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OCTOBER 2005Vol 27 No 3

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Brett and his Liberty playing in a hole on the BYB tripBrett Rogers SC306

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COMMITTEECOMMITTEECOMMITTEECOMMITTEECOMMITTEEPRESIDENT Greg Bryant 3402 0396VICE PRESIDENT Cameron Neilsen 0438 926 012SECRETARY Christine Barry 3372 4024TREASURER Ray Lyons 3397 1837SUBA NEWS EDITOR Grant Rogers 0432 903 366SUBA NEWS CO-EDITOR Kim Rogers 0432 903 367MEMBERSHIP OFFICER Dave Martin 3262 5665SOCIAL DIRECTOR Brett Rogers 0417 979791PUBLIC RELATIONS Peter Gates 3269 8243PROPERTY OFFICER Kelvin Bradshaw 0407 729 310SERGEANT AT ARMS Dave Gibson 5497 5454TRAINING OFFICER John McKenna 3398 3019WEBMASTER ([email protected]) Greg Bryant 3402 0396

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PRESIDENTPRESIDENTPRESIDENTPRESIDENTPRESIDENT’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT

Greg Bryant SC480

As President of the club, I feel duty bound to let you all know my feelings with regard to anuneasiness that has crept into the club’s activities over the last few months – hopefully to putthe issue to rest for once and for all.

I have read closely the club’s Constitution and the General Information booklet as a meansof assisting me in understanding what has been happening. Maybe it’s time to remind everyoneof the Objects of the Club (as stated in Section 2 of the Constitution):

2. OBJECTSThe objects for which the Association is established are:

a) To publicise the Association and increase membership, catering for all ages.b) To improve general interest and enthusiasm in Subaru Four Wheel Drive (4WD)

Vehicles.c) To organise meetings and outings of a social and competitive nature.d) To encourage responsible and skilful use of the vehicle in all situations.e) To obtain discounts on parts and accessories to members.f) To promote fellowship and liaise with other 4WD Clubs to improve the image of 4WD

generally.

The trip that was held on October 8 fulfilled every one of the club’s objects. The touringsection of the trip may have been discriminatory, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that thetrip should not have been run as a club trip. I also don’t consider it to have set a precedent– by their very nature other trips that the club has run have also been discriminatory. Examplesinclude promotional meets (“Show & Shine” and similar meets) that the club has attendedas a means of advertising the club and attracting new members, at which only Subarus havebeen displayed representing the club; a Ladies’ Day; and in fact any 4WD trip with a ratingof hard or extreme, for which the trip leader would actively discourage an inexperiencedmember with an inappropriately set up vehicle from attending (and rightly so).

Club meetings are held as a forum for informing the members of what has been and will behappening in the club, and sometimes for lively and healthy discussion on a range of topicsthat are of interest to the members. However, over the last few months a degree of animosityhas been exhibited within the club, which has upset a number of the members and which Ifeel may be damaging morale within the club.

So lets all get on with promoting the objects of the club, which in turn will make our clubstronger and healthier and more enjoyable for all.

EDITOREDITOREDITOREDITOREDITOR’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT

Kim & Grant Rogers SC577

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Hi Readers,

Welcome to another edition of Subanews,

Firstly let us appologise to those of you who may have received thisedition of Subanews a little late, I think we must have walked under aladder, infront of a black cat and smashed a mirror all at the same timethis months as we have had a bad case of Murphy`s law.

Make a special effort to check out the “Whats On” as there are somereally fun and exciting trips coming up and dont forget to pencil theminto your diaries so you can start your preparations now.

Dont forgetThe Annual Double Island Point/Xmas Party trip is justaround the corner. This trip probably has the biggest turn out of theyear, is a whole lot of fun and a great way to get to meet other clubmembers.

As we had no trip reports sent in for this magazine we have filled theextra space with a few images from the byb trip, I haven’t got intogreat detail with the descriptions as I believe there is a trip reportcoming in the near future.

