Bates Street & Dirt

Bates Street & Dirt This page showcases cars and trucks currently owned or previously owned my family and close friends. I hope you enjoy.

This page is here to showcase as many of the off-road and street vehicles that the Bates family has built and bought over the years. This will span from the late 60's up to today and into the future. Included on this page will be Muscle Cars, Jeeps, Trucks, Scouts and UTV's. It will also include photos and videos of upcoming vehicle builds as well as rides and road trips. It will also feature vehicles of friends over the years from race cars to off road to street cars.

My 86 XJ at Silver Lake Sand Dunes around '99/2000.
12/07/2025

My 86 XJ at Silver Lake Sand Dunes around '99/2000.

A little something from my collection of "stuff"
10/16/2025

A little something from my collection of "stuff"

Engineers can be the dumbest, smart people on the planet. It shouldn't be this complicated to replace an HVAC actuator g...
10/11/2025

Engineers can be the dumbest, smart people on the planet. It shouldn't be this complicated to replace an HVAC actuator gear. All I want is heat on both sides of the Jeep. Is that too much to ask? #

Flashback to 2022. Emma doing her best Evel Knievel impression.
10/10/2025

Flashback to 2022. Emma doing her best Evel Knievel impression.

I was finally able to get a proper tool box. Of course it's just a tool cart but for the amount of tools I own, it will ...
10/08/2025

I was finally able to get a proper tool box. Of course it's just a tool cart but for the amount of tools I own, it will be perfect.

10/08/2025
My first Scout. 1980 Scout II, with a 345 and automatic. I was, kind of, the second owner. The original owner bought it...
07/21/2025

My first Scout. 1980 Scout II, with a 345 and automatic. I was, kind of, the second owner. The original owner bought it new, locally in Lakeview MI and Bollingers Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep. They were an International dealer as well, selling Medium Duty trucks when I was growing up there in the mid 80's to mid 90's. As an International dealer they, of course sold Light Line trucks when they were still in production which included the Scout. He owned it up until about 1993 when another friend of ours got ahold of it for a very short period of time (probably less then a month). I then bought it from that guy. I had it for a short time and sold it. These were (and still are) great trucks and I've since owned three more. I would love to get ahold of another one some day.

Clean little Beetle
07/13/2025

Clean little Beetle

Had to build a quick and cheap bike rack to make my life a bit easier. It's amazing what you can do with some left over/...
06/06/2025

Had to build a quick and cheap bike rack to make my life a bit easier. It's amazing what you can do with some left over/scrap steel. I have $1.25 into this thing.

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