Well actually it was given to me because they're so common over here, nobody wants them just like the long wheelbase soft tops.
They're both too long for the tight twisty stuff.

Anyway
Its finally finished.... mechanically so here are some pics

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?&p=999&uid=9568425&gid=17428083&&imgid=270918073&offset=0

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?&p=999&uid=9568425&gid=17428083&&imgid=270918076&offset=0

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?&p=999&uid=9568425&gid=17428083&&imgid=270918075&offset=0

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?&p=999&uid=9568425&gid=17428083&&imgid=270918080&offset=0

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?&p=999&uid=9568425&gid=17428083&&imgid=270918079&offset=0

Theses are just to see if I can post pictures
If not I give up

HOW THE HELL DO I POST PICS HERE FROM PICTURETRAIL.COM
IVE GOT MY RED STAR WHAT MORE MUST I DO ?
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED ?
I HATE COMPUTERS


Joe

Im with you there I get some damn good shots of the red X''s too

It looks nice great pics:laughing:

Nice zuk!

http://pic15.picturetrail.com:80/VOL599/9568425/17428083/270918073.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com:80/VOL599/9568425/17428083/270918076.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com:80/VOL599/9568425/17428083/270918075.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com:80/VOL599/9568425/17428083/270918079.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com:80/VOL599/9568425/17428083/270918080.jpg

As your title suggests....
You Rock
You are a God

THANKS again !!!!!!!!

Can you let me know / post up here what you did & what I should do as I'd like to post some more pics of the buildup.

Joe

more pics please

LWB's and Pick-ups are like gold here in the US.

It took me about 7 years to find my LWB...

http://cdalejef.smugmug.com/photos/26454149-M.jpg

http://cdalejef.smugmug.com/photos/63521017-M.jpg

Whats the deal with the pics not working today?

i would really like to get one of these trucks, what countries have em? that thing is lookin good by the way

[QUOTE=Rabid Rhino;7111575]Well actually it was given to me ...[QUOTE]

I'm going to have to call BS on that!

No one in their right mind would GIVE something like that away, no matter how "un-popular" they are, everything else on there is worth something to someone!

Unless it was given to you in stock form and you did all the mods, in that case, good score, and nice truck!

Okiyota
No BS It was given to me but not in that condition.
It had a 2litre Ford SOHC engine & box mated up to stock running gear.

It was actually an unfinished project and the shop where it was had no room so left it outside in the hope that some one would take it.
Some guys bashed it about hence the dent in the front & a me putting on a new hood but they never took it

Nobody wanted it so I took pitty on it.
I had a Toy chassis project missing a body and knowing how much you Yanks like pickups I grudginly took it on.

Can't say I'm too dissapointed with it.

I have a euro sammi front to go on it

I think these Pick-up beds are still available on new Suzuki Carry Vans. I know A friend recently got 2 from a gau that discards them as he carries out some sort of conversion

And thats no BS

I'll post the pics as soon asI get my red star account working

Joe

i would really like to get one of these trucks, what countries have em? that thing is lookin good by the way

Canada had them but most are rusted away by now.

Canada had them but most are rusted away by now.

guess i'll havta make my own then:)

LWB's and Pick-ups are like gold here in the US.

It took me about 7 years to find my LWB...

http://cdalejef.smugmug.com/photos/26454149-M.jpg

http://cdalejef.smugmug.com/photos/63521017-M.jpg

if you remove the double http in the img tag, and walla, picture works.

As for the other links - I simply opened the img tag links in another browser window, found that they actually pointed to a HTML page (not an image). On those pages, I opened the image in another window, and then tag the .jpg file (not the .html file).

I like the look of the pickups, I'm actually thinking of cutting up my current zuk, and building a extended cab pickup version..

But I have other more pressing projects to finish first.

i would really like to get one of these trucks, what countries have em? that thing is lookin good by the way

we have them over here in OZ. but they are getting rear, and all of them are in poor condition.

i've got two in the shed:D, one getting build and an original one complete with 1L motor

as well as being RHD. it would take some getting used to or you could swap in a fire-wall ot of a local samurai.


Mitch

I'd rock a RHD Samurai pick-up HARD on teh trails.

Okiyota
No BS It was given to me but not in that condition.
It had a 2litre Ford SOHC engine & box mated up to stock running gear.

