This 1988 Samurai spent the first 25 years of it's life as a vehicle flat-towed behind an RV for two different retired couples here in the states. It's common in the RV/motorhome community to refer to such vehicles as "toads" or "dinghies." When the previous owner gave up traveli...

Thanks again, fellas. I've been documenting all the little projects and saving the photos to share my build on a local forum (RME4x4.com) but after reading threads around here I think this would be a good place to do a build thread too. Everyone can see my Photobucket photos already posted, correct?

Thank you, all. Rock crawling is still very popular out here, especially where I live. It's the Suzukis that are more of a rare sight. Jeeps, Toyotas, tube buggies, etc., are much more commonplace. Years ago seeing a Samurai off road was much more common, now they're a bit expensive and the short wh...

Hello, My name is Brent and I'm from Salt Lake City, Utah. I live about 5 hours from Moab. I'm in the process of building an SJ413. This is my 5th Samurai. I'm building it to handle the rocks of southern Utah. The specs are: Stock 1.3 GM alternator TC power steering pump to FJ80 steering box 6.5:1 t...