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LJ50 bonnet

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LJ50 bonnet

Post by patrick4x4 »

Hi,

I live in Europe and own a LJ50. the original bonnet is missing (the 'flat' one)
There are plenty LJ80 bonnets around though.

!'ve never seen a LJ50 bonnet before.
Would it be possible to make an flat LJ50 bonnet out of a raised LJ80 bonnet?
Or are the dimensions all wrong?

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Patrick
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Post by Eddy »

What year is your LJ?

The bonnets should interchange OK. From June 1977 all LJ50s in all countries other than Australia had the scooped bonnet and wider front panel and wheel arches. (Essentially the LJ80 body shape)


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Post by patrick4x4 »

I've got the 'old style' LJ50.
No wide wheel arches and front panel.
So it should have the old style bonnet.
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Post by Eddy »

Eddy wrote:
The bonnets should interchange OK.
:D
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Post by patrick4x4 »

Eddy wrote:
Eddy wrote:
The bonnets should interchange OK.
:D
But what if I want to give it the original 'old style' look with a flat bonnet.
Is it possible to make a flat bonnet from the raised bonnet?
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Post by Santos »

i guess its something you wold have try yourself, personally a prefer the newer bonnet (whyich apparently was introduced to aid cooling!)
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Post by patrick4x4 »

Where can you find used LJ50 parts in Australia?
I've searched E-bay for months now without any luck.
Shipping a bonnet to Europe will cost a lot, but I would like to give my LJ50 the 'old style' look.
I'd prefer an original bonnet.
If that's not possible I'll try to fab my own.
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Post by Santos »

get a fibreglass one from New Zealand, NZ$300 no rust :D

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Post by Highway-Star »

patrick4x4 wrote:Where can you find used LJ50 parts in Australia?
I've searched E-bay for months now without any luck.
Rusted out in a paddock.

Occasionally you see an LJ50 getting around here (actually saw one a couple of weeks ago!), but they are not as common as the original sales figures would dictate them to be. They rusted as if they were designed to do so. This is made worse by the fact that people constantly used them on the beach.

My parents bought one brand new back in '75 and sold it about 2 years later. Dad had the chance to buy it back in about '82 and the vehicle was onto its second body at that stage. Its unlikely anything worthwhile survives now. My parents and the Suzuki club they belonged to took these things on the beach at every spare chance, hence the very short life of the body.
Wheeling on completely wicked angles, without even looking stable.
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