Yet another new guy

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Mon May 28, 2012 10:58 am

Got an sms this morning from the seller, and it's on the back of it's first truck and on it's way to Melbourne.

So with luck will have it this weekend to start pulling the front hubs off to replace.

then the road to RWC begins.

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Mon May 28, 2012 11:02 am

awesome!

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Tue May 29, 2012 12:23 pm

Turns out it probably wont be here till next week, takes 5 business days to get from Brisvagas to Melbourne.

But the brumby is at the depot waiting for a truck to bring it down. Wife has said to me that gives me this weekend to clean up the shed more before the brumby goes in there.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed May 30, 2012 1:23 am

Good stuff mate! I'm looking forward to it's arrival. I hope your better half loves it - they're loaded with character!

Cheers

Bennie

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:45 am

Yeah Ciel is all for it, said she likes the look of it better than the van I had (didn't fit the bike in hence the change to nearly the smallest ute you can buy

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I'll call the transport tomorrow afternoon to see if it's made it onto a truck to get a better ETA.

once I get the brumby sorted for RWC I'll let you know Bennie, and have to catch up to borrow those wheels off you

figured it's probably better to put stock wheels on it for RWC as it wont look "as" modified.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Wed May 30, 2012 1:07 pm

AshR wrote:once I get the brumby sorted for RWC I'll let you know Bennie, and have to catch up to borrow those wheels off you figured it's probably better to put stock wheels on it for RWC as it wont look "as" modified.

No worries, I'm thinking that Sunnie the Brumby's wheels would be the best bet, they're the most RWC tyres I've got at the moment, the original ones I was thinking of needs a tyre or two replaced, I can't afford that so we'll have to do this sneaky sneaky without gail seeing

Cheers

Bennie

PS, you still got my mobile number? It's not changed!

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:11 pm

hehe yay for secret squirrel activities

I'll make sure I sort the car out and find out when you're good to get the wheels then book for the next day so you're without them for the shortest amount of time

and turns out I still have your number.

This is amazing, 4 pages and still no photos. I'll make up for it with plenty of photos when the brumby arrives. if I'm lucky it'll be Wednesday, if unlucky it's Friday

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:36 pm

wednesday? thats tomorrow!!! yay!

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:58 pm

thunder039 wrote:wednesday? thats tomorrow!!! yay!

Correct *cough cough* I'm feeling rather ill, if I get a phone call I might just have to have the rest of the week off sick.

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:44 pm

well finally got a call from the local courier. the Brumby is in Melbourne but hasn't been dropped off at his depot yet, but he's expecting it this afternoon and will give me a call tomorrow morning to drop it off

hopefully I can get off work early tomorrow and pull the hub out tomorrow night so I can hit up p-a-p first thing Saturday and with luck have the car running sweet by Monday (that's probably a little optimistic given I don't exactly know what else could be a problem besides a rough overview of the car)

Will post up pics when the ute is delivered

*spins on chair*

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:05 pm

great to hear im excited for you! hahaha

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:37 pm

Once it's on the road we'll have to have a Brumby convention with Bennie

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:41 pm

haha yes defiantly although since i have owned my brumby it has travled out of gippsland haha

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:28 pm

IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So after debacle it's in my driveway. Currently on charge as the battery is well "haddit" so going to try get it going tomorrow.

Too cold outside to work on the hub tonight so I'll get out there in the morning and should be able to back it into my garage and then be able to jack it up and get the hub out and see what's what under there

It's actually a whole lot higher than I imagined (haven't seen a bumby in years and never a lifted one) it's AWESOME!!

Going to be soooo much fun when it's on the road. More pics tomorrow when it's light again

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:44 pm

looks great mate. were did you find it advertised?

cant wait to see it on the road. looks nice and neat. whats the interior like?

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:57 pm

no carpet, but the rest isn't too bad missing a few screws for the plastic around the s/wheel but nothing too bad

I found it on Gumtree of all places, was looking around vic just searching for Brumbys and then expanded from melb to vic to australia, and found this one in Ipswich QLD. was a great price and didn't cost me too much to have it shipped down, so I still think I'm ahead even with out if have rego yet

I'll get more pics tomorrow when I get to work on it and show off the inside etc.

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:39 am

awesome the main thing is that the dash isnt cracked

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:25 pm

Good one Ash! I'm really looking forward to seeing this one in the flesh!

Unfortunately I won't be able to steal my mo'inlaw's brumby, I've got to get it going again, it's had a few cooling issues and needs a bit of a tidy up!

Catch you then!

Cheers

Bennie

AshR · Post by **AshR** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 8:16 pm

Good day and the brumby lives. Runs a bit rough but better than not running.

I'll start up a "my ride" now and probably stop posting in my "hello I'm here" thread

lol

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:41 pm

AshR wrote:I'll start up a "my ride" now and probably stop posting in my "hello I'm here" thread

Make sure there's LOTS and LOTS of photos!

Cheers

Bennie