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So im just wondering of anyone has ever done a Dual Cab Brumby sorta thing, like get an L wagon, chop the back bit off and turn it into a tray?

That would be my dream suby, do you guys reckon its possible/would be hard?

it is called a baja and was made for the American market only damn left hand drive

The Subaru Baja (pronounced ba-ha) was a light-utility, all-wheel-drive, four passenger, four-door vehicle manufactured from 2003-2006 by Subaru.

if you have the money and you want to put a brumby tray on the back of an l series yes it could be done (it would cost a pretty penny)

more from here on the baja

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_Baja

and a picture of a blue one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Subaru_Baja_1.jpg

many images of the baja

http://clusty.com/search?v%3aproject=cl ... aru%20baja

TOONGA

This would be my one to complete: Two door 5 seater 6x6 wheel drive



Anything is possible if you've got pockets that are deep enough!

Cheers

Bennie

30 minutes in Photoshop

aka cut paste erase and strech




and yes I know the tray only has one side I gave up trying to get that bit right


well done bennie it looks like the thunderbirds ride
I need a job

TOONGA

Awesome work for 30 minutes in photoshop Toonga! While it wouldn't be hard to do, the issue from that image is that the rear passengers would be riding with a rear wind screen on their heads. There needs to be a rear cab section for their head space... Like a hatch that's a little further back without the opening door...

Importing a Baja and coverting to right hand drive would be less hassle I reckon!

TOONGA wrote: well done bennie it looks like the thunderbirds ride

Hehehe... I hadn't thought about that!

Cheers

Bennie

It isn't hard (been using photoshop since 5.0) if i didn't have to pick my son up from school I would probably still be sitting tinkering

this took me around 8 hours I started out with a linux penguin and the one image that is the background and played with photoshop, jasc animator and premiere pro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdrhNQ_LvsM

and sorry mods and admin yes it has nothing to do with subaru but it won me an arguement

TOONGA

hey, i know a bloke here in newcastle that has been building a dual cab brumby, take one my wagon and one brumby and go the chop... he is also doing the ladder subframe upgrade, roll cage and ej power...

might see if i can sneek some pickies

This is a reasonably accurate representation of the end result of grafting a Brumby rear section into an MY wagon, using areas of the wagon and Brumby panels patchworked to make the final structure.

About an hour's work in Corel photopaint 12 and Paint Shop Pro 4.1 (can't beat this version)...

An MY baja rather nice and well done on the way it turned out

if you could get ahold of a brumby that was this long boy you could have some fun and it is a real car not a photochop

http://www.indysworld.com/80s/brats/mis ... ngbed1.jpg

TOONGA

Subaru were just plain - "alternative lifestyle" for not making an L Series hoot . Possibly a basic early gen Lib would have been even better .

A real Ute only has two seats , expressly designed not to house those that disturb the peace . Well , after everything's official that is ...

last celtic warrior wrote:This is a reasonably accurate representation of the end result of grafting a Brumby rear section into an MY wagon, using areas of the wagon and Brumby panels patchworked to make the final structure.

About an hour's work in Corel photopaint 12 and Paint Shop Pro 4.1 (can't beat this version)...

Hey Steve, add about another 50 to 60cm's to the bed, make her lh steer and I'll order one :P
Mark

i had a look at the bajas, they are cool but an L series style one would be much cooler. Dual Cab brumby, can always hope i guess.

2coupedup: that would be awesome if you could, that sounds like a very sweet build.

heres what mine would look like if it was streched

before

after


TOONGA

I found this in google images, not sure if it's real or not

nah if you look closely you can see where the l series doors have been shopped onto the brumby and you can actually see the brumby/brat door right at the front of the l doors

plenty more anomalies in this photo

TOONGA

Phizinza (from offroading subarus) made that blue/brown chop i believe. looks Real dodgey. Ldoors on MY. would have been a quikie.

subie boys FTW!!! that looks awsome very nicely done. im thinking of this as my next project, seriosly.

i was going to build a L touring wagon dualcab, but after seing the photochop, looks hell dodgey. and the headrooms an issue too.

toonga, the 2door idea is sweet, but the long tray aswell makes it look extremely weird though.

heres the brumby still a 4 seater with out the long tray



TOONGA

yeah, thats better i reckon, and not 'too' difficult to do.

The main difficulties in extending the floorpan, is that the car has to be classed as a new vehicle and has to comply with current low volume production rulings, AND you have increased wheelbase meaning bigger turning circle, longer tail shaft, very little rampover angle (clearance in the middle when going over a crest). There are other issues too, like fuel lines, wiring, interior trim, side glass etc... At least on a Brumby, you wouldn't need to change the handbrake cable. LOL

Alternatively, with a ute section grafted onto a wagon or coupe body, it's only a simple body modification and will only need a Blue Plate to make it all legal...

hmmm, true true. you've thought about this a bit hey. cheers mate.