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SOCIAL DIRECTORSOCIAL DIRECTORSOCIAL DIRECTORSOCIAL DIRECTORSOCIAL DIRECTOR’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT

Brett Rogers SC306

The Xmas party – beach trip is approaching very quickly. This year we areplanning on a communal Hangi for dinner on the Saturday night. As such weneed to get definite numbers of people wanting to attend with in the nextweek. The Hangi will be cancelled if there is a total fire ban at the time. Ifyou want to come on this trip call John McKenna (trip leader) and get yourname put on the trip sheet ASAP.

While on the topic of the Xmas party please remember to bring along a non-perishable item for the hamper to be raffled on Saturday night. Also, BYOkids’ present/s up to $10 value.

There will be no December general meeting this year. The last time for youto come to a meeting will be the November general meeting on the 28th.

I have added a bit of a forward planner through ‘til June next year. The planneris flexible. If you would like to run one of the trips, or add to the planner, orrun one on a different date just let me know. Email me [email protected] if you like. Or, my phone number is at the front ofthe mag.

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Fun StuffFun StuffFun StuffFun StuffFun Stuff

v First we survived being born to mothers who smoked and /or drank whilethey carried us.

v They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, sardines from a can, anddidn’t get tested for diabetes.

v Then after the trauma, our babies cribs were covered with bright colouredlead-based paints.

v We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, door or cabinets and whenwe rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risk we tookhitchhiking.

v As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or airbags.v Riding in the back of a Ute on a hot day was always a special treat.v We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.v We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE

actually died from this.v We ate patty cakes, white bread and real butter and drank softdrink with

sugar in it, but we weren’t overweight because WE WERE ALWAYSOUTSIDE PLAYING.

v We would leave home in the morning and play all day. as long as we wereback when the streetlights came on.

v No one was able to reach us all day. And we were ok.v We would spend hours building our billycarts of scraps and then ride

down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into thebushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

v We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-Boxes, no video games atall, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chatrooms......WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

v We fell out of the trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were nolawsuits from these accidents.

v We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not livein us forever.

v We were given bb guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticksand tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did notput out very many eyes.

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!!1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!!1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!!1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!!1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!!

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Fun stuff continued...Fun stuff continued...Fun stuff continued...Fun stuff continued...Fun stuff continued...

supplied by Megan Rogers SC306

v We rode bikes or walked to a friends house and knocked on the door orrang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.

v Football and softball clubs had tryouts and not everyone made the team.Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!!

v The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.They actually sided with the law!!

v The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.v We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW

TO DEAL WITH IT ALL!!!

And YOU are one of them! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow upas kids, before the solicitors and the government regulated our lives for ourown good and while you are at it, forward it to others with kids so they willknow how brave their parents were.Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’tit?!!!!!!!

Dave Martins new toy - The Subaru Rhino buggy

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A side on shotshowing the depthof the mud

Up to thebullbar in mud

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Part two.The inside of the hull and radio tray were painted. The speed controller andservos were fitted to the radio tray and mountings were made for the radiocontrol receiver and receiver battery. A tray and mounts were made for thedrive battery. The outside of the hull was sanded and given 2 coats of greypaint, more work will need to be done to the top of the hull after the deck isinstalled. The motor and battery wiring was installed and connected.

The first test float was carried out in the pool to check the balance of theboat. A 6 volt drive battery was tried first, but it was a bit slow, so a 12 voltbattery was fitted and the boat went a lot faster, in fact to fast for the size ofour pool. The position of the 12 volt battery was too far forward, the bow wassitting to low in the water and the propeller was cavitating. The battery wasmoved to just behind the motor and this provided good balance of the hulland stopped the cavitation. A battery carrier was made and fitted to thehull. I took the hull down to the model boating lake at Boondall EntertainmentCentre and gave it a run. The hull handled well and sat up and planed atspeed. I noticed when turning the hull at speed, water sprayed up into theair and entered the open hull. Water was also forced up the rudder shaft.When finished with a water tight deck and fittings water spray will not be aproblem and some grease on the rudder shaft will fix that leak.

