I was able to find a VERY limited amount of documentation about this thing after some googling! What you have is an OTACO Bazooo. It is a VERY limited production product and theres only a couple dozen known to exist. It seems the traveler/scout paint on it was done after the fact to mimic an IH Scout. They were made in 1971 and '72, I couldnt find any production numbers but theres maybe a half-dozen of them I can find on the internet. The engine is a CCW (Canadian Curtis Wright ((yes, that Wright))), it was either a 240 or a 290cc. The OTACO brand changed hands a lot, hence the Bazoo only being made in '71 and '72. You are correct, it is supposed to be watertight and float like an Argo.
I'm lookin' at that thing thinking deleting the 6x6 and putting some fully suspended tracks on it instead would be fun as hell. Forgo the amphibious part entirely.
This was made in the city I live in . Otaco was a big industry in this city ( ORILLIA )or many , many year. They even built toys, and was a major employer in the city I’ve been watching you for a long time. Wild to see you working on something from my hometown
It's awesome small would 😊 really . Well I grow up in Lake Dalrymple lol so I know Orillia well . Now am in washago but I thought it was cool too ,see that . Soon as seen it I was like I know what that is lol I actually drove one about 10 years ago and yes it's a crazy set up . Thanks , Matt.
That CCW is a kick ASS Moter it's probably a 440 cc Back in the early 70's their were 1000 manufacturers building Snow ❄ MOBILES and they all used that Moter except Ski doo they made their own
Made in Orillia , about 70 miles up from Toronto . The Ottaco building was the home of one of Canadas first autos and has produced many things since its humble beginnings . Called the sunshine city its home to many notable people . Its also just another 40 miles south of Bracebridge , home of yours truly . You now qualify as a Ottaco mechanic and probably own one of the last one in existance of there six wheeled things . I really enjoyed the video , LMAO all the way through , Well thats that Take care stay well Stuart in Ontario .........
One thing I like about Brent, when he start a project he runs till its done. There's nothing worse than watching a build and it gets shelved halfway through (Bad Chad).
Yes i agree and the only reason i follow Bad Chad is just to see how bad he fouls up and makes up a fake reason he did something because his brain told him to . I was a teenager in the 50s and have already forgot more about the cars of that era than Chad will ever know . Love Brents work and knowing he will not just give up and walk off never caring if the watchers wanted to see the finish . If i laugh here it's for something funny like playing with that 6x6 not something done stupid like Bad Chad projects .
I think I know why I’ve never seen these things before. The two stroke engine sounds good (finally). It would make a great machine for the woods maybe when the snow melts. As always, entertainment at its finest. Thanks Brent.
I have only seen a handful of them now six on T.v😂 so anyways I live in washago, Ontario am about 10 or so minutes away from Orillia where the scout was made and where that was made , made seats for schools and I think whatever that they could contact. Lol
I remember seeing those machines in popular mechanics i believe when i was young, probably when it was new it was a great to use. Well done reviving it and bringing it back to life
The Banana Splits on UK Tv every saturday morning in the 70s used to ride in one of these 6x6 's or a model very similar. Thanks for bringing back happy memories from a 56 year old who is still learning to become an adult but the kid inside is still winning .
I’m a snowmobile mechanic in Brandon yelling at my phone! Lol all the parts you need to get that running are just down the road at sun and snow in portage! Anybody who deals sun and snow can have you the parts overnight. The bottom fitting on the carb can be replaced with a spin on tillitson spin on filter.
That was certainly different!! Surprised that with the age and the rarity of it that you were able to find parts. Great job of persevering with the ignition!!
Quite the machine. Tillotson carbs are the bane of existance to many. The broken spigot is the fuel pump. Mikuni pump helped, but likely the carb needs the crankcase impulse to start. My best suggestion is make an adaptor and stuff a mikuni on it. Makes me want to get my cushman lobster going. Also not many of them around. Pablo wasnt having any part of it😂
Well at least you got to have some fun with it, after working on it and solving all the problems there were. It is pretty out dated now compared to quads and bigger dump bed enclosed 6 wheelers. I thought for sure Pablo was going to get it, but he didn't see as a fun ride and something he could get killed in. And it stopped smoking at the end of the video, which was very educational working on smaller engines. Take care my friend
The engine looks like the engine from the Trabant 601 from the GDR 600 cubic centimeters 26 hp 2 cylinders. The Trabant was the most popular car in the GDR and is now a coveted classic car
Loads of fun especially on ice but it is no Argo. Yet even the Argo tends to get hung up in deep snow, stumps and muskeg humps. The Scout however is NOT amphibious. I know because I still own and drive my 74 Argo which is an amazing machine in the bush but like driving a bulldozer on the road.
