This is an old build, but it’s still pretty cool. The owner of this rig was looking to use his Suzuki Samurai for a camping and adventure vehicle, not as an off-road trail rig.
He cut the entire body off behind the seats….
And then made a ‘tub’ out of fiberglass. The walls of the camper are made out of 2-inch foam panels sandwiched in fiberglass/epoxy. A lot of fiberglass, Bondo, and sanding went in to making the body and fender flares.
The passenger side of the camper received a 15″ x 24″ slider window, and there’s a 15″ x 24″ non-slider in the back door.
The inside uses some leftover Pergo flooring and even has a porta-potty. The walls are covered in carpeting. The roof is designed to pop up for more room like shown in the diagram in the photos below.
A trip to Low Range Offroad was made to pick up new shackles, leaf springs, and a pan hard bar. It all makes room for the Samurai’s 31-inch tires. It also gets a boost in performance thanks to 4.56 gears and 4:1 transfer case gears.
The owner found some 1999 Vitara hubs at a pick and pull and used the low-profile hubs to keep the axle/hub locked all the time. The lower profile also allows you to fit the track over the hub.
Speaking of tracks, it has a set of Tatou tracks to get it through the snow in the wintertime.
The owner has since moved up to a full-size truck with a slide in truck camper, but this old Samurai is still pretty cool. It would be cool to see other examples of Samurai campers.
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Resource:
See the Suzuki Samurai Custom Camper Build thread.
