight into the rear quarter of the carcass. D’oh!
Meanwhile, I’ve got a windshield, green vinyl rear bench, and two surprisingly clean inner fenders sitting in the back of B’s pickup in Columbia waiting for me to pick them up. Sometime this week, methinks…