Cool build you have going. Not all 67-72 C/30 trucks came with cab lights, only those with R05 "DR wheel conversion" on SPID were mandated. I've had several single wheel cab & chassis trucks without them. Also your front Dana 60 axle has to be from a 77 or later K/30 as there were no 1 ton 4x4 GM trucks till 1977.
The US army had the same thing called unimogs, several companies sold them but not for very long, nice job getting that one going, I'm shocked that you can get parts, great work Brent
OMG what a thrash. You could have built three hot rods in the time you spent trying to get that finicky engine to work. You could have adapted a Predator engine in a quarter the time. Of course it would have not made as entertaining a video. I applaud you not getting frustrated and taking a sledgehammer to it.
Hey Brent, even Pablo didn't trust that thing much and you were like a kid with a new toy! Happy Easter to you family and dogs! Here from São Paulo - Brazil
Knowing me, I'd put an Iron Duke 4 cylinder in it and terrorize my neighborhood.....they get mad when I crank my dirt drag bike up in the garage. Lifes still good at the age of 70.
Brent there is a man in the internet that teaches a class on these motors funded solely by the sales of their rebuilt engines and parts. Very much like a Germon Jlo Rockwell
Yeah that was pretty cool. Took a long time to get parts for it. It's you probably got the only one that's running. I tried looking it up online. There was one brochure that I sent you but it was on eBay but yeah Pablo's saying no you're not getting me on that but no interesting somebody's going to have fun with it down the road. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
G,day mate, when this video started, I thought to myself, will it ever stop snowing. But, then I saw the pile of scrap on the bed frame. Mind bender. Hooroo mate se ya later 😂
Brent, it would have taken you less time to fab a wisconsin 2cylinder, or a 2.8 chevy in that unit. But I enjoyed you guys comments while the little machine was winning. We all need to do that to stay sharp, thanks again.
Hi, I had a Bazoo back in the early 80's. We really had a hard time keeping it running. Chains broke all the time, and we even had a few axels slide out. But when it ran, it was a lot of fun! If I recall, it had a CCW engine.
That's a crazy but fun looking little 6x. Sounds like there's been a bit of information discovered about it below. Look forward to seeing what you do with it. Be safe and stay well.
That engine look really familiar to me when I saw it first thing I thought was snowmobile engine of course. But then what snowmobile engine. When you said ccwo really started making me think. So I looked it up. I found that it is a Canadian Curtis Wright engine. They put these in scorpions Rob's champions in a lot of other off-brand snowmobiles from the 70s. I remember it from my uncle always having to work on his. Happy wrenching.
I was able to find a VERY limited amount of documentation about this thing after some googling!
What you have is an OTACO Bazooo. It is a VERY limited production product and theres only a couple dozen known to exist. It seems the traveler/scout paint on it was done after the fact to mimic an IH Scout.
They were made in 1971 and '72, I couldnt find any production numbers but theres maybe a half-dozen of them I can find on the internet. The engine is a CCW (Canadian Curtis Wright ((yes, that Wright))), it was either a 240 or a 290cc. The OTACO brand changed hands a lot, hence the Bazoo only being made in '71 and '72. You are correct, it is supposed to be watertight and float like an Argo.
Cool. Thanks for the info.
I'm lookin' at that thing thinking deleting the 6x6 and putting some fully suspended tracks on it instead would be fun as hell. Forgo the amphibious part entirely.
I was thinking the decals on it were from an IH Scout. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@rexkramer4938 Agreed. Looks like it.
It needs some snow chains!
For a moment, I thought I was watching Mustie1!
I watch musti1 in 🇬🇧 a clever bloke
Get your Beaver out!...two Beavers are better than one....
Lol I was thinking the same thing and just watched his new video
They are both great people and very talented
Couldn’t be Mustie. Brent actually responds to comments.
This was made in the city I live in . Otaco was a big industry in this city ( ORILLIA )or many , many year. They even built toys, and was a major employer in the city I’ve been watching you for a long time. Wild to see you working on something from my hometown
It's awesome small would 😊 really . Well I grow up in Lake Dalrymple lol so I know Orillia well . Now am in washago but I thought it was cool too ,see that . Soon as seen it I was like I know what that is lol I actually drove one about 10 years ago and yes it's a crazy set up . Thanks , Matt.
