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With: Rae Champoux iZook Guru’s Ultimate Project Build Off – Truck Two Well it has happened. We started the work on the tin top. We pulled the red tin top out of the garage, after we un-piled two years of stuff off it. You see, the tin top has its own story. We (Mitch […]
Continue Readingwith Bob Norman and assistance by my father-in-law,” Mr. Anonymous” Part 7: Project Near Completion More painting and finishing touches! Once the wheels got turning, everything just started to fall into place. The painting went much easier than anticipated, and also turned out pretty good (if I do say so myself) even though I was assisted […]
Continue Readingwith Jeff Pollock Cosmetic Zookurgery In the Back to the Basics article (May 04) the goal was to show the build up of a Zook for mild trails and daily driving duties. The basics such as suspension, tires and wheels and gearing were covered along with some slight interior modifications such as Ford Festiva seats, […]
Continue Readingwith Bill Johnston Kickin’ It! We have seen Mike Hagen before even if we never realized it. He builds some really ‘kickin’ Zooks. Last year we saw him compete in the ZookiMelt Rock Rage with a bright yellow Track/Kick that really showed it’s capabilities. This year’s iteration has shown great improvements in strength, articulation and […]
Continue ReadingProject Bova Continues, Step III Here at iZook.com we really appreciate Jim and his father taking the time to bring a Samurai back to life. We are very glad they opted to share the experience on-line. Thanks Jim iZook Staff Project #2 is moving along. In this installment my Dad and I remove the old […]
Continue ReadingWith Jim Bova Project II, Part Two Been on a little hiatus from building up #2 but the project continues. Found that #3 rod appears to be broken. I have gotten another motor with over 100k on it but with such a tight budget I am going to put it in untouched. It […]
Continue ReadingJim Bova’ Project 2 – SHACKLE REVERSAL INSTALL Sold the bumper that came on the Zuke and bought a used SR with 4 shocks from a friend. Grill was removed for cleaning and painting. In process SR install. This picture brings us up to date. Soon […]
Continue ReadingA case study in tinkering run amok… by TD (Troy) Graham Part 2: Blueprint. OK, we all remember our folks constantly nagging us to set goals, and as we get older we realize that they are getting smarter by the day. Funny thing, that. So following Mother Dearest’s advice, I applied a […]
Continue ReadingProject Number Two With Jim Bova Back in October of 2001 looking through the Bargainnews (local sell ‘whatcha got’ paper) I spotted this ’87 Soft-top Zook. Emailed the guy and he said he wanted $500 for it but it didn’t run and he thinks it has a broken rod. I find out he is in […]
Continue Readingwith Bill Johnston Simply Insane Our readers here at iZook come from a wide range of personalities, and they fall into (basically) four groups. The Original Suzuki purists The Mild Stocker Drivers The Aggressive Trail Animals and the Simply Insane This article is about a vehicle built by someone you would expect in the fourth […]
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