kiwishooter

Thought I'd bump this post. My Brumby has been going for a few years now and it has been totally reliable. I've had a few wanting to buy it............they never come back when I tell them what the offer has to exceed, the wife says I'm not allowed to sell it anyway........too handy in the snow. Being permanent AWD it is awesome in the snow, I can get home without diff lock or chains, and most 4wd require chains to get to my place in the snow & ice. One thing I've been looking for is a straight rust free bonnet (hood to US citizens) but they are about like chicken teeth...........the only ones I've found seem to be attached to Subarus. I would also like to fit a decent steering wheel but cant seem to loacate a boss that will fit the Subaru splines, does anyone know which boss to use?? One modification I did was raise the seat 25mm, still feels a tiny bit low but is a lot better on trips now than before.

Now I know this isn't in the US but I've seen a few sell in New Zealand for around $5000.00 I've also seen a few one owner ones list on the local auction site for around $10,000.00. Mine owes me more than that last figure.......Kiwi

Cyfun there was more than one thread running about it and by the time some made up there mind they wanted one exchange rates changes and so did prices........Kiwi

Yes it's mine I did the build a couple a years ago, have the rest of the chrome trim fitted and the deck Rhino coated now, I'd say it's about 95% finished. Original thread here when I got it going http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=107107......Kiwi

Some awesome Subies pictured in this thread.......here goes a Brumby with Ej22, 5spd full time 4WD, lsd rear diff, centre diff lock ......Kiwi

Yes quite a few early RS legacy's had that type of steering wheel here in NZ, it's a Momo wheel......Kiwi

Hi tried to organise this back in 2010 and ended up with nothing but grief from some members on here. In the end the idea died............the gearboxes I had lined up ended up in the scrap metal yard. Here's a link to the original post http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=103125 Kiwi

You should be able to get a set of nuts to suit at Mag and Turbo, that is where I got a couple of replacements, just can't remember if they were new or used.

Give me a call at work 4555133 about the Cheviot.......ask for Ian....Cheers

Yes they are standard Subie pattern. They are Aunger Trident mags, I also have one Cheviot mag the same as this http://www.indysworld.com/80s/general/wheels/Cheviot-13-alloy.jpg

Yes it is a '83, the first of the sport utes that came with white spoke steel wheels, rev counter, oil & water guages and the twin sun roofs. I've even got a book at work that tells me what they sold for new......can't remember off the top of my head but I've seen a couple on Trademe (local auction site) that people have been asking around $10k for which is around what they sold for new.

It's the original colour and only the second Brumby I have seen in this colour......the other one was owned by my brother who bought it new and still had it when I first met him.....he sold it shortly after I met him. Just wish I could find a straight bonnet as the one on it has humps and hollows all over the place, which was why is was painted matt black. Although the black is growing on me. I also have a set of original white spoke wheels, these have a good set of off road tyres on them and came with it when I bought the Brumby.

Kaz, That's what I was aiming for......some people have looked under the bonnet and think it's original (not Subaru Junkies obviously..) I still want to get a alloy rear rollbar made and a front nudgebar, plus I want a cover for the deck instead of running around with the canopy on the back. 140km of round town running and the fuel gauge is down to 3/4, depending on how the guage reads it might even be econimical, but I will wait and see how many km's it does before I have to fill the tank again.

Thanks everyone it has taken a while to get this running.......especially when work comes first. But I am most impressed with how it goes, Subaru should do a Imprezza ute. I still have a bit of electrical to do, switch for the centre diff lock, engine check light, fan relay and also have to work over the centre console as the gear lever is a bit far back and if I screw the front part of the console down I can't get it into 2nd, 4th or Rev........just a minor hitch. A couple of other details I used an EA82 clutch cable and an Imprezza accelerator cable......the impreza inner cable was lengthened 30mm. Accelerator pedal had the Imprezza cable end welded onto the Brumby accelerator pedal.

I used the original Brumby inner joint, consisting of the inner race balls and cage, and fitted 1990 Legacy outer cage on the Brumby inner joints. This gave me large splined inner CV's that fitted on the Brumby 1/2 shafts. What gave me the idea to do this was when I looked at the Legacy inner joint and the size of the joint looked to be the same physical size as the Brumby. I removed the boot and the wire clip from both joints and found the outer race from the Legacy joint fitted perfectly on the Brumby joint. Others have reported this doesn't work........it worked for me.