VintageScorpion.com updates

[scorp11]

Hello Everyone.

It has been a while since I had much free time for Scorpions. Over the Christmas break I did take a little time and get some more manuals online. I also added some new features.

• 1971, my parts manual isn't a very good copy, so the scans are poor. Which means I can't easily make them transparent without a lot of work. So it is not there.
• 1972 isn't 100% complete. Not sure there is enough demand to make worth the the time it takes to do each one.
• 1974 isn't there. The Super Stinger is the main sled in 74 and it is nearly identical to 1975. 1975 is there
• 1977 is a copy of 1978. The models were almost all the same between 77 and 78, but the manuals switched from being one per model to common across models.

Other than that they should be largely complete. I have close to 10,000 part numbers from all the years in the database. I am sure there are a few mistakes as much was done using OCR. I tried to get things as correct as I could but with that kind of volume there are sure to be a few mistakes. Should you find one, let me know and I will look it up.

New features.

• You can now pick your preferred background for the manuals and as long as you are logged in, the system will remember it.

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[li]I added the ability to cross reference parts between years by part number. If you are logged in, once you look at the details of part, you can click on the number and it will take you to a screen with all the other applications. Obviously if a manual above is missing, then that application won't be listed.[/li]

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[li]You can zoom in on a manual and view it full size. Some have some pretty small sections. All highlighting and look-ups still work on the zoomed in version.[/li]
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I have a lot of hours invested in this site stuff, I hope you find it useful. There is some really neat stuff in it. If you have comments or requests, by all means let me know.

[80sting440]

Hello and thank you scorp11. I see this page in front of me but I don't know what to do with it...please explain farther.

Rene

[75whip]

Are you selling parts again? tried to order boggie wheels once, and I think a internal coil and never received a invoice for either. Dont get me wrong I did call you and you said you where bussy with your job so I just got them someplace else, but its a very good site with good info. thanks for doing it for us.

[scorp11]

Jan 2, 2017 14:04:17 GMT -5 80sting440 said:

Hello and thank you scorp11. I see this page in front of me but I don't know what to do with it...please explain farther.

Rene

If you go to the parts manuals on the Vintage Scorpion Site you will see the following screen.



Pick a Manual, and a Section from within the manual once it opens. You will see the parts breakdown. Hover over and click on any part number in the manual as seen below.



You will be shown the following screen



Click on the number in the Part Number Column and you will be shown all the cross references as seen below.



That is really all there is to it.

If you still have questions, just let me know.

[scorp11]

Jan 2, 2017 19:17:54 GMT -5 75whip said:

Are you selling parts again? tried to order boggie wheels once, and I think a internal coil and never received a invoice for either. Dont get me wrong I did call you and you said you where bussy with your job so I just got them someplace else, but its a very good site with good info. thanks for doing it for us.

I won't say I am actively selling parts right now. I still try to ship the stuff I have on hand, but yes, life and my "real" job has taken an immense amount of time the last two years. Has left little time for anything else.

The best thing to do is to send me an email directly to the email on the site right now. The order confirmation and notification on the site is broken right now so I never get any notifications of placed orders, nor do any invoices automatically get sent. I need to talk to the hosting provider as something they changed broke it and I am not sure what I need to change to fix it.

I do apologize if you got lost in the shuffle.

[obj1]

Do you still have the corks for stuffing the cuyuna cranks? I want the same ones Weverat uses.

[scorp11]

For you, I could pull some out of the BullWhip Cranks I have. But Weverat uses a different method. He stuffs them with Mallory Metal.

His motors make so much low end power, getting the RPM up isn't an issue. The extra weight helps keep the RPM up once you get the thing spinning. Don't have to worry about the thing upshifting too fast and bogging the motor that way. Think of an old 'B' John Deere with a big ol' flywheel

[weverat]

OBJ - I have been waiting for you to start in on me again! You know my crank stuffing corks come from wine bottles? The same corks you use to seal up that apple pie.

[admin]

Thank you scorp11!

[obj1]

Thats some funny stuff Weverat! Hey, since i got you on the phone....you outta see what i got going now! Couple of cool projects.