The deck was made from gluing 3 pieces of 100mm wide balsa together andthen cutting the shape of the deck out of the wide balsa sheet. I borrowed aplan of a British patrol boat from the SSS model boat club library, which I ama member of and started building the superstructure. First I built the cabinand bridge and then the other components like the Carley floats, deckhatches, masts and armament. The main rear gun and small side guns

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are static but the main front gun will move from side to side and spray water.

Navigation lights were fitted to the cabin and wired to a 2 x 1.5 volt AAbattery holder. The cabin, deck hatches and guns etc, were painted. I founda model rubber ducky in Wade’s toy box, it was the right scale for the patrolboat, so I have painted it and fitted on top of the main hatch. The main mastis made of brass and will act as the aerial for the radio control receiver.

Next month in part three, will be fitting of the water pump and depth chargers.Fitting the deck to the hull and a final coat of paint.

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What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...Destination: General meeting

Trip Date/s: Mon 24 OctDestination: The WRX ExperienceTrip Date/s: Sun 30 OctTrip Leader: Brett RogersContact: 0417 979791 or email [email protected] Place: Club HouseMeeting Time: 11 amDirections: Veteran Car club, 1376 Old Cleveland road, CarindaleTrip rating: No 4wding.Distance of Trip: 80 km round tripFuel Available: NOMaximum Vehicles: 10 neededWater Available: YESWhat to Bring: Refreshments, camera, covered shoes, sunscreen and hat.Domestic pets: NOPersonal Permit: NOActivities Planned: Drive a rally prepared WRX.Recovery gear: NO

Destination: Bellthorpe SFTrip Date/s: Sun 06 NovTrip Leader: David MartinContact: 0429 121996, 3262 5665Meeting Place: BP Travel Centre

Meeting Time: 11 am

Directions: North end of car park – Bruce Highway/MorayfieldTrip rating: MediumDistance of Trip: 200km approxFuel Available: NOMaximum Vehicles: 15Water Available: No

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What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What to Bring: Food and water, full tank of fuel, aeroguard, camera etc.Domestic pets: NOPersonal Permit: NOActivities Planned: Drive the forestry tracks of the Bellthorpe state forest.

Nice scenic drive.Recovery gear: YES

Destination: Beach prep and BBQ

Trip Date/s: Sun 13 NovTrip Leader: Brett RogersContact: 0417 979791 or email [email protected] Place: My PlaceMeeting Time: 9.30 amDirections: 77 Captain Whish Avenue, Morayfield

Trip rating: Social. Dirty hands.

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What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)Distance of Trip: No drivingFuel Available: NOMaximum Vehicles:Water Available: YESWhat to Bring: Tools, parts and spares. Bring what you want to BBQ.Domestic pets: NOPersonal Permit: NOActivities Planned: Get your car ready for the Xmas party beach trip the following

weekend.Recovery gear: NODestination: Committee meeting]Trip Date/s: Mon 14 Nov

Destination: D.I. Point - Xmas Party

Trip Date/s: 18, 19, 20 NovTrip Leader: J0hn McKennaContact: 3389 3019 or mobile 0419 652053Meeting Place: Freshwater CampgroundMeeting Time: 11 amDirections: TBA for camp site numbersTrip rating: MediumDistance of Trip:Fuel Available: NOMaximum Vehicles: UnlimitedWater Available: YESWhat to Bring: All camping and partying gear.Domestic pets: NOPersonal Permit: NOActivities Planned: Camping, partying, 4wdingRecovery gear: YES

$4/adult/night. Please have camp fees ready upon arrival. Hot showers $1/3 mins.

Club Merchandise Available

Polo Shirt with embroidered logo $25.00Baseball cap with embroidered logo $15.00Embroidered cloth badge $ 8.00Name tag $ 3.00Windscreen Sticker - Made to Order $10.00Window sticker $ 2.00Gear bag $ 6.00Tow hooks (assorted styles, each) $ 6.00Snatch strap $50.00Bow shackles, large $12.00Bow shackles, small $10.00Bow Saw $14.00

See the club’s Property Officer, Kelvin Bradshaw if you wish to purchase any of the merchandise on offer.

