Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by chrisj410 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 2:48 pm

Sweet find, bet your old mans well chuffed

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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by Jay18 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:18 pm

i like it! arent they the indian version of suzuki? so its an indian import? id love a jap import suzuki :)

looks really clean and tidy...
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by Jordi » Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:39 pm

What can i say, it's rough, complete, but rough. Bonus on the 1.6 Scottie, your Dad seems well chuffed with it.

Nice to put a face to the name, i presume you left mike with a list of bits required.

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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by Tramp » Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:54 pm

Out of curiosity.... is the build quality any different to jap/Spanish SJ's? Tbh I'm really jealous, since I went on holiday to Cyprus I've wanted a lwb maruti, I'm sorry about the rust but you do have a real UK gem, I hope its this SJ which appears in next months POTM!

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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by ScottieJ » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:12 pm

With a bit of work its going to tidy up real nice! The dent on the rear corner is going to be the hardest bit to sort but everything else really is quite minor, i.e. i dont have any welding to do :mrgreen: just a case of putting it back together, likewise Jordi! Yeah we kinda filled the maruti up with parts, including a straight rear bumper for it as well as the tailgate :lol:

And yes jay it's one built in India.

To be honest tramp the build quality seems very much the same, it does have the old 410/413 style dash in though.
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by Jordi » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:17 pm

I'm waiting for a price on those KL71s. Just the right aize too.

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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by mike harris » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:41 pm

I was the one who found this !!! :)

Jordi il pm you :)

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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by ScottieJ » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:56 pm

mike harris wrote:I was the one who found this !!! :)
that you did!
Presume you found it and then Paul txt me about it then? he txt me about it a few days before you went and got the Swb from the same guy ;)
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by mike harris » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:58 pm

That's the one !! :)

Glad your happy with it mate :)

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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by Cyprus Geoff » Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:04 pm

Funny that you post this now Scottie, I am actually looking for one now!!

I am told they are much nicer (more comfortable) on the road and the "law" prevnts us fitting bigger lumps here :argh: so the 16valve is an improvement over the 1324.

Friends like the idea of potentially more legroom too!

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