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You're thinking of the Geo Trackers.

See them out here pretty regularly. Usually chopped up and clapped out.

You’re like a one man wrecking crew..shattering preconceived notions of CA and it’s people

Now I want a samurai

I may head back out there in February. If I do I'm gonna drive one back.

deflave;
Top of the morning to you Travis, I hope all is well in your part of the world - I suppose the snow has melted there as it has here?

Thanks for the info, I've looked over the site and will forward it to a hunting buddy who is on is 3rd??? Tracker. One two door and now his second four door if memory serves.

The engines are usually super stout and easy to rebuild and/or work on - it's the body that gives the grief - we salt roads for half the year on this side of the medicine line.

Up here in the southern BC Interior there's a huge following of both the older solid front end Samurai and the independent front end Tracker types.

Typically the Tracker's front end will stay on a washboard log haul road better through the switchbacks than a Samurai, but otherwise there's a lot to be said for the simplicity of a solid front axle.

There's a few guys up here who work on them exclusively and like I said we see a whole lot of them up in the mountains - "quads with heaters" is the local Okanagan parlance for them.

Thanks again and Merry Christmas to you and yours Travis.

Dwayne

Hahaha. "Quads with heaters" is about perfect.

Merry Christmas, Dwayne.




Travis

There are several local guys here who have yards full of old Samuris for parts. They were a fun toy, like a miniature Jeep, but would suck for daily transportation. I wouldn't drive one from California to Florida were it free and in mint condition.

For a time, seemed like every enlisted negroe in the 101st airborne owned one of those. Should be plentiful in salvage yards around Army bases.

That's some great info.

Thanks.

Why?

Because it would similar to driving a small tractor 2000 miles?

They're not that bad. I had one as a daily driver for years. Took road trips in it all the time.

It’d be a fun trip. Don’t think you’ll be spending anytime outside of the right lane though. Lol.

Likely need a strong tailwind to top 70mph.

You are a better man than I. I've driven them. They remind me of a go cart.

Yeah.

That would be some slow going. LMAO.

He said there is a guy that ships for him for around $600. I may just go that route.

Definitely not for everyone.

Travis:
Thanks for the reply.

A quick story for you to illustrate to the uninitiated what these little gems are capable of.

Aforementioned hunting partner and I are out trying to get a spring turkey for our youngest daughter one spring many, many springs ago.

We're all piled into a two door he had at the time - daughter riding shotgun - but with a .22 since we shoot birds that way up here in the uncouth north - and me in the back.

As we're traversing all sorts of snow drifts, etc - it's early spring - I'm sitting in the back seat and noting the lack of a come along, winch or even a decent shovel....

Not wanting to be an alarmist or question buddy's off-roading savvy, I gently ask, "So just when do you think the snow will be deep enough that we should turn around?"

He responds, "When I have to stick it in 4 wheel drive Dwayne." !!!!

We were going places that I would have been absolutely stuck and shoveling in any full sized 4x4 pickup I've owned - 2 '87 F150's, a '99 F150 and current '03 Ram with a Cummins - any and all of 'em would not have been there in 4x4 but there we were chugging along in 2WD...

I've been running 4x4 rigs since '81 too and being off road isn't exactly a new thing for me as "off road" or a major log haul road is exactly 2 kilometers from where I'm typing.

Anyway thought I'd share that whilst my second cup of coffee kicks in and before we head into town to see the grandmas.

All the very best to you and yours again this Christmas Season.

Dwayne

The blue one is a proper buggy! Though the hound looks a bit embarrassed by it.

Oh yeah.

I can relate to that.

The thing about Samurai's is they are so damn light they often times won't end up where most trucks would.

They damn near float. Over everything.