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So this is the good news...

My sister finally came to her senses and bought a Subaru again!

An '88 built, '89 plated Maple Beige Brumby. In fantastic knick, almost perfect body work, very little rust, came with a canopy plus the chrome flashing for the tailgate

Pikchas.



There she is with the father's Brumby.
All for the princely sum of $1500.

A little back story as well. We got the 13" Sunnies from a bloke near us for $150 with good tread on them, set of 4 only though
had a leak on an alloy hose on the block but we patched and fixed that. I whacked a decent sound system in it for her and have started treating the rust around the base of the windscreen.

For those of you who've read my other threads, I've had some tear-jerking experiences with windscreen rust and this one is actually not too bad luckily

Also gave it a full service, replaced fuel cap, a headlight, a tail-light, flushed all the fluids, now we're just waiting on a sloppy shifter kit (thanks Andy) and a hood catch cable and she'll be all done and ready for a RWC.

Still have to paint the bullbar and refit it but thats no big issue.

Couldn't be happier

Cheers,
Tom and his sister.

Why are all my pictures so huge :'(

Nice one Tom and Sis. Looks like it's in good nick.

As for your pics, you may want to resize (with paint or similar) them before posting them on your host site.

RSR 555 wrote:Nice one Tom and Sis. Looks like it's in good nick.

As for your pics, you may want to resize (with paint or similar) them before posting them on your host site.

Cheers, but I've never resized them before and they've been fine :/

Nice score! The more Brumbies the better

As for image size when you upload them to Imageshack use the "resize" dropdown box and select 640x480 or 600x800 I think are good sizes for forums. Although I've had problems with that site lately even after I select resize they come out full size. When uploading multiple images I've had some come out resized and some not Good to use "preview thread" before you post to double check.

Nice looking brumby mate! I bet your sister is stoked too.

Any plans or will this be kept stock as a daily runner?

Cruise control is a worth while addition

Cheers

Bennie

Cheers guys I'll keep it in mind.

El_Freddo wrote:Nice looking brumby mate! I bet your sister is stoked too.

Any plans or will this be kept stock as a daily runner?

Cruise control is a worth while addition

Cheers

Bennie

Well for now once it's roadworthied it'll be a daily, but she (and myself of course) wants to put a 2" lift and 27"s under it.

I think she should try to find a dual range 5sp out of an L series and an LSD as well to replace the clapped out old 4 speed and the open rear but she doesn't know much so she doesn't want to haha.

We got a sloppy shifter kit from Andy because literally EVERY gear feels like it's in neutral :'(

5 Speed is a must but wouldn't worry about LSD unless you find one at the right price

Congratulations

RSR 555 wrote:5 Speed is a must but wouldn't worry about LSD unless you find one at the right price

This was my plan anyway

I should also add that it has air-con Haven't tested it out yet but when the cars running there seems to be no leaks and as you change the settings you can hear it kicking in and the air flow gets stronger so it seems healthy

Today we finished the body work and will be painting around the windscreen tomorrow, also fit the sloppy shifter kit from Andy. The shifter is still pretty bad, but nowhere near like it was so that's a plus until we find a 5sp.

I have a 5sp FWD box in the Leone but I want to keep it 4x4 so that's no good to me. Anyone know of a 5sp dual range in good knick?

Cheers,
Tom.

Check out the 'For Sale' section or try Gumtree

Roadworthy inspection tomorrow morning, wish me luck!

T.Farm.Brumby wrote:Roadworthy inspection tomorrow morning, wish me luck!

Best of luck Tom. Hope she passes with flying colours

Passed no problem couldn't be happier

T.Farm.Brumby wrote:Passed no problem couldn't be happier

Sweet as mate! I bet your sister is stoked!

Cheers

Bennie

Good work and now the fun starts

Hey, here she is I'm the proud new owner and "Tom's sis" (or apprentice as he calls me)

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I'll be updating in this new thread from now on.

Cheers