I’m old enough to remember the Banana Splits having one of those vehicles in their kids show.
I too remember one banana,two banana,three banana,four
@@aarondwyer3746 OH no .... lol it was on Australian TV in the 80's. ruclips.net/video/XMl6HnhFFIA/видео.html
I'm old enough to remember that show too..
THAT is exactly the sort of thing the Banana Splits fellas would have driven!
Watching you get old engines running again reminds me of Frankenstein movies.......HE'S ALIVE!!!!HA HA HA.....I've done it!
That thing flies! I cant help but sing the "Banana Splits" TV show theme.
That CCW is a kick ASS Moter it's probably a 440 cc
Back in the early 70's their were 1000 manufacturers building Snow ❄ MOBILES and they all used that Moter except Ski doo they made their own
Big kid as my mom would say , Thanks for the entertainment Brent ,
Looks like a lot of fun, 😂 reminds me of the Banana Splits show when I was yong, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones
I really admire your perseverance and depth of knowledge with random old equipment.
That was an interesting project, amazed you got parts for it!!
Well done Brent.
Made in Orillia , about 70 miles up from Toronto . The Ottaco building was the home of one of Canadas first autos and has produced many things since its humble beginnings . Called the sunshine city its home to many notable people . Its also just another 40 miles south of Bracebridge , home of yours truly . You now qualify as a Ottaco mechanic and probably own one of the last one in existance of there six wheeled things . I really enjoyed the video , LMAO all the way through , Well thats that Take care stay well Stuart in Ontario .........
Like a kid on a carnival ride! After you finally got it running and driving. Love the Pablo talking. You should have more of that.
The wife's going to take that away. Because you are having to much fun 😅
Pablo said it all! You've had your fun.Joe
I'm convinced that there is nothing you can not make run, my friend!!
One thing I like about Brent, when he start a project he runs till its done.
There's nothing worse than watching a build and it gets shelved halfway through
(Bad Chad).
Yes i agree and the only reason i follow Bad Chad is just to see how bad he fouls up and makes up a fake reason he did something because his brain told him to . I was a teenager in the 50s and have already forgot more about the cars of that era than Chad will ever know . Love Brents work and knowing he will not just give up and walk off never caring if the watchers wanted to see the finish . If i laugh here it's for something funny like playing with that 6x6 not something done stupid like Bad Chad projects .
@@jimcollins3411 have a look at todays instalment, filling and paint spraying.
You won't believe what your eyes are seeing, rough as a bears rear end.
Brent"s kid soul within, keep on playing Brent, it's good for the soul, and the peace of mind ... objective accomplished!!.👍👍
Agreed! You're never too old to be 12.
I think I know why I’ve never seen these things before. The two stroke engine sounds good (finally). It would make a great machine for the woods maybe when the snow melts. As always, entertainment at its finest. Thanks Brent.
I think that 2-stroke would be great on Ryder's kart
Your attitude to everything is what challenges me to keep working on stuff even when it isn't going well. Thanks Brent.
Nice weather to run WT (Weird Thing) ohhhh you stuck in the snow 😅😅😅
Hello Brent, great fun, still smiling. Thanks for brightening this day. Be good and stay safe. 👍
I have only seen a handful of them now six on T.v😂 so anyways I live in washago, Ontario am about 10 or so minutes away from Orillia where the scout was made and where that was made , made seats for schools and I think whatever that they could contact. Lol
I remember seeing those machines in popular mechanics i believe when i was young, probably when it was new it was a great to use. Well done reviving it and bringing it back to life
Minty !
Thank You for sharing your video, and letting us hang out .
Later ...
A fun video Brent, over in the uk in the late 60’s early 70’s there was a US tv show called The Banana Splits, they had these vehicles I think.. ha ha
The Banana Splits on UK Tv every saturday morning in the 70s used to ride in one of these 6x6 's or a model very similar.
Thanks for bringing back happy memories from a 56 year old who is still learning to become an adult but the kid inside is still winning .
Looks like whoever designed that engine had a nightmare then decided to build it 😂 Good stuff Brent, cheers.
That engine is a snowmobile engine looks like a 440 ski doo engine from the 1970's
After all that work it was good to see you having lots of fun going doughnuts, pirouettes and just darn enjoying yourself in a 51 year old toy.
