You are welcome. Glad the heart of the Zukipi is getting a newer beat to it.
Next, is the exterior body work to play with. Hmmm, thinking,....ouch the apple fell and hit me...lol

Anyways, how about something along the lines of Mike's newish 2seater beater or Wildweasel type of thing. You have another body sitting. What's a little sheetmetal clip here, seam weld there.....bar stock added......

I'm thinking of doing something more tubish but still street legal that I can drive to events and back. It will definately be a better revision of what I already have. Thanks again for the hook up

Zig

hay zig what part of the country are you in?
i think that i woul get it  running, I mean if you can push it and it rolls, then it can be rebuilt,  fix it then go find the year ect that you want, and start rebuilding Her, I have a 57 chevy pickup off road rig at my dads hous in NC "i live in "WA" there is more welding and bondo on that thing then there are from most totaled and rebuilt trucks, i mean i SMASHED the drivers door on a stump in the swamp, and took 2 54 ford doors sliced them and welded them back together, and it looks like a 57 chevy door. have blown 2 motors in it  have a spare tranny under the seet, and have lost more parts in the swamps of chowan county NC then i could shake a stick at, but never had to walk home. Soon as i can get a somone that can  tow it 3400 miles weighing in at over 2 tons , do to the Military mopar 1 3/4 ton full posi running gear "still brass bushings thoe"  i will make the trip to bring it back to were it was built

it is the spirit of the rig, new motor, or body, or any other piecs, its just a little like plastic surgery!

sorry for rambling but that is my opinion.
ps it will live agin,  as said before  it is only dead when it is beyond recognition "bieng hit by a train" see that happen to a jeep once and it was dead. the guy driving it liveed but his truck was rosted tosted and left in the rain.

Nah your 'rambling' is what I have spent the last week convinencing myself of She's gonna live, after the heart transplant next week she will be back kicking ass again My next level will be slowly developing another level of Kick to adapt all of my existing stuff to to make it even better

Zig

Good decision Zig. Ressurect her and go have some fun for the summer. It is legendary that rig - I even keep an eye out for it when I am surfing the net over here in New Zealand. i have an old Kick that has been "bush / rock bashing" now for 8 years and it is pretty banged up but it still delivers and I don not lose any sleep when she gets another dent or two.
These rigs are cheap enough that you just retire them when it is time and move on. Good luck with your next project, I will look out for it. Thought about building a more trail type rig? :- - eg: with a little less panels to worry about?

Good to here that Zig, i look forward to seeing a hellish zuk emerge,  taking it to the next level with tubing, Humm maby somthing like a rally truck type suspension, street legal and massive articulation, in a zuk it would be like a spider, you could go over anything.

anyway i cannot wait to see what will come of taking it to the next level.

Have you dialed in what happened yet?
Broken connecting rod?  Bad bearings?

~Nate

I dont have time to mess with it right now, but I am having Jimmy put it in for me. After the chaos (know as my life) settles down a bit I will pull it apart in the shop and see what gave way. Right now I'm just trying to arrange fir it to be mobile in two weeks.

Zig

Good decision Zig. Ressurect her and go have some fun for the summer. It is legendary that rig - I even keep an eye out for it when I am surfing the net over here in New Zealand. i have an old Kick that has been "bush / rock bashing" now for 8 years and it is pretty banged up but it still delivers and I don not lose any sleep when she gets another dent or two.
These rigs are cheap enough that you just retire them when it is time and move on. Good luck with your next project, I will look out for it. Thought about building a more trail type rig? :- - eg: with a little less panels to worry about?

Thanks What ever I build will have to still be street legal (and IFS )

Zig

Good to here that Zig, i look forward to seeing a hellish zuk emerge,  taking it to the next level with tubing, Humm maby somthing like a rally truck type suspension, street legal and massive articulation, in a zuk it would be like a spider, you could go over anything.

anyway i cannot wait to see what will come of taking it to the next level.

If I can achieve something like that and still legally drive it down the road, it sounds like a great goal

Zig