johnnyfive Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 /abortion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Are you keeping all the big chunks of old rusty steel, incase you need templates/reminding of what used to be there? KEEP AT IT HOLMES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Yeah, making a wee pile at the moment, Hope no one at work biffs it. Also taking lots of horrific cellphone cam photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Just keep at it. Get into the welding and start where it can't be seen. So long as its strong enough your grinder will be your best friend. As you move outwards your welding and other skills will improve. Best sort of project to learn on! If you rescue this you will have to keep it for life! Will be epic claps all round from everyone. I love the beige! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Thanks for the encouraging words everyone. I'll fix this bitch yet... Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I think you know the answer: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Is that one of the Transformers? Or a jungle gym? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Persist. This thing is the bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Persist. This thing is the bomb. What this guy said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 What's the attraction to brumbys? I'd wait till the day a mint one turns up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 brumbys are awesome. haha, mint one? every brumby have ever seen seems to be rusty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/8674053/Job-offers-wedding-proposals-from-used-car-ad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 What's the attraction to brumbys? I'd wait till the day a mint one turns up.. You'd be waiting a loooooooooooooooong time. Especially for an early quad lamper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poo Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I like that the build thread is getting updated daily. This is about to be my favourite if the work keeps up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Persist. This thing is the bomb. Hi Joe! Persist I shall, against all sense. What's the attraction to brumbys? I'd wait till the day a mint one turns up.. This one was a 64,000km, 'rust free' Otago car when I got it in 2005. Daily use in East Coast climates till 2008 it got to the state you see it in now, has been in dry storage since then. Bad assembly practices means that even if I did get a nice one, its likely been bodged up before, and will rot in the same time frame I suspect. If I ever complete this I'm gonna poke around the earlier Japanese assembled one (green one) and see what the damage is. http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/8674053/Job-offers-wedding-proposals-from-used-car-ad Wat. Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 I had a Brumby in the UK. I paid about $800 on eBay with full tax and wof. I expected it to be a rust bucket when I went to pick it up but was pleasantly shocked to discover that it was pretty much rust free but for two tiny patches on inside of tray where mud had collected. It needed a new alternator and that was all. Never let me down. Was awesome on muddy fields. Sold it to a friend and he ran it into the ground. Shame- I have never yet seen a solid one since except a mint one in Blenheim. There is a specialist in the UK who sold them new. He said that farmers all over the UK love them and that many would still buy them new over anything else as they rarely get stuck. Sadly they stopped selling them there due to emissions or something? they are awesome wee pickups! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haurangi Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Johnson, I demand you tell me where you got your half sheets of steel (panther) from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Death to all butt/rusty metal! I just wandered over the rd from work to BayFab on McAlistar street? That AE86 fiend would have some at his work though yeah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Grumble Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I has 1.0, 1.2, 1.6, but can get WHATEVER. Tho we dont cut sheets, BUT can do you a deal, so may work out OK price wise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 yay for new page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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