Six wheels of fun for sure. It's a cool little rig. I never had a doubt that you would get it running. Thanks for the video. 👍
I’m a snowmobile mechanic in Brandon yelling at my phone! Lol all the parts you need to get that running are just down the road at sun and snow in portage! Anybody who deals sun and snow can have you the parts overnight. The bottom fitting on the carb can be replaced with a spin on tillitson spin on filter.
Agreat revival of a vintage motor! Thanks for sharing.
The air compressor was jealous. You are toiling over that motor and it just wanted to show you, "SEE, I WORK JUST FINE"!!!!!
Fun video Brent.A bit of fore and ice there.Take it out on your hunt for swamp donkeys.
Fun buggy. It drives just like a track vehicle but has tires instead for locomotion in water. I admire you sir for your knowledge and patience.
Hey Brent! A fun project for sure. The basic’s are there just needs a little more tender love and care. Great job!!😀😀
There can't be very many of these things left. It is definitely a worthwhile project for someone that is interested in it.
Really cool to see this revival, many many years ago I had a jiger, identical to yours. Used it for duck hunting. Brought back a lot of memories.
That was certainly different!! Surprised that with the age and the rarity of it that you were able to find parts. Great job of persevering with the ignition!!
Quite the machine. Tillotson carbs are the bane of existance to many. The broken spigot is the fuel pump. Mikuni pump helped, but likely the carb needs the crankcase impulse to start. My best suggestion is make an adaptor and stuff a mikuni on it.
Makes me want to get my cushman lobster going. Also not many of them around.
Pablo wasnt having any part of it😂
Tillotson carb, pick it up and throw it in the woods, then pick it up again and throw it farther.
I have never seen this machine or that engine before. I love seeing things that I have never seen before, and learning something new. Good find.
CCW engines were used in Articat snowmobiles.
As the blue fog takes over the shop....the orange beast is alive.....bouncing around with joy.....HA ha ha......
I give you credit that took perseverance!!!! Brutal ignition problems!!! Congratulations!!!
Boy,you really put a lot into that little motor .You must like that antique a lot.😊
Well at least you got to have some fun with it, after working on it and solving all the problems there were. It is pretty out dated now compared to quads and bigger dump bed enclosed 6 wheelers. I thought for sure Pablo was going to get it, but he didn't see as a fun ride and something he could get killed in. And it stopped smoking at the end of the video, which was very educational working on smaller engines. Take care my friend
.....I kept hollering at you to. "Clean the carburetor", but you couldn't hear me.
A Bazoo 6x6 very rare ! CCW means counter clock wise rotation engine.👍😉✌
A great video that shows........never give up!!!!!!
Sounds heathy Thanks for sharing Great to hear it back from the dead
The engine looks like the engine from the Trabant 601 from the GDR 600 cubic centimeters 26 hp 2 cylinders. The Trabant was the most popular car in the GDR and is now a coveted classic car
Loads of fun especially on ice but it is no Argo. Yet even the Argo tends to get hung up in deep snow, stumps and muskeg humps. The Scout however is NOT amphibious. I know because I still own and drive my 74 Argo which is an amazing machine in the bush but like driving a bulldozer on the road.
CCW is Canadian Curtis Wright. They were used in toys like this as well as some of the sleds. Were not a bad engine.
Cool build you have going. Not all 67-72 C/30 trucks came with cab lights, only those with R05 "DR wheel conversion" on SPID were mandated. I've had several single wheel cab & chassis trucks without them. Also your front Dana 60 axle has to be from a 77 or later K/30 as there were no 1 ton 4x4 GM trucks till 1977.
The US army had the same thing called unimogs, several companies sold them but not for very long, nice job getting that one going, I'm shocked that you can get parts, great work Brent
Good work. When it first ran it sounded like the starter was still engaged. Way to hang in there, most folks would have pushed it back into the snow.
Cool snow cat. 😊
There’s nothing you can’t do. It’s going to need more work. At least you did donuts in it. Was different for you! Thanks for sharing! 💯
That's an interesting rig. Thanks for the video Brent 🐾🍺 According to the interweb CCW is a Canadian outfit that made snowmobile engines.
OMG what a thrash. You could have built three hot rods in the time you spent trying to get that finicky engine to work. You could have adapted a Predator engine in a quarter the time. Of course it would have not made as entertaining a video. I applaud you not getting frustrated and taking a sledgehammer to it.
