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Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:45 am
by Fred
Again, no tweets/pics, but I reinstalled the fan and gave it a drive long enough to warm
it up, let it sit idling to prove it'd come on, and called it a day today. One. Step. Closer.

Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:18 am
by Fred
Drove this cross-country to a mate's back yard and built boost doing a skid on his back lawn by accident :-D

Stored there for a few days until I can get my shit together here.

Removed stored contents from it beforehand.

TODO list is still the same, not sure if published, so here goes:
  • Bonnet needs to be more narrow/more forward
  • Lower cross member needs to be less mangled/right height
  • Upright needs to be the right shape for bonnet mounting
  • Black zinc primer all over rusty bits of cross member and upright for stealth
  • Bumper assembly back on and bolted up properly (like never before)
  • Change over to little wheels with good tread for WOF

Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 12:26 pm
by Fred
A few days turned into 4 months pretty quickly. :-/ Photo of where it lies: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 5080987648

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Likely to be home soon getting fixed and WOFed so it can live on the street again. And boost and redline again. Rice rice rice, all the way.

Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 1:51 pm
by Fred

Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:49 am
by Fred
Gave this a superficial scrub today, cleaned the worst of the grass and lichen and other junk off it. No pics of that, sorry.

(Vaguely) relevant to this thread: https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 8501246976

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Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:52 am
by Fred
Been driving this, illegally, and without boost, and without bumper, and full of stuff, every day or three for a while. Kinda enjoying it even in broken warped form. Should really put a little effort in and fix the few minor things wrong and get it back legal again. But in the mean time, BMW scrap steel storage facility:

https://twitter.com/FredCookeNZ/status/ ... 4418074626

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Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 2:08 pm
by 98wagonrwide
here's my turbo wagon wide body .. just purchased
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Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 8:03 pm
by 98wagonrwide
hey Fred .. where's the best place for parts do you reckon in NZ .. or do you go overseas for them .. I might need new steering rack .. I definitely need all suspension bushes (factory or aftermarket eurothane)

Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:27 am
by Fred
Haven't had to put any parts on mine, yet. Pretty rare car. I'd probably look to Suzuki wreckers hoping for old stock, or try the dealership, or yahoo auctions japan, or something.

Re: Fred's 1998 Suzuki Wagon R Wide!

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 12:16 pm
by 98wagonrwide
mines evolved lol