Sister's Car City! '89 Brumby

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Sister's Car City! '89 Brumby

Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:43 pm

So this is the good news...

My sister finally came to her senses and bought a Subaru again!

An '88 built, '89 plated Maple Beige Brumby. In fantastic knick, almost perfect body work, very little rust, came with a canopy plus the chrome flashing for the tailgate :cool:

Pikchas.
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There she is with the father's Brumby.
All for the princely sum of $1500.

A little back story as well. We got the 13" Sunnies from a bloke near us for $150 with good tread on them, set of 4 only though :cry:
had a leak on an alloy hose on the block but we patched and fixed that. I whacked a decent sound system in it for her and have started treating the rust around the base of the windscreen.

For those of you who've read my other threads, I've had some tear-jerking experiences with windscreen rust and this one is actually not too bad luckily :D

Also gave it a full service, replaced fuel cap, a headlight, a tail-light, flushed all the fluids, now we're just waiting on a sloppy shifter kit (thanks Andy) and a hood catch cable and she'll be all done and ready for a RWC.

Still have to paint the bullbar and refit it but thats no big issue.

Couldn't be happier :)

Cheers,
Tom and his sister.
All The Rigs:

'86 RX Turbo "Thor"
'89 Brumby "Emma"
'89 Brumby "Brumbylicious"
'03 Outback "Uma"
'05 Forester
'14 Forester Luxury (My goodness is it schmick!)

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:44 pm

Why are all my pictures so huge :'(
All The Rigs:

'86 RX Turbo "Thor"
'89 Brumby "Emma"
'89 Brumby "Brumbylicious"
'03 Outback "Uma"
'05 Forester
'14 Forester Luxury (My goodness is it schmick!)

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Post by RSR 555 » Fri Feb 14, 2014 1:33 am

Nice one Tom and Sis. Looks like it's in good nick.

As for your pics, you may want to resize (with paint or similar) them before posting them on your host site.
You know you are getting old when the candles on your birthday cake start to cost more than the cake itself.

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:31 am

RSR 555 wrote:Nice one Tom and Sis. Looks like it's in good nick.

As for your pics, you may want to resize (with paint or similar) them before posting them on your host site.
Cheers, but I've never resized them before and they've been fine :/
All The Rigs:

'86 RX Turbo "Thor"
'89 Brumby "Emma"
'89 Brumby "Brumbylicious"
'03 Outback "Uma"
'05 Forester
'14 Forester Luxury (My goodness is it schmick!)

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Post by Silverbullet » Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:41 am

Nice score! The more Brumbies the better ;)

As for image size when you upload them to Imageshack use the "resize" dropdown box and select 640x480 or 600x800 I think are good sizes for forums. Although I've had problems with that site lately even after I select resize they come out full size. When uploading multiple images I've had some come out resized and some not :confused: Good to use "preview thread" before you post to double check.
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Post by El_Freddo » Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:05 pm

Nice looking brumby mate! I bet your sister is stoked too.

Any plans or will this be kept stock as a daily runner?

Cruise control is a worth while addition ;)

Cheers

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:26 pm

Cheers guys I'll keep it in mind.
El_Freddo wrote:Nice looking brumby mate! I bet your sister is stoked too.

Any plans or will this be kept stock as a daily runner?

Cruise control is a worth while addition ;)

Cheers

Bennie

Well for now once it's roadworthied it'll be a daily, but she (and myself of course) wants to put a 2" lift and 27"s under it.

I think she should try to find a dual range 5sp out of an L series and an LSD as well to replace the clapped out old 4 speed and the open rear but she doesn't know much so she doesn't want to haha.

We got a sloppy shifter kit from Andy because literally EVERY gear feels like it's in neutral :'(
All The Rigs:

'86 RX Turbo "Thor"
'89 Brumby "Emma"
'89 Brumby "Brumbylicious"
'03 Outback "Uma"
'05 Forester
'14 Forester Luxury (My goodness is it schmick!)

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Post by RSR 555 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:54 pm

5 Speed is a must but wouldn't worry about LSD unless you find one at the right price :)
You know you are getting old when the candles on your birthday cake start to cost more than the cake itself.

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Post by Tigger » Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:10 pm

Congratulations :)
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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:08 pm

RSR 555 wrote:5 Speed is a must but wouldn't worry about LSD unless you find one at the right price :)
This was my plan anyway :)

I should also add that it has air-con :D Haven't tested it out yet but when the cars running there seems to be no leaks and as you change the settings you can hear it kicking in and the air flow gets stronger so it seems healthy :)

Today we finished the body work and will be painting around the windscreen tomorrow, also fit the sloppy shifter kit from Andy. The shifter is still pretty bad, but nowhere near like it was so that's a plus until we find a 5sp.

I have a 5sp FWD box in the Leone but I want to keep it 4x4 so that's no good to me. Anyone know of a 5sp dual range in good knick?

Cheers,
Tom.
All The Rigs:

'86 RX Turbo "Thor"
'89 Brumby "Emma"
'89 Brumby "Brumbylicious"
'03 Outback "Uma"
'05 Forester
'14 Forester Luxury (My goodness is it schmick!)

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Post by RSR 555 » Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:46 pm

Check out the 'For Sale' section or try Gumtree
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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Tue Feb 25, 2014 12:08 am

Roadworthy inspection tomorrow morning, wish me luck!
All The Rigs:

'86 RX Turbo "Thor"
'89 Brumby "Emma"
'89 Brumby "Brumbylicious"
'03 Outback "Uma"
'05 Forester
'14 Forester Luxury (My goodness is it schmick!)

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Post by RSR 555 » Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:48 pm

T.Farm.Brumby wrote:Roadworthy inspection tomorrow morning, wish me luck!
Best of luck Tom. Hope she passes with flying colours
You know you are getting old when the candles on your birthday cake start to cost more than the cake itself.

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Post by T.Farm.Brumby » Wed Feb 26, 2014 6:37 pm

Passed no problem :) couldn't be happier
All The Rigs:

'86 RX Turbo "Thor"
'89 Brumby "Emma"
'89 Brumby "Brumbylicious"
'03 Outback "Uma"
'05 Forester
'14 Forester Luxury (My goodness is it schmick!)

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Post by El_Freddo » Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:08 pm

T.Farm.Brumby wrote:Passed no problem :) couldn't be happier
Sweet as mate! I bet your sister is stoked!

Cheers

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Post by RSR 555 » Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:10 am

Good work and now the fun starts :)
You know you are getting old when the candles on your birthday cake start to cost more than the cake itself.

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Post by Farmsy92 » Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:39 pm

Hey, here she is :) I'm the proud new owner and "Tom's sis" (or apprentice as he calls me)

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I'll be updating in this new thread from now on.

Cheers

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