Racing Chout from Indiana

Matt from Wheels Through Time contacted me and kindly sent me these pictures of a Chout that they have in the museum, the motor is from a 47 chief. The owner swapped the chief motor to the scout frame, and the scout motor into the chief frame. It was raced by a fella from Indiana.

Latest DiXiE update now on IPE

Click on the picture of DiXiE's cylinders to read all about it.

Classic Racing Chout from Darwin Australia

1924 Scout frame, 40's Chief motor, Fairbanks Morse magneto, its red! Thats all I know .....so far. More information/history gratefully received DCMR 8-)

DiXiE build report now on the IPE site

Grizzy brings the DiXiE build up to date on IPE

Modifying a Scout frame to take a Chief Motor

There are a number o ways to modify a Scout frame to accept a Chief motor, essentially you need to create a bit of height to allow room for the cylinder heads. Grizzy has kindly provided sketches of the various methods that have been used. Thanks Grizz!