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Full Member $50.00Associate Member $50.00Country Member $45.00

Membership fees are now overdue for renewal. Please help out the overworked Membership officer by paying promptly. New members will also

have to pay a $10.00 joining fee.

MEMBERSHIP FEES ARE NOW PAST DUEMEMBERSHIP FEES ARE NOW PAST DUEMEMBERSHIP FEES ARE NOW PAST DUEMEMBERSHIP FEES ARE NOW PAST DUEMEMBERSHIP FEES ARE NOW PAST DUE

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MinutesMinutesMinutesMinutesMinutesSUBARU 4WD CLUB OF QUEENSLAND INC.

MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING HELD 24/9/05(Note - minutes are unconfirmed and subject to ratification at the next General

Meeting)

Meeting opened: 8.57pmVisitors:NoneApologies:David GibsonPrevious Minutes Accepted:Moved Shane Taylor, seconded Gaven McGrathBusiness arising from previous minutes:NoneInwards Correspondence:Bank of Qld - Customer signing authority forms C.Szilvassy – postal orderand advertisement to sell ’88 Vortex.Magazines: NoneOutward Correspondence:Letters and invoices sent out to magazine advertisers.Treasurer’s Report:Expenses for approval: NoneCheque for insurance is still to be presented.Bank of Queensland have changed their terms and conditions for Cash Management A/c. Interestrate was 5.1%. This has been changed to 1.5%, in addition there are now fees attached to theaccount. Ray will look into options through other banking institutions, to find out if funds could attracta better interest rate elsewhere.Treasurer’s Report Accepted:Moved Ray Lyons, seconded John McKennaSocial Director’s ReportOct 8 5th Annual BYB BBQOct 24 WRX Experience3 people have registered to go on the WRX Experience trip. If 10 people go then the Club can get adiscount.

Ron opened a discussion about the BYB BBQ trip by asking why non Subaru vehicles were beingexcluded from the trip, as this a Club trip advertised in the Club magazine and excluding vehicles wasnot Club policy. Greg explained that this point had been brought up at the last Committee Meeting,had generated a great deal of discussion and that there was nothing in the Club rules that said thatthe Club couldn’t run a Subaru only trip. The trip is one the BYB have organized and run annually forthe past 4 years. It is an opportunity to gather as many Subarus as possible together on one trip. TheBYB Cruise part of the trip ends at Woodford for a BBQ and non Subaru drivers who want to bringtheir own vehicle are more than welcome to join the group there. Also if there are Club members, whodon’t own a Subaru, but want to come on the main part of the trip, they could always get a lift with aSubaru driver.Having the trip run as part of the Subaru 4WD Club had benefits to both groups. BYB is an informalgroup and as such do not have insurance. By having the Subaru 4WD Club involved, participants areable to take out temporary membership and be covered by the Club’s insurance. The Club benefitsas there is expected to be 40 vehicles involved that are owned by non Club members. It offers theClub a great opportunity to promote the Club and increase membership.Concern was expressed that the trip set a precedent which may be repeated. Megan Rogers pointedout that this is a once a year event run by the BYB, who have invited the Club to participate and thatthe trip would go ahead with or without the Club’s participation, though members would be welcometo join in if they chose.A proposal was put to members present, as to whether the trip should be considered a Club event asper the magazine. Yes votes 20, No votes 5. Motion was carried.

