does anybody know what this started out as?

[Wakerider933]

 

thought is it was interesting

 

i saw it on http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/ its in the slide show in the top right corner

 

I'm just trying to figure out the make and model

[Darren]

A "Tin Top" Samurai.

[Automan2164]

:agree:

 

Rob L.

[Wakerider933]

thanks not what i expected but its still cool

[deziped]

Those things were suicide (misspelled I think) buckets. Mine always flopped at 1st sign of icy roads.

[dunl]

I know a guy with about 8 of these things....they literally go anywhere. Cheap the buy, repair, and build.

 

As in I don't think he has ever paid over $1200 CAD for one, including built ones.

[Automan2164]

I know a guy with about 8 of these things....they literally go anywhere. Cheap the buy, repair, and build.

 

As in I don't think he has ever paid over $1200 CAD for one, including built ones.

 

Me too... A guy I work with has 4, that they build for competition... They sound dirt cheap to wheel, and decently stout for the size.

 

Not for me though. :D

Rob L.

[freakjeep93]

they will go anywhere . but mostly because theyre not all that much bigger than a quad.

[mvusse]

They do have a habit of falling over, but they're also light enough it only takes a few people to roll it back rubber side down again.

[Lenard]

those little Samurai's are awesome! there is a group of guys here in my town that have a whole bunch of them. they have them built up for rock crawling, muding, and trail rigs. those things go where a Jeep could only dream of going.

 

 

i know i know I'm a traitor for saying that but oh well....sorry guys :oops: :cheers: :cheers:

[freakjeep93]

we will all qadmit it but our little 2.5 puts out like almost twice the amount of power the litle suzuki makes

[Geonovast]

My Ex has a 92 Tracker with that gutless little 1.6. Yeah, they make crap power... which is why (at least) the autos came with 5.12 axle gearing from factory.

[freakjeep93]

i might be buying a tracker and I'm definetly not expecting to be going all that fast.but there good on gas and kinda capable though

[whowey]

I know a guy with about 8 of these things....they literally go anywhere. Cheap the buy, repair, and build.

 

As in I don't think he has ever paid over $1200 CAD for one, including built ones.

 

Me too... A guy I work with has 4, that they build for competition... They sound dirt cheap to wheel, and decently stout for the size.

 

Not for me though. :D

Rob L.

 

 

There is a group of them that I see at the Cliff's almost everytime I go...

 

They really aren't that cheap to build. They replace nearly everything on them.

[DJM/78]

I had a guy down the street that owned three of them . He swore by them , working on them all the time .

 

Finally , he sold them all and bought an XJ . Smart man ! Now he doesn't have too work in the cold all the time .

 

I think he had , Jeep envy . I'm always out in the yard putting upgrades and goodies on my truck and he is trying to get one

 

of his to start . I think he finally got tired of that . :yes:

 

I agree with whowey , Its all in what you put in it , I believe all of our toys are money pits .

 

Try sport bikes their even worse . 340.00 for one rear tire , that lasts maybe ,seven eight months . :doh:

[EastCoast D]

I had a soft top Sami and a 4d hard top Tracker both did surprisingly well off-road......there's a lot of things you can do to them too.......one thing I always wanted to do was throw a toyota drivetrain under it, supposed to work really good. Snd yeah the sami was like a quad in the woods you can pretty much put it anywhere you want