Long wheelbase Brumby....

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Long wheelbase Brumby....

Post by sholinguteman » Sat Dec 25, 2010 4:19 am

I know mention has been made of the Finnish Long wheelbase Subaru pickups before, But I have just been talking to another Brumby owner here in the UK and he sent me this pic (thanks Tom) which I thought may be of interest ? Merry Christmas all:-D "MO"

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Post by spike » Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:49 am

must have wheels!!! =)

yeah they do exist, all sold in europe.

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Post by Gannon » Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:18 am

Looks like its the same wheelbase, but with a longer tray
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Post by steptoe » Sat Dec 25, 2010 9:36 am

Does make you wonder why a limited market got these longer arse jobbies and would be interesting to have measurements of the trays length. Were they all LHD, cannot seee if this one is or not.

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Post by spike » Sat Dec 25, 2010 9:41 am

yeah gannon is correct
From what i found they were all the same wheelbase but with a longer bed
Im not sure about that steptoe, guess it makes sense.
But how hard would it be to bring the bed over and put it on one of our?

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lhd

Post by poprock1 » Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:47 pm

At 400% zoom it appears to be LHD. small wheels make it look odd; but the wheelbase appears the same with an extended body work. Only question is : Why bother?

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Post by sholinguteman » Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:35 pm

yes my mistake on words :-) same wheelbase , longer bed. It seems that they were for the Finnish market and yes LHD. I would love to know the reasoning behind it though , definetly why ???? "MO"

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Post by niterida » Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:55 pm

I think the body looks better than the standard one, but the rear wheels need to be further back.

They should have added the extra length in the middle and made it a longer wheelbase.

I've got a rusty old brumby and some extra rear panels - might look into doing it when I do the twin engined conversion.

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Post by spike » Sat Dec 25, 2010 9:50 pm

maybe somthing of intrest to us
OP can you ask this guy how big his fuel tank is?

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Post by Gleno » Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:17 pm

sholinguteman wrote: I would love to know the reasoning behind it though , definetly why ???? "MO"


So i can sleep in the tray :p

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Post by 1111giles » Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:29 pm

Can see the "commercial use" sense in the LWB version but from a looks point of view its wrong - horribly wrong ! Due to the wheel base not being extended in proportion - it just looks like a bodge to me. Sorry !

As someone said earlier shift the wheelbase and increase the wheel size and things for me could be different.

I much prefer the SWB (or standard) versions we are familiar with:mrgreen:

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Post by olddog642 » Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:38 pm

Oh and if you were wondering why I am on here today (25th Dec) well.......
Wifey is doing the Turkey, I am doing the Beer, and testing my daughters new Laptop...................ok ok ok! you can have it back now Elly !:D

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Post by spike » Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:46 pm

well even the standard version is a little long for me.
If i get my hands on one soon ill bobtail it and give it a nose job. Better approach and departure angles

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Post by olddog642 » Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:50 pm

Hey Spike if you are going to do that why don't you get a Manx buggy and put an EA81 in it ehehh
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Post by subarooster » Sun Dec 26, 2010 9:01 am

I get the horrible sense that if i ever put the tailgate down and stood on the rear of the tray, it would kick back like a box trailer. Those rear wheels are almost a central pivot point. haha :D

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Post by spike » Sun Dec 26, 2010 11:53 am

hey old dog
If money allows it would be either a VW beetle with an SR20DET, or a brumby with a twin turbo EG33 and 6 speed for offroad racing.
One of my mates has manx stuff but im too lazy to go play with it

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Post by TheInterceptor » Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:09 pm

Certainly would need the rear wheels pushed back a little...they should have just got the M.Y wagon and convert that into a ute.
Nontheless interesting!
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Post by RSR 555 » Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:18 am

Gleno wrote:So i can sleep in the tray :p

cheers,
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lol.. just what I was thinking :)

Maybe just a little lift?? (thanks isnowi)
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Post by AlpineRaven » Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:30 am

I did thought i swore seeing one in South Australia once last year when i was on a job but i thought i was mistaken.. it seems to be right/there that they're around.
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Post by 1111giles » Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:38 am

RSR 555 wrote:lol.. just what I was thinking :)

Maybe just a little lift?? (thanks isnowi)
http://subarubrat.com/PICS/12lift2.jpg
Go on then Paul - spill the beans on this lifted Brumby - looks great - but where are the ladders to climb in ?:mrgreen:
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