Month: September 2010

  From 1994 To 2000 with B. “ZIG” Zeigler   GODZUKI I purchased my Kick in 1994 as a bone stock, navy blue, JX. It was my intentions to fix the front drivers side corner (she had met a Ford Truck up close and personal), and sell her for profit. That idea quickly disappeared. After […]

with Bill Johnston Chris Villarreal bought his Samurai in 1999 and has been upgrading ever since. He has put in a lot of work, building many of the parts himself to get it the way he wanted it. He wheels in the desert southwest out of Phoenix, Arizona. The rig even has aftermarket A/C to […]

  with Bill Johnston The Cat First looks can be deceiving (or maybe a bit amazing), No, it’s not that Kevin got lucky and scored a ‘hard to find’ long wheelbase Samurai. Or that he got even luckier and found a factory lwb fiberglass top without any cracks or missing parts. How about the fact […]

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    with Brandi the Rookette So I am sitting here on my couch thinkingwhat tidbits of wisdom do I really have to offer our faithful IZook readers this month? I found myself thinking back to a conversation I had with Murph last week. We were sitting at Khaki Jacks, one of our favorite restaurants […]

 with Bob Norman, assisted by Alex Maslo Part 2… Skin Removal   Obviously, from these pictures, you can see a small sample of the “custom body work” that has been so thoughtfully applied over the last couple years of heavy trail duty. So, we begin. Goodbye old friend, see you soon in another form. We […]

with Bill Johnston Making Big Tracks     During the 2005 ZookiMelt, Jim Mazzola brought and wheeled his wife’s 2004 Chevy Tracker. It was very little more than a stocker, with slightly larger tires and a winch. He did very well on the trails, but he also told us that he was planning to make some changes […]

 with Bill Johnston Big Texan Believe it or not, this seriously capable crawler started life as a 1988 hardtop. Benji Arslanouski built one heck of an offroad machine, and he still isn’t done (are they ever?). We met up with him at the 2006 Zookimelt to to take a few pictures and talk about his […]

 with Bill Johnston       This tangerine sunburst orange monster took many people by surprise at the ZookiMelt this year. Many had seen it on the internet and dubbed it a ‘show truck’ (myself included). But owner Brian Nelson of Rochester, Indiana showed everyone that this 87 Samurai had the ‘Go’ to match the […]

with Bob Norman The Killer Bee Gets A Much Needed Facelift  First… a history lesson. Last year (2000) was a bittersweet fourwheeling year for me and my rig, the Killer Bee. Most know that I spent a ton of time fitting a coil-over shock suspension, Dana 44’s, and 35″ MTR’s under it, just making it […]