It was actually an unfinished project and the shop where it was had no room so left it outside in the hope that some one would take it.
Some guys bashed it about hence the dent in the front & a me putting on a new hood but they never took it

Nobody wanted it so I took pitty on it.
I had a Toy chassis project missing a body and knowing how much you Yanks like pickups I grudginly took it on.

Can't say I'm too dissapointed with it.

I have a euro sammi front to go on it

I think these Pick-up beds are still available on new Suzuki Carry Vans. I know A friend recently got 2 from a gau that discards them as he carries out some sort of conversion

And thats no BS

I'll post the pics as soon asI get my red star account working

Joe


Right on, that makes more sense. Good score, and nice truck!

A friend of mine liked them so much he had 2
one he bobbed the bed so it would fit on a SWB chassis

http://suzuki.off-road.com/suzuki/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=277156

Now we're just into LJs


Joe

We still have a few good ones up here.
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/9052/img0658fe8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Not that I am an "expert" or anything, but your coilovers appear to be upside down......

Nice ass zuk truck though.....I really like the way those things look.



Rob

It all started with a mates cusom Toy pickup with a 3.5 litre Rover V8 on 44s that I knew was mechanically sound & I just wanted to do a tub swap.

But things soon spiraled out of control to a total strip down & rebuild

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272107007.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272107011.jpg

In the early days I just wanted to keep it simple
Couldn't even be bothered to put the tyres on the right way

The coil-overs however are up the right way. They have a little control knob on them at the bottom with 32 click settings from Zero where he piston almost drops by itself to Max where nothing is moving it.
They're AVO units.... www.avouk.com who willl make any length you want and most importantly they were really cheap.
I have to take the crappy Scorpion Racing stickers off them as they have some dumb deal of acting as middle man for all offroad orders for AVO. All Scorpion did was screw up the order. Bloody middle men - whats the point except greed.


http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272107015.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272107014.jpg

Before I got my digital camera the chassis had already been fully stripped, turned upside down with the sub frame welded to it.

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272106552.jpg

I wasn't sure if 4 links would have cleared the sump so I went for a 3 bar A frame but as you can see, it still would have fouled the sump if the suspension wouldn't have bottomed out.
I still want to go for 4 links front & rear. All the same length incase of breakage & I just need to carry 1 spare length/trailing arm.


http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272106564.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272106555.jpg

That was initially 28" ground clearence at the lowest point of the centre of the subframe

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272106578.jpg

holy, that looks phenominal!

what size of tire is that? you mentioned the donor had 44's...

The coil-overs however are up the right way. They have a little control knob on them at the bottom with 32 click settings from Zero where he piston almost drops by itself to Max where nothing is moving it.
They're AVO units.... www.avouk.com who willl make any length you want and most importantly they were really cheap.


do you mind posting up the specs on the avo coil-overs you run? also how cheap?? could be just the thing i'm after

nice rig by the way, i haven't seen many lwb pick-ups about they seem quite rare in the west

Slack D

Coilovers

They're 13" travel.
I asked for 14" but they have a built in bumpstop..... A 2" rubber bushing on the piston which won't compress fully so I say 13"

They cost me about £150 each that's about $300 at current rates but they'd have been cheaper if I'd gone direct to AVO instead of the middleman Scorpion Racing.

Have I mentioned how much those guys are a con & screw up the order ?
Insist on dealing direct with AVO.

SJ-X

The tyres are 39s


Joe

Once the transmission was in it was just a case of bolting on the body
The little sammi next to it was having a Ford V6 put into it

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272105074.jpg

I like these next 3 pics. It shows the stable where the vehicle was built

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272105059.jpg

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272105072.jpg

Thats Bigfoot 17 shortly after it was built. You Yanks only have upto Bigfoot 16. I kind of feel safe in the knowledge that the guy who built mine is qualified enough to build Bigfoot 17

With the Bed on the back it was time to fit the Spare
The Chassis was cut back to allow the tyres to clear on full bump.

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272104005.jpg

The Kicker bars bolt through to the chassis

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL599/9568425/17456224/272103996.jpg

I'm still tempted to raise the bed just 1 more inch although the lines wont flow from the cab to the bed.

Joe