Red Dustbin

Hello.

After extensive reading of the forum as a guest now it's time to join and introduce ourselves, for we have bought this:




It's old, battered and neglected but never made any problems in the last three months and we are going to take a good care of it. I feel a little bit as if we adopted an old, unwanted dog from the kennels.

It has a few issues, as any extensively used car. So far fixed the reverse light switch, horn and changed the engine, transmission and diff oils. It runs noticeably better already.
In plans: new wheels and tyres, gradually replacing all worn parts, tackling rust, light offroad modding, lots of fun.

And it's true what they say: driving it gives you a permanent grin.

Nice Jimny you got there!
Jimny is strong, don't break easily!

You bought the best colour! Look forward to seeing the progress!

Welcome our fine forum it’s good to have you join us ................

Pleased to hear you found the grin ... :lol:

Looks like a tidy JImyn to me it must just need some TLC. Is it a VVT?

No, it's M13A, registered in 2002.

And it's far from tidy on the inside, still needs some work and investment to tackle wear and rust. Starts first time though, and runs sweet. Awesome car. If I had to describe it, it would be "as a russian UAZ, but built with japanese quality control". :laugh:

Next step is new wheels and tyres, gearbox mount, t-case mount, some basic armour, maybe new springs and shocks, clutch, decent stereo... List goes on. It never ends I guess.