Asia Rocsta

[robbie]

now then, what is known about these little motors?? A friend of mine is interested in buyng one but we dont know what the general opinion is of them

[Digsit]

Depends on the price Robbie  Madza diesel engine should be fine but spares might be scarce. All round leaf springs will be tough but most uncomfortable :?

A guy at our local kennels had one for ages. Towed a horse trailer around with it ok. Sold it in the end for a diesel Cherokee.

[robbie]

£800 but dont know the year. We saw it at Whitworth yesterday doing the business off road, seemed a nice looking motor but not sure if it worth the cash, hence the question.

incidentally, it was one of the few motors that got stuck too!!!!

[Bush Tucker Man]

A Nurse at our Hospital has one, when I go back I'll ask for an opinion on it.

[Digsit]

They seem a similar set up to Suzuki SJ's (I hope that doesnt offend any Suzi owners ) but like I say not sure what fits on the modification front :?

[robbie]

Thanks guys, any info would be great, seems not many people now these little motors

[hingmy]

they are basically an old jeep design (CJ of some vintage). Since most post-willys jeeps take substantial modification to achieve their proper potential expect to go down a similar route. However it is tough as old boots, though as earlier mentioned the legit spares might be hard to find its closeness to trad yank builds may free it up for some interesting (if possibly pricy) modification/adaptation.

[Digsit]

Found this just now:

http://groups.msn.com/rocsta/welcome.msnw

Looks a good place to find info

[robbie]

yeeh cheers mate, I found it just before I posted on the forum for more info. It seem to be the only site in the UK with any decent info

[strapping young lad]

4x4 magazine seem to cover a wider range of cars than TOR so may be worth looking into that

www.4x4i.com

[TimM]

A friend of mine once won one in a national fishing competition...

he thought is was great (at first), he was only 17/18ish and had a brand new car...

After a few weeks he hated it so much he drove it to a local scrap yard and had it publicly (I'm sure I;ve spelled that wrong) crushed.

He would rather have no car than keep it!!!!!

Not sure what he drives now.

Tim.

[Henry Webster]

they are basically an old jeep design (CJ of some vintage). Since most post-willys jeeps take substantial modification to achieve their proper potential expect to go down a similar route. However it is tough as old boots, though as earlier mentioned the legit spares might be hard to find its closeness to trad yank builds may free it up for some interesting (if possibly pricy) modification/adaptation.

Hingmy

You are thinking of Mahindras.  The Rocsta was a new design taking more than a few styling cues from the CJ, but sharing no parts.  Mazda provided the engines 1.8 petrol and 2.2 diesel - so bits for those should be possible to come by, don't know about other spares.

My guess is that £800 is rather alot of money to pay for one, given the parts situ.  I would buy Turtle's Niva instead if you want a cheap play car.

My dad used to be a dealer for the Rocsta for a bit.  Didn't sell many, but they were a reasonable little truck.  Pretty reliable - I think the only problems we had were broken springs (on a game keeper's well used hack) and fuel air lock problems after running a diesel one out of fuel.

H