New Rig prospect

[Wmwendler]

This is a suziki Sidekick.  I am thinking of getting one and turning it into a hunting rig.  They are supposed to be tough little vehicles.  Allot of guys lift them and use them for offroad. about 70 h/p,  4x4 high and low, front locking hubs, 30mpg, lots of room for dogs, hogs, coolers in the back, but still small and easy to hual or drive in the woods.  I am looking for one with body damage for cheap, could even be rolled and I would cut the top off.  Most of the ones I have found have no dents and pristine paint jobs.  Looks to be equivalent to the minitruck or sideby side atv in size and performance at 1/4 - 1/6 the price and highway legal if you wanted to insure it.  Trying to find out how quiet they are.  What do yall think?  this is just a picture I found on the net.



Waylon

[tubby]

That is a good idea I have seen plenty of them up an down the road. That should make a heck of a hunting rig. Good luck on finding one and rigging it out. Keep us updated would like to see one rigged out for hunting.

[nosightsneeded]

my buddy had one when we were in high school and flipped jumping rail road tracks. pretty fun little toys.

[slimpickins]

Well, as an owner, I can tell you that stock power is between 45 and 50 horses (carburated).
I have an 87 that I have had for about 8 years, very capable rig, and will climb anything I can get 1 wheel on (welded front and rear).
Motor got weak, so it is currently retired ( but will be resurrected eventually).
The above rig weighs 1600 lbs, with me in it and a full 8 gallon tank. Very light.
I bought a wrecked out 2001 Chevy Tracker (THE JENNY) as the kids call it, off of Forrest Gump.
Going to be a heck of a rig someday, 113hp, fuel injected, automatic.
Am waiting on payday to order manual locking hubs, and do away with the air locked hubs, which currently are not functioning.

I'll post some pics of my 87.

Here's jls41 on a firewood run.


Here's her 1st buck loaded on the front, with the windshield up and bikini top on.

[Circle C]

Waylon,

Here is one for $500.00 needs a little work. Might be further than you want to drive. It is in Abernathy, Tx
http://www.marketmyauto.com/search08/clientBroker/details.aff.php?id=2383041

Here is another for $1450.00 that is closer to you.
http://www.marketmyauto.com/search08/clientBroker/details.aff.php?id=2041876

[Wmwendler]

Circle C.....Thanks, I'm looking for something less than 1000 but dont want to do any mechanic work right off the bat.  Don't mind dents or peeling paint but I want a sound engine and trans.  I dont have money burning a hole in my pocket but I am looking to get one when the right bargan comes around.


Slimpickins.....Just going by what I read about the horsepower.  Saw 80, 70 and some others just picked the lowest.  How was yours for noise loud or quiet could you year dogs baying from a few hundred yards away if it was idling?.  Did you do the flip down windshield and top your self?

Waylon

[barlow]

THIS ONE BELONGS TO MIKE TOTH, A BUDDY IN CALIFORNIA . . .





HAS THE WORDS "LEP CUR" PUNCHED OUT IN THE BACK. HAULS ALL OF HIS DOGS AND GEAR, ETC.

[slimpickins]

Waylon, mine was actually quiet, and you could hear real well, but after several years the exhaust rusted out.
My 87 actually had a real weak motor when I bought it, but I have not addresses that in the 8 years I've had it.
The windshield fold down kit I added, as the ones built here in the U.S. did not have that feature, best $100 I ever spent on it.
The only top I ever had was a bikini top for it, just to keep the sun off of me.

Most of the newer ones cannot be completely opened up like my 87, unless you take the cutting torch to it.
The one you posted and the ones Circle C posted can't be done with a kit, unless you cut it all off.

That one Circle C posted is less than 10 miles from where I sit.