15k: Clean StarFax: AT-ST Imperial Scout Walker
The All Terrain Scout Transport (AT-ST) is a bipedal light troop transport and support vehicle, dubbed the chicken walker by Rebel Alliance forces for its awkward gait. Built under contract from a consortium of old world industrial weapons suppliers, the AT-ST played supporting rolls for AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport) in the Battle of Hoth and Battle of Endor. Today’s feature was restored after receiving light stone/log damage in the Battle of Endor; the current seller took painstaking efforts to remove the Ewok nests before doing a full Imperial era correct restoration. Find this lightly used AS-ST Imperial Scout Walker for sale in Bristol, UK for £9,800 ($15,700 USD or 
772,000 Galactic Credits) via ebay UK.
The AT-ST is equipped with a pair of chin mounted laser cannons and a set of ear mounted concussion grenade launchers. This machine stands at an impressive 16 feet high, but the factory documentations says the AT-ST should be 8.6 meters tall – so we will assume the seller did the conversion correctly because the metric conversions require the use of Lobachevsky root approximations and all of our RPN calculators are busted.
The seller includes one action shot were the AT-ST is about trying to avoid stepping on a small dog while shooting at the Hulk. However, the most important thing to consider when buying a used AT-ST from the Battle of Endor era is to avoid one with extensive Ewok damage. Those little buggers will use the AT-ST at first for basic transportation, drum moving, hunting, etc – and ignore all required maintenance. Once a critical system fails and the AT-ST is no longer mobile, they will typically turn it into an Ewok breeding shelter – starting with Ewok mating rituals (messy affairs that we won’t delve into on these pages) and continuing to raise their young in nests. The newborn Ewoks will chew up wires, soil every surface and destroy all exposed control panels, but thankfully many aftermarket parts houses have appeared around the galaxy to support you with new interior kits.
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No under hood shot? does this have the manual option or the imperial slushbox?
I'd run the other way if I were in the market for a late model AT-ST. I've seen a few of these come up for sale over the years, but I've never seen one from Endor that didn't have significant rust damage.
Look for a clean one-owner from Tattooine if you're not in a hurry.
Anyone know if a LS1 will fit and how hard the retrofit ECM wiring is?
That part is a piece of cake; its getting it to pass smog in CA which is the tough part. CA DMV will also want to rivet a new VIN on it.
offer 500 now plus 7000 on delivery – it'll be enough
Interesting tow vehicle. Don't even see many of them in the US anymore, much less in the UK.
Prospective buyers should ask a number of important questions before considering this purchase. Including these key issues:
Left Hand Drive – A number of AT-STs were imported to the UK from Naboo in the Thatcher era and met the draconian 80's regulation with low quality LHD conversions which often led to poor hydraulic sealings and pressure loss. If so, try to avoid for an AT-ST imported into Denmark, Finland or Eastern Europe.
SOL Gravity Upgrade – Most AT-STs operated as part of small troop deployments to habitable asteroids and satelites (think the Moon where a couple wrecked walkers still reside after the secret Apollo 51 Mission successfully destroyed them…) As such, the hydros and gyros are set to operate under considerably lower gravity than Earth's. A number of low gravity AT-ST's made it to Terra but most were crudely hotrodded with oversize hydro's (generally from a Caterpillar D8 or D9) which allowed them to operate but generally blew out the seals and wrecked many of the bearings and U-joints.
Gyro Upgrade – The name Chicken Walker is an unfortunate result of poorly adjusted gyros. The Imperial Forces support teams were generally undertrained slaves (often from Dagobah) whose understanding of advanced technical concepts was limited. Additionally, due to budget constraints almost all early Walker were equipped with manually adjusted gyros which needed to be set and tested for gravity, operating weight, atmospheric resistance and pilot preference. Typically this was harder than adjusting the vac on a Benelli Sei and led to numerous Walker stumbles and trips. A well taken care-off AT-ST in the modern age should have an aftermarket DSA (digital self adjusting) gyro with a M3 gravity feeler and GPS interface.
Good luck to whomever buys this. Can't wait to see the resto picks on DT!
Timble
Well played.
Agreed.. Very well played! You had me at Benelli Sei, even though I prefer Laverda V6 🙂
IIRC that tow vehicle is the ultra-rare Cadillac Minivan
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Nice stance.
Nice stance.