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Minutes cont...Minutes cont...Minutes cont...Minutes cont...Minutes cont...Double Is Point Trip. Brett brought up the need to have a cheque made out to secure the booking forthe campsites as soon as possible. David will follow this up and liaise with Greg. The matter will befinalized by the end of the week.Membership Officer’s Report:TOTAL 58:- 31 financial members, 5 life members, 7 country members,5 associate membersProperty Officer’s Report:The auction held before the meeting raised $100.Public Relations Officer’s Report:David Martin announced that Fourby’s want to take out a full page advertisement in front section ofthe Club magazine. Fourby’s have asked the club if they could organise 3 or 4 late model Subarus tobe parked infront of the Fourby’s shop for a photo for the advert. David will sort out getting suitablevehicles together for photo.Editor’s Report: Grant inquired who was responsible for chasing up fees for private advertisementsplaced in the Club magazine. He had also received a request for a private advertisement to beincluded in the magazine. It consisted of lengthy email with photos attached and that for practicalreasons it was not possible to place it in the magazine. Greg suggested that larger adverts such asthat, could be included on the website at no cost. Grant had a discussion with Greg regarding problemswith the formatting of the Meeting Minutes.He also reported that Australia Post still hasn’t organized the Club’s account for invoicing of postagefor the Club magazine. Webmaster’s Report: Greg provided a summary of the website usage for the month of August.3561 visits, 88401 hits. Discussion groups had been busy with 11 Technical discussion topics, 13items posted to the Buying and Selling section and 2 non Subaru discussion topics.Subaclub email addresses were still available. There were a few technical problems getting themagazine onto the website this month, but these have now been sorted out. There is plenty of spaceon the website for photos etc.Training Officer’s Report:NoneQCCHVC Delegate’s Report:NonePresident’s Report: Greg drew attention to the President’s Report in the Club magazine. TheCommittee is looking into formalising a driver 4WD training program for members. It is a significantassignment and Greg asked that if any members wanted to be involved to contact himself or JohnMcKenna. A discussion took place and it was suggested that it would be useful if a copy of theNational 4WD Association’s training program could be obtained as a guide. Ray pointed out thatNational Training Authority might need to formalise the program, in which case the training programwould have to conform to National standards. The website ntis.gov.au, lists a range of nationallyaccredited training courses that can be downloaded. Club members Will Spelta and Ron Penfold areboth accredited with Certificate 4 in Training. It is likely that a sub committee will be appointed tooversee this issue.General Business: Greg brought to the meeting’s attention that there is a 1988 Vortex for sale.Trip reports –Don Watt gave a report of a 3 week trip he and partner Maureen did to Cape York in July. Gregcongratulated Don on his impending wedding to Maureen in October.Curlie gave the verbal trip report for the Inskip Point weekend held Aug 27/28.Fines –Inskip Pt Greg for not putting the Navara into 4wd and getting bogged in the sand.Amamoor Dave, who was trip leader, for getting lost.

Curlie for having to be repeatedly towed up steep inclines.Cooloola Rally Bryan Johnston for being scared of the dark.Meeting closed: 10-10pm

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Rally NewsRally NewsRally NewsRally NewsRally News


WRWRWRWRWRC – Rally DeutscC – Rally DeutscC – Rally DeutscC – Rally DeutscC – Rally Deutschland – Rd 1hland – Rd 1hland – Rd 1hland – Rd 1hland – Rd 111111—This is the second all bitumen event ofthe year, which was split into three different parts, day one used vineyardstages, day two was held on military grounds, and day three used public roads.It has also become one of Europe’s biggest sporting events with 250,000spectator tickets sold. The Subaru team’s Petter Solberg experienced smallproblems with spins and losing some gears throughout the rally, he finisheddown the order in 7th place. His bitumen specialist team mate StephaneSarrazin, who broke a drive shaft late in the event, finished next in 8th place.The team’s third driver Aussie Chris Atkinson, who lacks bitumen experience,slowly improved his times as the event progressed to finish in 11th place.Before this event he spent two days doing training with a circuit racinginstructor. The Citroen team dominated the event with a 1- 2 finish. Peugeottook 3rd and 4th places, with Mitsubishi the first no French team to finishwell in 5th place.

PPPPPositionsositionsositionsositionsositions – 1 Loeb Citroen, 2 Duval Citroen, 3 Gronholm Peugeot, 4 MartinPeugeot, 5 Galli Mitsubishi.PPPPPointsointsointsointsoints – Loeb 93, Gronholm 61, Solberg 55, Garrdemeister 47.ManufManufManufManufManufactureractureractureractureracturersssss – Citroen 123, Peugeot 117, Ford 73, Subaru 63, Mitsubishi47.

