LEONE PROJECT, Subie Boys.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:37 pm

Brought the Leone home today. We are very pleased with it. It has alot of pretencial ( how ever the word is spelt ).

At the moment , this is the only pic i have . In the next couple of days i will be taking a few to remember what it looked like before we started. And for the thread of cause.

By rtcb65

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:56 pm

And the million dollar question is: will it be blue?

Bennie

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:10 pm

El_Freddo wrote:And the million dollar question is: will it be blue?

Bennie

And does he win the million dollars.. Not quite sure yet. ....

At the moment the color burple ( half way between blue and purple ) is being tossed about. More than likely be 2 tone .I just have to wait till a color is decided on ,to work out the 2nd tone color .

Bumpty · Post by **Bumpty** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:16 pm

Look forward to seeing this car 're-created' if you like.

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:12 pm

im sure you guys will pick a great colour (or 2) for it.

definetely looking forward to seeing the rebuild and final product of this car.

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:50 pm

Waiting and watching this project...

subiwidow · Post by **subiwidow** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:53 pm

Did you buy Will and Lisa little car.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:51 pm

Yeah its Wils old one.

Have you started on it yet?

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:49 pm

Suby Wan Kenobi wrote:Yeah its Wils old one.

Have you started on it yet?

Here are some pics as promised.

No we haven't started on it yet. Giving it the once and twice over to get everything right in our head that we are going to do. Also getting the parts together and cleaning them up so when we start , things will just be able to be bolted on.
The other reason we haven't quite started yet is , the girl that the car was brought for hasn't hoped out of it long enough to be able to do anything.. It is in the shed and she sits in it thinking of what it will be like when it is finnished and she has her license.

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:08 pm

good luck with the transformation.

Post by **Alex** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:17 pm

POTENTIAL is the word your looking for

haha keep her that sexy yellow colour. Love it. Maybe throw abit of pearl through it!

alex

riksta · Post by **riksta** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:52 pm

Can't wait to see what you come up with for this car, I know it will look as good as all the others you have done.
How much of a say as to what is done to the car are you giving her?
Maybe you will need some kind of a distraction to get her out long enough so you can make a start.
Anyway hope it all go's well, and keep the pic's coming.
Rik.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:34 pm

She gets a fair bit of say , Eg : color to a point , cd player and general items. As for the mechanical side of things, well that is up to us blokes. We wish to make it capable, not only look good.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:40 am

If its only going to be used for pottering around the city then the EA81 auto isnt that bad of a combo but if you are going to 4WD it then an EJ should be the way to go.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:49 am

Suby Wan Kenobi wrote:If its only going to be used for pottering around the city then the EA81 auto isnt that bad of a combo but if you are going to 4WD it then an EJ should be the way to go.

Doing an ej swap in has crossed my mind many a time. I have thought about it for mine and a project . We have one problem with doing it though. We do all of these resto's on less than a shoe string budget. To get hold of a ej front cut is way, way, way out of our limit.

At the moment i am trying to get hold of another wagon, Just trying to get the $$$$ up for it .

It not the dollar amount that affects us, It is the % out of our income. Eg : $100 out of some ones income could be say,, 1/10 , out of mine it is 1/4. If that is understandable.

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:57 am

I would like to thank every one who has taken the time to post on this tread.The input/ ideas and positive inputs are much appreciated. It helps us pushing forward. As we are on low incomes , sometimes we think if it is worth it to keep going. We love the old M.Y. , so with both the love of subaru and your feed back , it keeps us pushing on.

THANKS TO ALL AGAIN

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:08 pm

Thats cool. The beauty of old subies is that they can be cheap motoring. My silver Brumby owes me $1650 as it stands and I've got an SVX motor for it that cost me $800.
It's just hard to justify the time to do it as a hobby when I should be making money.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:21 pm

Totally understandable and your work is commendable, like all of us you do what your budget dictates possible. The MY series is a great small car and almost bullet proof, keep up the great work.

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:49 pm

Top effort so far, love all your threads

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:55 pm

Fair effort fellas!

On that shoestring budget maybe you could get a fleet of blue MY's and rent them out if your in a touristie sorta town... I've seen this done with the mini moke in Airlie beach, I've never seen so many mokes in one town (they're all different colours, i saw 5 in 3 minutes in one place!)...

Just a thought.

Good work, keep it up. If you don't want that dash and surround feel free to send it down my way, i'll "dispose" of it safely...

Cheers

Bennie

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