Suzuki samurai folks here?

[ThatJeepGuy]

Are there any Suzuki samurai folks here??

 

I've got a newly aquired samurai body, an extra jeep drivetrain/axles and questions...

[neohic]

4 hours ago, ThatJeepGuy said:

Are there any Suzuki samurai folks here??

Hell yeah! What’s the plan?

[ThatJeepGuy]

4.0 i6 aw4 and 231j tcase. Custom frame. Potentially d30 axles front and rear for a 4 wheel steer build. Rear damage may get chopped and then convert this into a cab and bed truck build

[neohic]

[Pete M]

[ThatJeepGuy]

I found these and considering the damage... its definitely along the lines of what ive been thinking about.

[neohic]

https://www.motortrend.com/news/dirt-every-day-suzuki-samurai-rock-crawler

[ThatJeepGuy]

2 minutes ago, neohic said:

https://www.motortrend.com/news/dirt-every-day-suzuki-samurai-rock-crawler/photos

 

Yes, one of the other motivators

[Pete M]

this exact rig almost convinced me to buy one   

 

 

[ThatJeepGuy]

Acquiring doors, grill and a change up in drivetrain plan today sometime

 

[ThatJeepGuy]

Definitely escalating into a potential build thread...

 

Drivetrain and doors aquired

 

More body parts coming soon

[ThatJeepGuy]

But wait theres more!

 

Now lets point out some body damage..

 

Time to commit!

 

spent about an hour with a ratchet strap manipulating the body some to atleast get the targa aligned and bolted down - nearly there

[neohic]

The first cut is the hardest! 

[ThatJeepGuy]

14 hours ago, neohic said:

The first cut is the hardest! 

Was not hard at all on this one, even did it in my "nice clothes" at the end of the night after putting kiddos to bed.

 

Wife gave me a look while I was looking at it in the garage putting some stuff away.

"what ya thinking?"

Me? - firing up the plasma cutter and ditching this rear section...

"soo what are you waiting for?"

Yea i suppose it won't take long soo why not.

 

My next trick will be figuring out how to un-frowny face the body to get the door strikers to actually line up with the door latches...

[ThatJeepGuy]

Samurai parts pile...

A member on another forum local to me shared a pile of samurai leftovers...

 

The main grab here was a frame, doors, hood and windshield frame.

 

 

Only amazons finest hockey pucks gets used for body mounts in this driveway.

 

My current task is utilizing the frame with the body bolted down to get the body back into square for the doors and top to fit right. I'll also use this time with the frame attached to start aligning and welding in the rear of this to make it a cab.

[pizzaman09]

Samurais are fun!  I have a friend with a 1988.5 model, it is one of the most fun ways to zip around town or go to the beach with some friends.  It's also the most capable vehicle I've ever driven in the snow, 4x4 in a light weight truck with no power and good snow tires.