ARARARARARC – Rally of Melbourne – Rd 5C – Rally of Melbourne – Rd 5C – Rally of Melbourne – Rd 5C – Rally of Melbourne – Rd 5C – Rally of Melbourne – Rd 5 – With the wild weather on the weekendbefore the event, clean up crews were working up until Friday afternoonclearing fallen trees and branches from the stages. It was a double victory forteam Subaru with Cody Crocker and his new co driver Dale Moscott wrappingup the championship and making it Subaru’s 10 th straight championshipwin. The late Possum Bourne won the first 7 years, while

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Rally News continued...Rally News continued...Rally News continued...Rally News continued...Rally News continued...Cody has won the last 3 years. Team mate Dean Herridge lost time with apuncture in heat 2 and finished in overall 5th place. The second Subaru -assisted team driver Juha Kangas had an off into a fence post and finished in3 rd place. The leading privateer was Subaru driver Darren Windus who finishedin 6th place. Most of the other leading privateers finished well down afterhaving offs. Will Orders won the closely fought Subaru RS Challenge. One ofthe hard luck stories of the event was Canberra driver Gavin Mosher who wasrunning in 2nd place in the series, rolled out of the event in heat 1, and nowhas run of funds for repairs. The best placed Toyota Corolla was Simon Evanswho claimed 2 nd place. Mitsubishi’s Scott Pedder had an off in heat I, whichlead to handling problems, he managed to finish in 7th place overall.

PPPPPositionsositionsositionsositionsositions – 1 Crocker Subaru, 2 Evans Toyota, 3 Kangas Subaru, 4 BarkerToyota, 5 Herridge Subaru.PPPPPointsointsointsointsoints – Crocker 175, Pedder 116, = Herridge 106, = Evans 106, Kangas 92.

Dave Martin SC180

Leon Pepene SC 586 attempting to cross the dam in his EJ22 poweredBrumby on the BYB trip.

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HEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSNew partnership– Early this month General Motors [GM] agreed to dissolve its20% strategic alliance relationship it had with Fuji Heavy Industries [FHI] Subaru’sparent company. This partner ship started in 1999, with Saab benefiting the mostsharing an Impressa WRX wagon, badged as Saab in the US. Also the new 7 seatTribeca was to become a Saab model, but that has now been stopped. Toyota isthe new partner, buying 8.7%, 11.4 % will be sold on open market, and FHI willbuy the remaining percentage. The new partnership plans to share technicalinformation. In the US GM have been loosing sales to its Japanese competitors;its past yearly losses are in the billions. To reduce costs the company is in theprocess of reducing its workforce by 25,000. Its biggest parts supplier DelphiCorp, which it has close ties with, has recently been placed into receivership.

Transplants – With Subaru’s renowned interchange ability between the models,for instances an early 1970’s model L starter motor will bolt straight on to acurrent model. Also the 2 bottom bolt spacings on an early model gearbox arethe same the current models. The same applies to engine mounts, so engineswaps between the models are quite easy. Recently a few Club Members havebeen busy transplanting engines, Grant and Kim Rogers have fitted a 2 litre turboengine to their 92 Liberty wagon, while Brett and Megan Rogers have fitted a 2.5litre turbo engine to their 95 Liberty wagon. Leon Pepene has also been busybuilding up a Brumby fitted with a 2.2 litre Liberty engine.

Updating — On the updating front Beccy Peters, Keith and Danna Peters daughterhas found and bought from Sydney a rare special edition auto 01 2 litre Libertysedan, fitted with a full leather interior, spoiler and skirt kit, and big 17 inchrims. Meanwhile Gil Thorncraft is very happy with his 02 Forester X after havingthe extra low range fitted. David Martin has bought a Rhino buggy fitted with allMY series running gear. It was built in 2001 to road registered specs, its registeredname is a GHE Stacker. Greg [Curlie] has fitted a rear tyre carrier to his L89wagon that he bought from Country Member Darren Woods. It was built to fit aMY wagon, so he had to do some mods to fit it to his wagon.

