Recently, a TCG member reached out to me about finding a front bumper for his Suzuki Sidekick. I was surprised to hear he was having trouble finding one; after all, this was a mass-produced vehicle that was popular in regions like ours where it snowed. Turns out the member - who goes by "chuckster" - had a Sidekick Sport JLX, a model I vaguely remembered owing to its distinctive two-tone cladding.
The JLX actually had a specific nose design that included a bumper cover that flared out to meet the wider stance provided by the fender flares. Needless to say, that's a hard bumper cover to find. Once we got through that, I learned that not only was this a rare model, but his was exceptionally mint inside and out.
The Sidekick was actually used as an island truck on Prudence Island, which encompasses the town of Portsmouth, RI. It has just 54,000 miles on the odometer and features the preferred 5-speed manual gearbox. It never went out in the winter, left in the garage for the harsher New England months and only used as a summer vehicle.
It's quite a find. Not the most valuable truck out there, but likely unrepeatable with those miles and that specific JLX Sport spec.