Dear friends !
I read your all your comments on Gypsy on this great site.
My name is Sandeep Kapoor & am an automobile enthusiast from Gurgaon.
I just bought an excellent condition soft top white Maruti Gypsy King 1300 cc (carb version) in excellent engine chassis and body condition from a friend.
All five tyres are absolutely new and batt is new. It has no rusting anywhere on chassis or body and a very well kept car by its first owner who used it for jungle visits to Corbett & Ranthambhor etc with his family. Sold off as he bought a Qualis and an Innova now and was not using this Gypsy for long offroad trips due to his 50+ age and a nagging neck & shoulder pain of spondilysis etc.
I bought it for 1.5 L which I know is a bit high but if you look at the all 5 new Birla Dazzle tyres + new batt and its fitted with an AC as well the cost seems to be ok to me. (Tyres-30000 + batt 2500 + AC 25000 = 57500)
Its genuinely done only 64000 kms.
On my first ride it was a bit rough, I took it to the auto market in Gurgaon and got the following work done :
Oil & filter change 20w50
Air fliter cleaning
Spark plug cleaning
Distributor contact points cleaning
Oil & parts Cost Rs 650 + labour Rs 150
Did not let the mech even touch the carb setting. Carb seemed to be very clean thought still some gunk on jets would be there that I will clean with spray later.
Also I took it to a suspension mechanic and got one leaf removed from each of the rear leaf springs and increased the curvature of the leafs to maintain the height. The ride now is less jerky and a bit softer than before and car doesn't even sway while turning (I was fearing it might sway), have yet to test the long drive on this new suspension setup. Also changed the rear suspension bush kit. Cost Rs 200 + Labour 400 + time 2 hours.
Am gonna spend another 400 bucks + 2 hours for the front leaf spring bush kit change and oiling etc and get the curvature of front leaf springs increased a bit (but wont remove a leaf from front as it supports the weight of the engine) to make the ride more supple.
There was no rag in the front so bought one for Rs 200 and also bought a new glove box cover costed Rs 100. Also a Maruti Van type 3 Krishna-TOYO right door mirror Rs 200. And Maruti Suzuki emblems Rs 150 etc , one new hella horn set Rs 300.
I have never liked the steering wheel of gypsy so bought an Esteem type 3 steeing wheel with horn press cover for Rs 1150 (fits perfectly in Gypsy)
It has 2 front facing rear bench seats, I plan to remove the rear one as it rattles a lot (and will reduce weight as well)
Total money spent so far is about rs 2500 and the car looks & handles good so far.
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