Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

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Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by ScottieJ » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:44 am

Been on the road since 5.30 this morning to collect this :mrgreen: Could it be the only maruti gypsy king in the country????
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by ferris » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:50 am

Wow, that looks really tidy. Looks alot better than it did in the ad :thumbup: .
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by ScottieJ » Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:55 am

I took a picture of the good side :lol: there's a big dent in the rear corner on the other side but we're going to treat it to a new panel :thumbup:

Apart from that there's a few small patches of surface rust but its solid :smokin:

Oh and the gearbox and tbox are in the back :lol:
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by dazerede » Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:17 am

That look nice who is having this lwb then you,karis or father
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by ScottieJ » Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:24 am

Ralph is my father ;) it's his :thumbup:
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by albertross74 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:30 am

Nice
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by Darrell » Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:34 am

Tidy :thumbup:

I've not seen one in the UK before :doublethumbs:
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by andyrew » Sat Feb 09, 2013 12:09 pm

Looks sweet remember this on eBay years ago.

Whys the gearbox in the back? :D
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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by Tramp » Sat Feb 09, 2013 1:20 pm

How come it has suzuki badges on the bonnet & grill? Surely it should have maruti? I do like it though, nice find!

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Re: Ralph's 1997 Maruti gypsy king

Post by ScottieJ » Sat Feb 09, 2013 2:34 pm

Not sure about the badges Tramp?? Maybe a previous owner swapped them? Think we're gonna try and find a maruti grill and badge for it :thumbup:

Just stopped by mike and Paul's yard on the way back for a few bits for all the Zukis, got a tailgate for this one etc. met Jordi, nice to meet you dude :thumbup: and then while we were looking over the maruti Paul spotted that its actually got a 1.6 fitted :rockin: score!

We don't know why the transmission is in the back, think the old owner just gave up on it or something?
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