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Touching base.

Post by Jerry Atrick » Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:29 pm

Hello. I bought my SJ413 in August of this year, having got the bug in Turkey in recent years where we have hired several SJs to travel many a long and spectacular kilometre from our coastal bases (Celcuk and Alanya) to drive to places like Cappadoccia and back (the car-hire men thought we were mad - which is probably true). I was impressed with these little jeeps because of their combination of practicality, reliability and economy, and because of their superficial resemblance to a lovely (and hideously uneconomical!) ex-army Austin Champ I used to drive in the 1960s. The SJ413 I have bought is a 1993 model and came with a hard-top fitted which I have replaced with a Monsoon hood. It definitely brings back Champ memories in its olive-drab livery, to which I have added the letters SJ413 in a military-style font to the rear door and the bonnet sides. If I could have worked out how to attach a photo here I would have popped a few on.

Looking forward to a sunny 2013.

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Post by ScottieJ » Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:28 pm

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Post by Christoff » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:02 pm

Welcome !

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Re: Touching base.

Post by Edweird » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:09 pm

I first got a feel for an SJ in Turkey too. We wanted to know what one was like before I bought one for my first car so the summer before we bought it we hired one and drove from Izmir to Kusadasi (about 350 miles each way if I remember correctly, and it included going over a mountain) and I was very impressed. Bouncy ride and noisy but more comfortable than a Corsa B (the one that replaced the Vauxhall Nova) and a hell of a lot of fun. In the space of a week my Stepdad and I did about 1000 miles in that Samurai.
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Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:51 pm

Hi and Welcome to SCUK

Hope to see some pics soon. sounds nice

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Re: Touching base.

Post by Darrell » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:00 pm

Welcome :welcome:

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Re: Touching base - follow-up photos.

Post by Jerry Atrick » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:20 am

Thanks for the replies and advice. Here's a few photos of my 'militarian' SJ. I've just had a shufti at them and it looks like you'll need a cinema-screen to view them! I'm still blundering around trying to sort out how things work on here.
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Re: Touching base.

Post by Tramp » Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:22 pm

Brilliant, great looking mostly original SJ, the only thing that is non standard is the paint & the front bumper! Keep up the good work & remember to keep posting photos because we like them here!

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Re: Touching base.

Post by Darrell » Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:07 pm

I like that :thumbup:


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