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ben wrote "May as well just buy a Prius, would cost about the same as a 120kw electric conversion...." then I'd be driving a crappy hatch. The reason I'm doing this is because I enjoy restoring different looking cars. my last ground up restore was a Datsun 240Z and I think the brumby also looks cool...

hello all I have what I think is an MY brumby. It's a 1982 model with single square headlights and a dual range gearbox. can anyone confirm this? My plan is to do a ground up restoration and convert it to plug-in electric so I am looking for some bits and pieces. can you buy after market front guard...

Thanks for the reply el freddo. You may be on to something. The previous owner only had a five minute run to work and my drive home was a good 45 minutes. After finding the mess in the air filter I have left the radiator cap half off so the system does not pressurise and leak more coolant into the t...

thanks steptoe

I ony need the motor to run for six months or so until I get all the pieces together to convert to plugin electric.

Hello all I picked up a 82 mod brumby with the overhead valve 1800 motor yesterday. It's in reasonable origional condition, a little rust here and there but not too bad for being on the wrong side of 25 years old. anyway I have found some milky oil coming from the PCV system inlet pipe inside the ai...