Alas, the poor Samurai. Like its namesake, Suzuki’s SUVlet was right only for a specific time and place. The mid-80s USA was neither. Nevertheless, it’s a great little platform on which to build a compact trail rig. Rarely do people complain about the boxy 80s Japanese aesthetic, but our seller here saw fit to rebody one with a 1936 GMC front clip and custom made dump bed.
Looking past the purple paint, 1992tastic wheels, “Mongrol” (SIC) decals and lack of a roof, this thing’s actually pretty awesome. The swoopy front fenders swallow 33″ tires and the rear mini-bed can haul landscaping materials, hay bales or (as the seller suggests) hogs. Pardon my City Boy ignorance, but that’s what a “hog hauler” does, right? It’s not some country euphemism? I won’t even speculate as to whether said hogs are alive or not…
Remember, it’s roughly the size of today’s side-by-side UTV type vehicles, but still street legal. Titled as a ’36 GMC, it’s exempt from pretty much everything in states that care about such things. Before hitting the street, it’ll need a host of clean-up activities to deal with squishy brakes, wiring and “some rust”.
The seller’s only asking $1975 for it, which really isn’t too greedy depending on the nature of the rust (and a billion other details). Auction ends Monday!
1936 GMC-Samurai Mashup – eBay Motors
Jeff Glucker
And taillights from a ’70 Mercury Montego. So much WANT!
These were also used on the the Comet during the 70’s as well.
There’s 27 people watching – it’s getting a lot of attention (but no one’s biting).
1992 wheels need to come back right now.
I’ve got 4 of them on my Wagoneer that you’re welcome to come pick up.
Hmm… Speaking as a farm kid, this would be an awesome side by side substitute for checking fields and light work.
Also, speaking as a farm kid, I have no idea what a hog hauler is (beyond it being a hauler of hogs, of course). Google tells me that we may be using the wrong definition of hog. Perhaps it was used to haul motorcycles? No idea why you’d want to haul motorcycles with this, but then again, I have no idea why you’d want to haul swine with it either…
If it’s Harley Davidson motorcycles, it’s because they’ve broken down AGAIN!
My guess would be hauling wild hogs out of the woods after you shoot them.
Maybe he means its good for hauling Harleys.
Hawg hauler!
Apparently 1936 GMCs are good for mashups….
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https://hooniverse.com/2015/06/11/last-call-wrecker-ptsd-edition/
that is …Totally Awesome.