Did you pick up the free manual from the pits with all the dos and donts to make ur own trailer?
Talks mainly about sizes,ovehang,lights,weight.
sounds like a great idea L series trailer...
Subaru Trailer
Started off by draining the fuel and removing the fuel tank.
Then moved on to stripping out the remainder of the interior (some parts I will put back later).
The actual cuting the car in half part only took about 20 minutes.
After that I tipped the front half of the car up on it's side and removed the gearbox (not the most conventional method but alot easier!).
Back to the rear, it was starting to look more like a trailer. I set about getting the mechanicals sorted out. Removed the drive shafts (one was an absolute bastard - rusted onto the splines!), diff, tailshaft, muffler etc. After that I had to hunt around for the standard Subaru chassis bolts from way back when I first installed the lift kit. Found them and bolted all that back up to the body then whacked a couple of 14" wheels on.
Rest of the time was taken up with manoeuvring the front and rear of the car around the place etc.
It rolls around the place fairly well, I'm pretty satisfied with the weight distribution and balance although it will be slightly different once the A-frame is in place.
I'll have to start making up half a lift kit for it soon
Then moved on to stripping out the remainder of the interior (some parts I will put back later).
The actual cuting the car in half part only took about 20 minutes.
After that I tipped the front half of the car up on it's side and removed the gearbox (not the most conventional method but alot easier!).
Back to the rear, it was starting to look more like a trailer. I set about getting the mechanicals sorted out. Removed the drive shafts (one was an absolute bastard - rusted onto the splines!), diff, tailshaft, muffler etc. After that I had to hunt around for the standard Subaru chassis bolts from way back when I first installed the lift kit. Found them and bolted all that back up to the body then whacked a couple of 14" wheels on.
Rest of the time was taken up with manoeuvring the front and rear of the car around the place etc.
It rolls around the place fairly well, I'm pretty satisfied with the weight distribution and balance although it will be slightly different once the A-frame is in place.
I'll have to start making up half a lift kit for it soon
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[quote="""]Andrew you are now officially the funniest person I know. Or is that the maddest? 
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Dod not worry Andrew Tim is not that far beheind... actualy now he has the sedan conversion complete i can see him hacking up the wagon.
Great work mate from the pics she is looking great. Sorry i did not get around there i was unsure if you were all 4WD in the morning or arvo (or if at all as it turns out).
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Dod not worry Andrew Tim is not that far beheind... actualy now he has the sedan conversion complete i can see him hacking up the wagon.
Great work mate from the pics she is looking great. Sorry i did not get around there i was unsure if you were all 4WD in the morning or arvo (or if at all as it turns out).
I noticed that your trailer has a towball if another one is made hook them up an take a photo you may need an articulated licence to drive it tho.... 
mmm taking a closer look I see there is a steering wheel still attatched will it fit an MY series wagon or are the splines different. My original one has the badge missing in the middle. Other than the cracked front screen and the busted demister on the rear its almost back to complete. Thanks to the weekend scrounge at Dave and Jays Subaru wreckers yard yukyukyuk
mmm taking a closer look I see there is a steering wheel still attatched will it fit an MY series wagon or are the splines different. My original one has the badge missing in the middle. Other than the cracked front screen and the busted demister on the rear its almost back to complete. Thanks to the weekend scrounge at Dave and Jays Subaru wreckers yard yukyukyuk
2006 the year of the Subaru 
sofar completed: Rear bumper replaced, central locking, next weber conversion.
sofar completed: Rear bumper replaced, central locking, next weber conversion.