Four Wheel Driving With Subaru

daveosubi · Post by **daveosubi** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:24 pm

Found this old book i thought id share, It's from about '83.

http://rapidshare.com/files/76006612/fo ... u.rar.html

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:27 pm

PITA link. Tried to download it 3 times and it stuffed me around every time.

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:38 pm

worked for me first time brett

but itd a good book aye. some weird and intersting stuff and plenty of piccys of Subarus offrad

havent read it all yet but its good lol

INEEDABEER · Post by **INEEDABEER** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:39 pm

Brett I have a hard copy.

1986touringwagon · Post by **1986touringwagon** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:39 pm

i have a copy of that in origanal condition

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:08 pm

File doesn't exist.
I was watching the 2 promotional videos on YouTube and found it existed.
I really want one now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReiOmtL45hU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyte9Qdn5og

Cheers Cam

Post by **Alex** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:20 pm

bahaha awesome!

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:11 pm

I thought these were great when I saw them, I particularly like the bit where he's throwing the red wagon around on the gravel

Gotta wonder if he really knew what he was doing though when he kept going into that deep creek until the engine stopped:?

Rodeo4jake · Post by **Rodeo4jake** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:42 pm

I found those vids on YouTube a while ago, the bit in the deep water had me in tears. How's the way the crew stripped off to push him out. Definitely a crackup. The book would be cool to own for sure.

Cheers

Post by **Bantum** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:27 pm

Yeah - I think I've got one of them too ! ... both book & Wagon...

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 8:54 pm

That book spends about 10 of its 50 pages explaining why you shouldn't leave the suspension wound up, or leave it in 4WD when you don't need it. Pretty cool bit of memorabilia though

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:54 pm

I want one!

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:13 am

Bantum wrote:Yeah - I think I've got one of them too ! ... both book & Wagon...

Can you put the book into PDF for the rest of us?

Rodeo4jake · Post by **Rodeo4jake** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:22 am

Yes I second the request for PDF, it would be greatly appreciated. That way I can hav a look on my iPad while I'm away on the road.
Cheers Jake

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:35 pm

It's gonna be hot and humid tomorrow, I could oblige with the book-PDF if Bantum doesn't. Turning scans to PDF's isn't hard is it?

Kalbarri_baru · Post by **Kalbarri_baru** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:52 pm

Found this link, however same problem with downloading, but it does show some of the book, You may also have to use Google Chrome as your browser and then choose the translate option up the top....

http://www.live2cruize.com/spjall/showt ... ith-Subaru!

Cheers WayneO

Post by **Bantum** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:22 pm

RSR 555 wrote:Can you put the book into PDF for the rest of us?

Would if I could, two things going against it:

Book is with the Wagon, which is in Storage ...
Storage is in Darwin & I'm in Brisbane ...

Sorry, but nothing's going to happen any time soon ...

We'll have to see if we can find it through other sources ...

Cheers, Bantum ...

Add :

Silverbullet wrote: ... I could oblige with the book-PDF if Bantum doesn't. Turning scans to PDF's isn't hard is it ? ...

Yes, If you can & it doesn't have to be a pdf, you can just take a picture ( jpg ) & upload them on here ...

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:31 am

Silverbullet wrote:It's gonna be hot and humid tomorrow, I could oblige with the book-PDF if Bantum doesn't. Turning scans to PDF's isn't hard is it?

That would be mighty good of you Sam. I'll PM you my email addy.

Cliff R · Post by **Cliff R** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:33 am

That was absolutely fascinating. I too want the book (or access to the PDF)
Dont know why he didnt drown the Touring wagon in the creek, I thought the water was far enough over the bonnet to be at the air intake which is on that side.
Very naughty of the mum and dad at the shopping centre, they were strapped in but daughter in the back wasnt.
Liked the promo on how easy it is to fold the rear seat back up (from folding down) what they didnt show is all the stuffing around usually needed to find the seat belt which slips down the back of the seat. Then again, maybe that's why the girl wasnt wearing a belt, it fell down the back of the seat and they couldnt find it.
Good stuff with the Toyota comparison.
This is going to inspire me to put the new gearbox stick bushes into the MY today as I can only get 4th about 20% of the time. Rest of the time reverse is on the cards (well grinding anyway) This has also brought back my thoughts to put the 3.9 ratio 4WD auto back into the car. Just need to get a hold of one and the diff as my original is long gone now as the manual has been in the car for about 12 years.

Kalbarri_baru · Post by **Kalbarri_baru** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:25 am

Found a copy of the book, just had to sign up for a library card (now i am a bookworm LOL), takes about two weeks to get the card then about two weeks for the book to arrive, can convert to PDF then, just need to know if I am ordering the right book ????

http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/995292

Cheers WayneO

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