COAST RANGE ADVENTURE! ZUKIWORLD Happy Holiday Run Editor: Eric Bewley Story/Photo: Stasi Vaillancourt Corvallis, OR -Tommys Restaurant, rumored to have killer omelets. Five Samurai with eight enthusiasts met for a leisurely, low key run into the nearby Coast Range Mountains. The idea was started earlier in the month when the editor and a few Zukiworld participants realized they would …
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2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA Redesigned 3rd Generation Vitara Hits Target Editor/Photo: Eric Bewley Vancouver, BC – August found us at the Suzuki North American Press Launch for the new 2006 Grand Vitara. This new completely redesigned model is the third generation of this line of automobile first named the Sidekick in the N. American market which was then changed to …
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What Up? Dave. Ted Holman builds a beautiful X-90 in memory of his son. Story/Photo: Ted Holman Editor: Eric Bewley GRANTS PASS, OR -On December 20, 2001, my son David was fatally injured while jumping from a waterfall in Costa Rica. He was on break from Southern Oregon College with a group of friends and having the time of his …
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HAWK’s Shifter Pin Upgrade Installation of Hawk Strictly Suzuki’s New Shift Pin Fix Kit. Editor/Photo: Eric Bewley CORVALLIS, OR -Every Samurai I have owned so far has had this exact same problem. The shifter is so loose one can never tell what gear they are in. Is it first? Third? Fifth? It all boils down to a simple two-dollar part …
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Project Mr. Mutt Building a Samurai with VINTAGE SUZUKI. -Ted Holman The summer was rushing on and the Rubicon was coming up. I finally got the running gear back in place and started adding the suspension parts. My ’90 had been a SPOA and I was jazzed to be able to install a CalMini 5″ Reverse Shackle kit and the …
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Building a Samurai with VINTAGE SUZUKI. -Ted Holman GRANTS PASS, OR. Follow Ted Holman from Vintage Suzuki as he builds a samurai from the ground up for exploring the rugged trails and scenic vistas of the NorthWest. Let’s join Ted as he cronicals his progress. Like most of my on going projects, buying this 88 Samurai was a gross judgment …
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Installing a Trailer Hitch Receiver to a Suzuki Sidekick / Geo Tracker Hitchin’ to a Sidekick. -Junior RENTON, WA Dont blink, or youll miss our six and half-minute installation of Draw-Tites trailer tow hitch. No kidding, this install took more time to brief the instructions then it did to install the hitch. (Hitch courtesy of Calmini Products Inc.) First and …
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CALMINI’s Duck Stalker. -Eric Bewley BAKERSFIELD, CA The special projects staff at CALMINI manufacturing have done it again with the debut of their camouflaged Grand Vitara code named the ‘Duck Stalker.’ This vehicle might have been called the ‘eight day wonder’ for that is the amount of time the CALMINI staff had to get this Grand Vitara ready for Suzuki …
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American Suzuki Association’s Suzis on the Rocks. Rubicon Bash -Linda Bradshaw One potentially serious roll was caught on film is a serious of six incredible shots the following is a roll that occurred on the ‘big sluice’ heading into Rubicon springs. This is a corner that many people in short wheel base vehicles have problems with. Shane starting to …
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American Suzuki Association’s Suzis on the Rocks. Rubicon Bash -Linda Bradshaw LAKE TAHOE, CA. This years American Suzuki Association’s ‘Suzis on the Rocks’ gathering drew 38 Samurai enthusiasts from several states to the famous Rubicon trail. Our group met up at Bassi Falls Wednesday evening and headed for Spider Lake on Thursday morning. Jessika James from the American Suzuki Association …
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