I never thought they would ride good at all..LOL..😅😅😅..You got it going though..Great Video.
Well, that was a surprise. Nice change of pace. You had that video hanging around awhile look at the ‘37 you didn’t even do the trunk lid yet😅
Wow, I can't believe all of the good junk I mean treasure in the fields and woods around your area.
Hey Brent, even Pablo didn't trust that thing much and you were like a kid with a new toy!
Happy Easter to you family and dogs!
Here from São Paulo - Brazil
Knowing me, I'd put an Iron Duke 4 cylinder in it and terrorize my neighborhood.....they get mad when I crank my dirt drag bike up in the garage. Lifes still good at the age of 70.
CCW stands for Canadian Curtis Wright but you probably know that by now.
Brent there is a man in the internet that teaches a class on these motors funded solely by the sales of their rebuilt engines and parts. Very much like a Germon Jlo Rockwell
Now that was fun to watch. Thanks for sharing.
That was a fun project. Ryder will love that thing. Y'all can have fun for days on that! Enjoy!
This IS mechanic.water..junk ..rust..and have fun.thank you.nice music as Always
Thanks for sharing 👍😀
Brent e Pablo, a dupla que sabe tudo!!! Parabéns. Brent e Pablo, a dupla que sabe tudo!!! Parabéns.
Pretty unique rig you got there👍
Awesome project!
Yeah that was pretty cool. Took a long time to get parts for it. It's you probably got the only one that's running. I tried looking it up online. There was one brochure that I sent you but it was on eBay but yeah Pablo's saying no you're not getting me on that but no interesting somebody's going to have fun with it down the road. 👍👍🙂🇨🇦
Pablo ~ No way in hell I’m getting in that noisy contraption. Not even for all the Milk Bones in the world!✌🏻😂
No challenge to big or too small , you fix them all. great little toy.
G,day mate, when this video started, I thought to myself, will it ever stop snowing. But, then I saw the pile of scrap on the bed frame. Mind bender. Hooroo mate se ya later 😂
Would bet with a grippier sets of tires on it, it wouldn't have gotten stuck in that snow. Neat to see oddball things like that up and running again.
Yep..those are summer turf tires...get stuck in anything soft or wet with those..grass or hard pack is all they are good for....
Brent, it would have taken you less time to fab a wisconsin 2cylinder, or a 2.8 chevy in that unit. But I enjoyed you guys comments while the little machine was winning. We all need to do that to stay sharp, thanks again.
What a cool little critter. Did a ton of work to get it running. But keep up the great work
My uncle had something similar called an amphi-cat. My younger brother has an Argo. Good luck.👍🇨🇦 There was also a unit called a jigger or jiger.
Hi, I had a Bazoo back in the early 80's. We really had a hard time keeping it running. Chains broke all the time, and we even had a few axels slide out. But when it ran, it was a lot of fun! If I recall, it had a CCW engine.
I admire your patience. I would have dumped it way before you got it going!
Pablo watching you doing double U'eys = Dads nuts if he thinks I am getting on that animal. Loads of fun.
You're a VERY patient man Brent ... I would have pulled that motor and relocated it to the dumpster with extreme prejudice.
That's a crazy but fun looking little 6x. Sounds like there's been a bit of information discovered about it below. Look forward to seeing what you do with it. Be safe and stay well.
Everyone else gave up and you got it running .❤
thanks bud, I now know to never buy, touch or even look at one of these. Good luck with the sale!
That looks like a ball to drive! Nice rescue! Mike c
you are having way to much fun with this and that is the point. You fix it, you get to play with it.
Too much fun! Thanks
She's a runner!
That is awesome . I can’t believe you stuck with it. It was beginning to look like it was gonna be wall art
You have a lot more patience than me and I have , thanks!!!
That was alot of work someone will enjoy it
No wonder the Chrysler/Desoto won’t be ready for the show! You have a lot of time in this thing.
That engine look really familiar to me when I saw it first thing I thought was snowmobile engine of course. But then what snowmobile engine. When you said ccwo really started making me think. So I looked it up. I found that it is a Canadian Curtis Wright engine. They put these in scorpions Rob's champions in a lot of other off-brand snowmobiles from the 70s. I remember it from my uncle always having to work on his. Happy wrenching.
When I was a kid, one of my neighbors had a 6 whl Tera Tiger. Damn that thing was fun! About 69' or 70'