Top safety rating – The new 06 Forester now fitted with standard front dual andside air bags has recently received the highest 5 star safety rating. It was theonly model of 10 compact and large 4WD’s tested to receive the 5 star rating.The test was conducted by ANCAP[ Australian New Car Assessment Program].

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OUTBACK 2000 model, manual with 130K on the clock, RWC. Standardfeatures – P/Steer, AC, cruise control, ABS brakes, CD player, remotelocking, cargo blind. Extras – extra low range gear, lift kit with Kingsprings, SubaXtreme front off-road bar, rear bar with wheel carrier andbash plate; tow bar, 2 core radiator and in-car fan controller, spotlights,Electric Life rear mounted camera with screen in rear view mirror; UHFCB radio, 27 MHz CB radio, Nokia mobile phone with in-car hands freekit, electric brake controller, 3 batteries electronically controlled. 15”Impreza alloy wheels with BFG all terrain tyres, 16” standard alloywheels with 95% Yokahama tyres; PLUS aluminum cargo fridge sliderwith 2 drawers and fold down table with canister stove PLUS Explorerfridge/freezer PLUS 10 amp solar panel fitted to roof bars completewith controller……

ALLEY CRAFT TINNY with 02 8HP Johnson motor with very low hours,all safety gear, folding detachable seats, paddles, anchor PLUS depthsounder with battery & charger PLUS Flip N Easy folding trailer PLUScollapsible aluminum crane PLUS Bimini canopy. Boat & trailerregistered.

Will consider individual offers for car, or boat. Contact John Schliff(SC450) on 07 4123 2788 or [email protected]

Subaru Touring Wagon L Series, 1987, silver, 5 speed manual, 2 inchlift, 14 inch Peugeot mags, bull bar, tow bar, racks, CD, electric windowsand mirrors, central locking, power steering, reconditioned engine, veryreliable, currently registered but sell unregistered. GC $2500 ONO.Phone Monique (07) 3862 1535 or 0402 126 585.

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Regretful Sale. Subaru Sportswagon L Series 1994 model. $9 000.Excellent condition. 153 000 km. Automatic, bull bar, air conditioning.Contact Carla on 0419 790 841

Genuine RX Turbo 1st month 86, very original, red, 237,000km, newcambelts and heads, air con, factory alloys, turbo timer, seat covers,new 2 inch lift kit still in box, reconditioned power steering not fitted,engine now needs some work $ 2500 ONO Contact Keith Peters ph4122 3032, mob 0408 184 145.

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5 x 14" (5 stud) Liberty wheels with 4 tyres at 60% tread and spare. 4 xLiberty Wheel Trims ex 1990 Liberty GX. $100 ono for the lot.Contact Jeff Benson on e-mail [email protected] or 0438 451 113Address is 12 Melinda Street Burpengary Qld 4505

Set of 5 14-inch Peugeot rims, 4 with new 185/75 tyres plus spare$500.00. Contact Paul on 3348 9297 or mobile 0401 329 074

Subaru XT Vortex, 88, two door sport coupe, turbo, 1.8 ltr OHC engine,metallic silver, velour interior, alloy, 4WD, Auto, P/S, P/W, P/M, A/C,193,000km. Sunroof, tinted windows, turbo timer. Reg 01/2006.Performance mark 10/10-flying, top version, rare car in rare condition,collector’s car Excellent engine, interior & exterior. $5,900, Ferny Hills,3283-4888 (Schaffer) or 0431 862-963

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Wanted one only factory H6 alloy 16 Inch rim, Contact Keith Peters Home 074122 3032, mob. 0408 284 145

Wanted - Swing away spare wheel carrier to suit 83 MY Touring Wagon. Alsoany other suitable modicications such as 3.7 ration LSD, Long range tank,etc, prefer good design and quality, but will consider anything offered. PhoneTerry on 3359 2359

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