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1974 Scout II Cab Top

This is my 1974 Scout II Cab Top with an AMC 258 and 4-speed
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This is my 1974 Scout II Cab Top with an AMC 258 and 4-speed

Tell us about your Scout:

This was originally a California truck that made it's way to me when I was living in Boston. It was originally a basic 4x2 steel cab top work truck with no bells and whistles. A PO converted it to 4x4 and slapped some the decal on with some gnarly homemade suspension components. Since purchasing the truck in 2019, there has been a ton of mechanical work needed to correct earlier mistakes and the truck is almost exactly where I want it all these years later.

I've retained the original AMC 258 and T19 4-spd while regearing to 4.11. It has a 4 inch lift with 33 inch tires. It is currently in the shop to finally address rotten cab mounts, a new bed and a new paint job returning the truck to its original white paint scheme. Will update with those photos when I have them. I love driving this around the Miami area (since relocating) and can't wait to get it back on the road.


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**older photo but still my favorite**

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So after months of researching, I finally found one of these and upon getting it home, I started to realize what I have could possibly be way more rare than I previously thought. Do you know how many of the Half Cabs were made? Mine has the 345 w/ 4spd Dana 20 transfer case and both Trac-loc Dana 44s....I just feel like that is not even remotely common from what I've seen.
 
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Ty_On_The_Fly said:
So after months of researching, I finally found one of these and upon getting it home, I started to realize what I have could possibly be way more rare than I previously thought. Do you know how many of the Half Cabs were made? Mine has the 345 w/ 4spd Dana 20 transfer case and both Trac-loc Dana 44s....I just feel like that is not even remotely common from what I've seen.
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Take my comments with a grain of salt because I've struggled to find some clear answers. Based on a Motor Trend article and a Binderplanet post on production figures i've gone with the conclusion that Cab-tops represented 3.3% of the production for '73-'75 which means there were ~3,300 made. I also stumbled into mine and didn't realize the rarity until after the fact.

In the past 5 or so years of ownership, I've seen less than 10 still running around instagram and the forums (personal feeling...im sure there are more). There's a surprisingly clean example here in SFL atm that I saw the other day. Since the tops can be added to any Scout, I've seen one or two trucks that sourced the top and put it on a Scout that wasn't factory equipped with it.

There's a cool post on BP where you can send in your LST and the thread owner may be able to give some more insight for you.
 
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