Jake's Zook Build Up

My 15 year old son has been bitten by the offroad bug and decided he wanted to buy a Suzuki Sierra for his first car. He browsed Auszookers.com and found this little zook at Ipswich, He handed over is hard earned $1000 from his after school job and that was that, Jake has just purchased his first car and now the fun begins. Bookmark this page and follow our journey as we strip this zook back, give it a paint job, a lift, new seats, and well, pretty much rebuild the whole thing.

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RUNNING EXPENSE TOTAL TO DATE

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to see full break down of Jakes expenses to date

$1999.00


A few touch ups, a bit of sanding and the 2nd & 3rd primer coats go on


The roll bar turns up so we try it on for size


The roll bar fits perfectly but the previous owner had welding some angle and brackets to it so out comes the grinder.
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Yeah I know, where's your safety boats, well....................next picture		We reverse her out to see how the roll bar looks
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Rollbar looks good so back in the shed for some colour	Ummm......as the car has no seats at this stage all i could find to sit on was a tall bucket.
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DAY 8 - 23/05/2010 - Top coats and clear coats go on


Rollbar has been cleaned up and now time for primer coat
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Rollbar is primed and ready for colour		A couple of last minute touchups
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Jake applies the top coats on the rollbar while I mix up the top colour for the car		Rollbar ready to go back in the Zook


Jake waits eagerly to see the colour finally go on		Ready set go


Panel by panel the first green coat goes on and Jake has a grin from ear to ear finally seeing some colour go on his first car.


Panel by panel the first green coat goes on and Jake has a grin from ear to ear finally seeing some colour go on his first car.


Panel by panel the first green coat goes on and Jake has a grin from ear to ear finally seeing some colour go on his first car.


Panel by panel the first green coat goes on and Jake has a grin from ear to ear finally seeing some colour go on his first car.


2nd and 3rd coats go on
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Clear coats go on
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Clear coats go on		Paint is finished, get a couple of quick pics before we start putting her back together again
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Paint is finished, get a couple of quick pics before we start putting her back together again


Jake sticks the bullbar straight on, the exitment kicks in as he can see the light at the end of the tunnel


It's getting dark so that's it for today.

DAY 9 - 27/05/2010 - We put the Zook back together


Slowly we start to put her back together and Jakes decides his car needs a name, he thinks for a while and decides he is going to call it "Mini Hulk"


The flares get bolted back on


Nearly there	The main bits and pieces are back on so it's time to back her out and have a sticky beak


The zook is starting to look like a car again


Back into the shed, time to fit the soft top


A few clips here and there


The ute soft top fits directly to the floor so we fit the press studs


Soft top is all on except for the channel that fits to the top of the windscreen to waterproof the roof. Jake fits the roll bar spot lights.


Outside for a few more pics


Outside for a few more pics


	The dogs were feeling left out


Another day comes to an end so time to park her in the shed.		Jake gave her a quick clean for another photo.

Stay tuned, more to come soon!!