Subie Boys, Sister Car

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:42 pm

This is the post about FAT 83 WAGON'S Sister car.

To start off, We went to the wreckers to get parts for one of our cars and brought a third of the car.. Two months later went back and decided to buy the rest of it.

Ross and i decided to fix it up as a replacement for a brumby for ross's son. Rolled the brumby.

Then we got into it.

last celtic warrior · Post by **last celtic warrior** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:29 pm

A sea of Subies... And we are building more soon.

This is how the back yard at Ross's looked today...

Post by **Alex** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:42 pm

i cant say any l-series' in there! you gotta upgrade! haha jokes.

alex

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:48 pm

After a couple of days of taking the inside out and taking the paint back to see what we were up against . this was what we had..

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I hope the pics have worked..

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:07 pm

As with alot of this model subaru , one of the main places that seam to rust is in the corner of the A pillor.
Steve ( celtic warrior ) Made a templet so we can tap out new pieces as we need them.Steve put up a thread about them .
showthread.php?t=7097

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:53 pm

Abit further down the track , As budget allowed. We took the rust out and cleaned it up and put the primer on. Steve done the rust removal.

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rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:20 am

Then we went on to the coats for the doors.

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rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:45 am

Up until now , it all took about 10 days to two weeks . While we let the undercoat dry ( at about this time , We started taking the paint off Steve's car) After a couple of days of drying, the door frames and inner doors were painted.

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rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:55 am

And then the Color coat.

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rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:03 am

Next was the only bit of custom work other than the central locking, alarm, electric tailgate release and spare tyre release. This is where steve comes in and steve put up a thread about it . The Tyre swinger and rear custom bummper.
showthread.php?t=8003

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riksta · Post by **riksta** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:18 pm

looks good Rick, but were are all the tricky bits on the car that we like to see, im gessing that this car is allready finished and on the road by now, if so more pics of the inside, outside and moter and the build if you have them.

Rik.

last celtic warrior · Post by **last celtic warrior** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:23 am

It's not on the road yet, thanks to an unforeseen problem with one of the heads on the rebuilt motor. Fitted it, filled the radiator, fired it up, pumped water out exhaust, realised something was not quite as it should be...

So the motor had to come back out and be stripped down again at the machine shop and another head cleaned up for it (we got plenty spares).

She'll be regoed within the next few weeks.

00outback · Post by **00outback** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:53 pm

Looking good guys keep up the good work and keep updates coming and the pics to.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:06 pm

Some pics to show the 9/10 of the finished product.

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rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:10 pm

Another one.

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rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:22 pm

As steve put in a post about 3 or 4 back , the motor had to be redone. To day it was back.

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rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:24 pm

And 45 minutes after it getting home, well you can work it out by the pics.

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rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:29 pm

Now all there is to get is get the rego $$$ and it will be on the road. That is going to be about 3 to 4 weeks .

This was only a rebuild. not a custom build up.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:37 pm

This build up was to replace a brumby. The brumby was our 3rd build up . It was done by ross and myself except for the rear bumper. Steve built it before he decided to join us.

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Because it now looks like this.She went greasy side up.

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riksta · Post by **riksta** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:22 pm

is that black or gray on the bottem of the car? and what did the brumby hit to do that kind of mess, is it just the rear quarter or the door as well?
The car looks good like that, you guys do good work up there, keep it up.