Years ago I discovered a 72 suzuki jimney back in the stix when I was hunting. I contacted the guy and he said he didn't wanna sell, then I saw it up for sale about a year later, but had already spent my money. Last year I found another one, same faded yellow, just sitting in someone's yard, and it was still in the same spot this year. These are a really neat little(and I mean little) truck.
I've thought about all kinds of different possibilities for replacement engines as the stock 2 cylinder 2 strokes were supposed to be big dogs, but nothing solid has come to mind. There are the obvious space limitations, probably even tighter engine bay than the current ones, so a hybrid is out of the question, but that doesn't mean a toy engine isn't gonna work. My brother used to have an 85 toy corolla gts, which came with basically the mr2 twin cam engine, and I always wanted to stuff one of those into a Sammy. I'm assuming the older ones used divorced transfer cases too, which would make tranny choices easier. A 3tc would fit about the same and offer better low end, and could be rodded pretty easily too, but I think as light as it is the 4ag would have enough low end too.
Anybody have any idears on these? I'm just curious if anybody else has seen these and had similar thoughts. I don't even know if they would sell it, or the rolled toy sittin next to it, but it could make for a really fun little truck, and would definately be something different. Nate
