Auction Suzuki Samurai JL - The Forgotten Offroader?

While at an auto auction, I came across this Suzuki Samurai JL. Why is this car here at a vehicle auction? Is it worth restoring? Watch until the end of the video to find out!

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[bruhlol]

The JL, JX, and JA are the samurai specific model options. early samurais were either JA (base) or JX (sporty) the later samurais were JL or JX.

[tennopr]

Keep this one away from a Puerto Rican trying to rotary swap it 😂

[bendaga]

This Suzuki was really neat, but the smell of the interior after baking in the sun was unholy 😭



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[Rowan]

Adorable little thing, feels like a brother to a Miata

[Mr.Engine]

In India it is a legend. It's a military vehicle here which was mass produced for army only till 2019. They are really dirt cheap. Because they run on petrol you can take it high altitudes easily. They are quite reliable because of their small engine. That's a gem right there you got sir ! 😂❤

[PPSH-Riley]

I Love those. Saw a dude float one across a river not touching the bottom at all, his wife was climbing out the side hallway and he was just riding it out. These things are beasts if you treat em right

[BaronKube]

I live in Michigan and my grandpa bought one of these in the late 80s/early 90s and actually drove it to work and back through town for a while. It ended up getting parked under a tree and sat there for around 30 years. Back in December 2020, my dad and I pulled it out and revived it. We now use it to drive around in the woods in the summer. It’s probably the sketchiest thing I’ve ever driven on the road but it’s really fun to just play around with

[apolloxlix]

the reason the states didnt get the jimny or samurai is because of the whole fiasco about samurais tipping over easily. it tipped over as easily as any other SUV of that time, but the media was biased. as a result, it tarnished the samurai/jimny name and suzuki as a whole resulting in suzuki pulling out of the american market

[nikx]

Samurai was my first car in 1986.
I loved it and I'm telling you it really was bullet proof. Was BS about them flipping easy. Great little jeep

[wuziproductions]

My friend is obsessed with those, his dad calls them metal death traps, but I think that just adds to his excitement lol.

[JasonMcCord-qkyb]

These are worth a small fortune now. I had a few of them in the early’90’s. They rode absolutely terrible, but improved immensely with the addition of a lift, 33” tires and Rancho RS 5000 shocks. It was awesome off-road, but not quite as good as any of my Jeep wranglers. They’re a lot smaller than a Wrangler, so they can go places where the Jeep can’t .

[jayhockley]

Basicly a Jap ( CJ 5 ) jeep .
I had one and it was great in the snow .

[Maxwell]

My mom had one of these. It was a 1983 Suzuki Samurai my mom said it has been in an accident before with my sisters sitting in the back. My mom said the side mirrors were so strong that it didn't break when the car rolled. My mom got an injured leg.. and she sold her wedding ring just to fix her injured leg. That's how poor our family was before. But I'm the little brother commenting. And I didn't live a life poor. They were average now when I was born. But it's crazy that our family had a car crash before...

[stevedeleon]

I briefly owned one of these back in the Late 1980's..I put a three inch lift & big tires ..I kept it for a year & sold it
for a profitable amount

[FrankC-ltpx]

In Ontario that thing is about $11k CND. OR $299 usd

[maximilianbourgh]

My dad had one, wish I had one again went to the moon and back 10 times x

[joshuanoble]

You ever been offroading in the mid 2000s? Samurais used to be everywhere, they've all been rolled lol

[heathkill]

I love my samurais, trackers, sidekicks, and toyota 22r’s😎🤘

[InsertUsernameHere]

My very first car was a 97 Suzuki sidekick that I bought for a 100$ off a hoarder who lived down the street. Put a 1.5k to get it running lasted me 2 years.
I loved every adventure with that car. Took it down ATV trails on the mountain I lived, no issues in snow.
I want it again. Or some old Suzuki for my project car samurai. A convertible sidekick. Something

[Oddman]

I have a 1988.5 Sami. It's lifted like this one, it's also got crawler gears and a locker. It's incredible unless you have to drive it on a paved road.