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Hes on his way!
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 3:30 pm
by carlie400
Hi All,
Gee the site has changed since I was last on. Lookin good!!
Anyway, for those of you following subyroo's progress it stands now as follows.
I have decided to have him towed to the wonderful man John down at volksbaru in doncaster for him to replace the motor which I have had him rebuilding for the last few months now. As usual with anything I attempt, there were quite a few dramas, but mostly sorted now.
I should have him back within the month I would say !! Then I can get onto the air con issue, and finally come out 4wd'ing with you guys!!!!
Anyone know who does seats for my little man ? Or should I just go to a wrecker. Im not sure if his seats are orig, but they do not have covers, however the upholstery on them looks like covers

Anyway !!
Hi to all, sorry I havnt been around much, just thought I would give you a progress update !!
~Carlie
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:14 pm
by AndrewT
A good upgrade is to put seats from an L series touring wagon in. I know they bolt straight into an EA81 Brumby so good chance they'll go into yours too.
Otherwise if you know somebody who can weld it's only a fairly minor mod to do on WRX or Liberty seats and they can go in too.
Otherwise check in the yellowpages for automotive re-trimmers, most of them can completely re-upholster car seats.
Good news to hear you'll get him back soon!
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:40 pm
by El_Freddo
Good to hear he'll be on his way Carlie! I hope he'll do everything you want him to do. I probabily won't be 4wd'n until I get the EJ fitted - I guess we'll be close to par with our subi's.
I'm looking forward to meeting you and your subi beast sometime.
Cheers
Bennie
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:20 pm
by dfoyl
If you want to retrim the seats, try Regal Auto Trimmers in the Wandin area. I've used Supertrim in Nunawading and they were pretty good too.
I would personally suggest putting in later-model seats (will be much cheaper) or try the gen 1 wagon at Pick-a-Part and see what the condition of those seats are in.
Dean.
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:49 pm
by AlpineRaven
awesome... We would be interested an report of start and toward to the end & updates... plus dramas that you had etc etc...
Can't wait to see it back on the road!
Cheers
AP
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:31 pm
by Subyroo
carlie400 wrote:Hi All,
Gee the site has changed since I was last on. Lookin good!!
Anyway, for those of you following
subyroo's progress it stands now as follows.
I have decided to have him towed to the wonderful man John down at volksbaru in doncaster for him to replace the motor which I have had him rebuilding for the last few months now. As usual with anything I attempt, there were quite a few dramas, but mostly sorted now.
I should have him back within the month I would say !! Then I can get onto the air con issue, and finally come out 4wd'ing with you guys!!!!
Anyone know who does seats for my little man ? Or should I just go to a wrecker. Im not sure if his seats are orig, but they do not have covers, however the upholstery on them looks like covers

Anyway !!
Hi to all, sorry I havnt been around much, just thought I would give you a progress update !!
~Carlie
There's only room for one of us on this Forum pardner, see you at sunrise on Main Street and you better be packin' some serious hardware.

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:25 pm
by El_Freddo
Subyroo wrote:There's only room for one of us on this Forum pardner, see you at sunrise on Main Street and you better be packin' some serious hardware.
Well, I reckon if you don't have a 70's subi your not in the running! Either way, we have a member callede subyroo and a subi vehicle that's called subyroo - you should be proud of that Subyroo (the member)
Cheers
Bennie
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:01 am
by Rocksy
Nissan Pulsar seats fit, i think a hole might need widening i forget.
N13, N14(maybe), R30 Skyline... cars of that era.
Comfy seats but have a circular hand adjuster.... Lumbar support for driver.