Bluey, The Brumby RallyUte
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Bluey, The Brumby RallyUte
hey all this is a bit of a write-up on my 1983 Brumby Rallycar as its going along from as i got it (pretty rough) to how its going to end up (smick as)
This is the photo as it appeared on ebay. Not looking too shabby, and with a trayfull of someone elses rubbish. ahh, just as a brumby should be;
this is back in December 07. Good Bits: EJ22, 4.11 gears, Roll Cage, Cams log book, Lsd rear, 14,s (9), Colour, Bash Plate, Suspension, 2" lifted Rear, seam welded, SVX Auto tranny (good/bad we'll see what happens) Sunroof,boss kit
The Good, the Bad and The Ugly will follow in future posts, but for now, just to whet you appetite.
>Rohan Maxim.
This is the photo as it appeared on ebay. Not looking too shabby, and with a trayfull of someone elses rubbish. ahh, just as a brumby should be;
this is back in December 07. Good Bits: EJ22, 4.11 gears, Roll Cage, Cams log book, Lsd rear, 14,s (9), Colour, Bash Plate, Suspension, 2" lifted Rear, seam welded, SVX Auto tranny (good/bad we'll see what happens) Sunroof,boss kit
The Good, the Bad and The Ugly will follow in future posts, but for now, just to whet you appetite.
>Rohan Maxim.
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The first thing i did, whilst waiting for the truck to deliver my new baby, (sight unseen mind you) was pull the dash from my Rusty Ute, which is a freak machine BTW, and the reason i bought a subaru, then I ended upwith her too!
anyways i took the dash out and cleaned it, stared (store?) at it for a bit until i got out the drill and stuff and delicatley removed the clock, To fit a CAT Hourmeter. This will be switched, thru the ign. so as to record Race hours on the engine for servicing ect. then i painted it a bit, and stuck a bit of inspiration iside there too. i think it looks tops and is the 'Piece la Resistance' () of the whole car. (at least sofar.)
>Rohan Maxim:twisted:
anyways i took the dash out and cleaned it, stared (store?) at it for a bit until i got out the drill and stuff and delicatley removed the clock, To fit a CAT Hourmeter. This will be switched, thru the ign. so as to record Race hours on the engine for servicing ect. then i painted it a bit, and stuck a bit of inspiration iside there too. i think it looks tops and is the 'Piece la Resistance' () of the whole car. (at least sofar.)
>Rohan Maxim:twisted:
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brumbyrunner wrote:Good start to your thread Rohan.
Now get it cleaned up and bring it to the Finke!
Ditto. There are plenty of us to be crew
That looks remarkably like untamed brumbys old rig...ex townsville car from back on the ezboard
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so i started with the tray, empied out all the crap in it, ripped out the tool box and the cover plates and cut off the shit battery holder thing. then got out the busted old Solly's drill (blew up) and cupbrush. and a few beers of course. and got to it - on the hottest day of summer. good idea. only took a about 2hrs(say 8 beers) it was pretty badly rusting though.
Then went shopping for paint and decided on GALMET Hammertone Silver 1lt ($25). as ive used this inside my datto rallycar and its a tough finish. and also picked up som PENETROL 500Ml ($26). this is magic stuff. made from linseed oil and deisel, by the smell of it it spreads paint right out, and gets right ino seams and holes and rust. i mixed the first coat 50/50% and rollered most of it on. it was a bit transparent though. let it dry (it took about 4 days) then did a 25% penetrol coating. this is where its at now. looking good. i need to get a welde and do a bit of welding/ grinding and filling holes and fixing the welds around Cage so ive saved a bit of paint and will do a top coat later.
any way heres some pics.
Cheers, Rohan Maxim:twisted:
Then went shopping for paint and decided on GALMET Hammertone Silver 1lt ($25). as ive used this inside my datto rallycar and its a tough finish. and also picked up som PENETROL 500Ml ($26). this is magic stuff. made from linseed oil and deisel, by the smell of it it spreads paint right out, and gets right ino seams and holes and rust. i mixed the first coat 50/50% and rollered most of it on. it was a bit transparent though. let it dry (it took about 4 days) then did a 25% penetrol coating. this is where its at now. looking good. i need to get a welde and do a bit of welding/ grinding and filling holes and fixing the welds around Cage so ive saved a bit of paint and will do a top coat later.
any way heres some pics.
Cheers, Rohan Maxim:twisted:
looking good there mate, looks like you are finding lot's of bad welding, and other stuff that needs cleening up.
your of too a good start, i like what your doing so far, keep up the good work, lot's of luck and have a fun time with it.
Rik
your of too a good start, i like what your doing so far, keep up the good work, lot's of luck and have a fun time with it.
Rik
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Im now all grown up to an outback with a 2" lift and outback struts, ready to go off road and take on the world.
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Boy oh boy have you got some work to do!
The bolt welded accross the strut top looks as thought it was designed to catch the strut if (when) the rubber breaks.
You don't normally see welding that bad on competition vehicles. I wonder how it passed scruiteneering?
Don't worry too much about that dodgy homemade front lower wishbone. Replace it all with a 5 stud Crossbred kit and you'll be miles in front.
Do you know if the cage is made from seemless tube?
Have you found a number on it at all?
The bolt welded accross the strut top looks as thought it was designed to catch the strut if (when) the rubber breaks.
You don't normally see welding that bad on competition vehicles. I wonder how it passed scruiteneering?
Don't worry too much about that dodgy homemade front lower wishbone. Replace it all with a 5 stud Crossbred kit and you'll be miles in front.
Do you know if the cage is made from seemless tube?
Have you found a number on it at all?
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