The Stout Scarab In Numbers. Engine. Ford flat-head V8. Transmission. Three-speed manual. Horsepower. 85 hp. 0-60. 15 seconds. Top Speed ~80 mph. A Living Room On Wheels: The Scarab's Interior ...

The three-speed manual transmission (built by Stout) sat ahead of the engine and improved acceleration. Given that the bloated Scarab was 195.5 inches (over 16 feet) long, the reported 0-60 mph in ...

The Stout Scarab is the brainchild of automotive and aviation engineer William Bushnell Stout, who thought he could sell as many as 100 examples of it per year. ... thanks to its rear-engine, ...

The Stout Scarab was ahead of its time by some four decades, laying out the blueprint for today’s minivans and rear-engined passenger vehicles. It was also a thing of beauty.

Dick Taylor doesn't drive his 1936 Stout Scarab around Lumberton much. But it's hard to miss when he does. The eccentric and visionary Stout Scarab -- with its short, stubby nose and streamlined ...

Stout sold out to the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in 1942,entertaining high hopes that his Scarab MPV would have its finest hour after the war. However, although he completed a glass fibre ...

Dick Taylor doesn't drive his 1936 Stout Scarab around Lumberton much. ... "It was one of the first vehicles made for the public with four-wheel independent suspension, rear-engine drive.