Author: Admin iZook

    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 […]

  with Jeff Pollock Back to the Basics Remember when Samurais first hit the USA auto market? They were hot, so hot that dealerships had a hard time keeping them on the car lots. What made them so appealing? Well, the fact that they were cheap, nimble, economical, reliable four wheel drive vehicles that in […]

with Bill Johnston The Popsicle! Back in the spring of 2000 Art Lilley was in the market to buy a Jeep. He looked for a few months and finally decided that they cost way more than he was willing to spend. His wife suggested he go and look at a Suzuki Samurai and the rest […]

  YJ Front Spring Conversion with Bill Johnston Putting the ShrockWorks Winch Bumper on last month gave us a few options we didn’t have before. The bumper was designed to allow enough room for suspension upgrades that fit around the front of the frame rail. So we went ahead and installed the Trail Tough Front […]