Sammy rocks!

Footofgod

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Ok, so I sold the 2nd gen. The plan was to get out of rock crawling and off-roading to save a little money. So I bought this as a DD and maybe to putz around in the mountains. 1988 Suzuki Samurai 4x4, 1.3L 5spd



Right after I bought it, the carb died. I immediately decided to upgrade and slap a Weber in it. This eliminates so much of the vacuum crap and left it running like a champ.

Pardon the pic, the engine was clean before I went to Moab, but more about that later.



Next was the seats and interior. The old Sammy seats were toast, so I pulled them and let the boys have them for their clubhouse. I had a couple 2nd gen 4Runner seats laying around, so in they went. The nearly 30 year old carpet was more than trashed and stinky, so I pulled it and bed lined the whole interior with Rustoleum Truck Bed Liner.











Much more to come!
 
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Not sure why, but everyone hated the old gold centered rims. It was time for new tires anyway, so I painted them black.



Also, somewhere around this time I decided to join the Classic forum guys on a trip to Moab. Beefier tires were in order. 215/75 15 Hankook Dynapro MT (215 is beefy, right?)



Too Clean....

 
Moab? I can't go to Moab without a locker, right? Shortly before Moab, I purchased a mini spool from Low Range Offroad. Took about an hour to drop in. At normal tire pressure it doesn't affect handling that much. Aired down, it grabs EVERYTHING!!!! I plan on buying an additional 3rd member to keep in there for road driving and the spooled 3rd will be saved for wheeling.

The top comes off!!! Picked up a California Brief bikini top off Amazon.



Moab was great! The Sammy blew my socks off until of course the clutch went out on day 3.



Now for the build plans: LOW AND SLOW!

1.5" OME lift
LRO 4:9.1 transfer case gears
ARB air lockers front and rear
LRO Defiant Armor Modular bumpers
4000lb winch
Diff armor
Thorley Headers and new exhaust
Snorkel intake

I'm sure there will be lots more. Who was I kidding when I thought about getting out of wheeling.
 
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Sammy kicked ass.

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