September 2005

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SEPTEMBER 2005Vol 27 No 2

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Bryan Neilsen’s RX Turbo -Track building in preparation for the BYB BBQ trip- Photo taken 18/09/05 by Kim Rogers SC577

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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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Articles being submitted for inclusion in the next magazineare to reach the Editor at

11 Kerswell Street Caboolture 4510or by e-mail to: [email protected]

by the 14th October 2005Earlier than this would be much appreciated. Thanks!!

Hello fellow Subaru fanatics,

The committee is looking into formalising a training programme to assist our newermembers in learning more about the capabilities of their vehicles and in learningthe basic driver skills required when four wheel driving, including recoverytechniques. I envisage this to be a significant assignment, and if any members arewilling to lend a hand then please inform John McKenna or myself.

Our goal of having 100 members by the end of June next year is on target, with 64members on the books to date, an increase of 5 over the same time last year. Thoseof you who have not yet re-joined will be receiving a separate reminder notice inwith this month’s magazine. I’m aware that some of you may not be intending to re-join the club, but your reasons may not be immediately obvious to the committee.Hence, in about a month’s time, those of you who have not re-joined by then will besent a questionnaire which will hopefully provide the committee with something towork on in ensuring that the members remain happy and loyal.

Don’t forget the sausage sizzle and the club auction immediately before the generalmeeting on Monday 26. Bring any excess Subaru parts, camping gear and yourmoney and make a bid on some real bargains.

See you in the dirt,Greg Bryant SC480

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

Kim & Grant Rogers SC577

Hi Readers,This is our second Suba News for the year and “so far so good”. Our Libertydecided it wanted to take holidays(like the kids), it made a “lot of noise”(likethe kids) and stopped working(like the kids) and being our only car it madefor a hectic week. In saying that we would like to thank Brett Rogers forlending a hand on the weekend to help get the mag ready in time, and myfather Roy for lending us a car.

Reminder...Unfortunately for those who still havn’t renewed your Suba Club membershipthis will be your last magazine, so please get those renewals in as soon aspossible.

Articles....Thanks to everyone who has been supplying articles, keep em comin, theyare great. For anyone wanting to supply future articles they can be emailedto the editor at [email protected],publication deadline for the nextmagazine is 14th October.

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“Hi-baru” see “Heard the news” for more details photo supplied by Greg Bryant SC 480

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

Brett Rogers SC306

We have a few trips being run this month. The first one is a new one for theSuba club and hopefully won’t be the last. It is being run in conjunction withthe people from “The Backyard Boys Subaru” and will be a fun day out. Checkout “What’s on” for more details. Please note that with this being a BYB dayrun with the club we must abide by their strict “Subaru only” rule for thecruise. All members are welcome to bring their “other” makes to the finalmeeting place to join in the 4wd part of the trip. Contact myself for moredetails if you need them.

The second trip we have planned for this month is an afternoon at The WRXExperience. Again this is a new trip for the club. I have personally driven theWRX’s before and it is an absolute ball. For any one that has ever dreamed ofdriving a race/rally prepared WRX this is your chance. Spectators are morethan welcome to come along on the trip and watch the fun.

We have a few more distance trips planned for the future. All of which will beput in the magazine as the time gets closer. Some of which are Double Islandpoint (Xmas party), Miriam Vale/1770, Stockton’s beach along with a fewmore local forestry trips.

Don’t forget this next club meeting is the annual Club Auction and sausagesizzle. Bring along any old camping gear or Subaru parts you no longer needor want and donate them to the club to be auctioned. This is a social nightand can be a lot of fun.

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TRIP REPORTSTRIP REPORTSTRIP REPORTSTRIP REPORTSTRIP REPORTSInskip PInskip PInskip PInskip PInskip Point 26/05/05 - 04/06/05oint 26/05/05 - 04/06/05oint 26/05/05 - 04/06/05oint 26/05/05 - 04/06/05oint 26/05/05 - 04/06/05

With the weather forecast saying strong winds and coastal showers it wasnot the best conditions for a weekend for a beach trip. Still everything wasstill all go, I set off in the Brumby for the barge at Tewantin. At about thePine River bridge I got a call from Greg Bryant travelling in his Navara towingthe camping trailer with young Alex, Kathy’s sister Cherie and boy friendPaul on board, saying they were back a bit at Nudgee. Then at aroundCaboolture [Greg] Curlie rang to say, he had already arrived at the barge,that was about 7.45 am, he was a bit early.

I stopped for a quick top up of fuel at Tewantin, before arriving at the bargejust before 9 am, Greg was not far behind. Curlie was there in his lifted L 89wagon, as was Joan O’Shea and Kelly from the Sunshine Coast in her 02Forester X, and Will and Lisa Spelter and their son Daniel and young baby intheir L88 wagon with 14’’ wheels. We also had to meet new Hervey Baymember Darren Woods in his well setup lifted Brumby in Rainbow

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Inskip PInskip PInskip PInskip PInskip Point trip cont...oint trip cont...oint trip cont...oint trip cont...oint trip cont...Beach. Curlie had all the good ideas and latest beach condition info, hesuggested we should pay our camping fees at the National Parks officenearby, which we all did, except for Will, who was only day tripping. Therocks at Rainbow were impassable, even at low tide, so the Freshwater trackwas our planned route. We let our tyres down and lined up for the barge.

We made it on to the beach without a problem, the forecast was right, thewind was strong. The first part of the beach was narrow and soft but as wetravelled north it became better. We made a quick stop at the coloured sandcliffs, then continued on to the Freshwater access track. I made it throughok but it was a bit soft in places. Joan was next in the Forester, but withoutenough speed ran out of puff just before the last bit,So I backed

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Inskip PInskip PInskip PInskip PInskip Point trip cont...oint trip cont...oint trip cont...oint trip cont...oint trip cont...back to help, but in the process took it too easily and bellied out on the highcentre. As I was digging myself out, a kind Hilux driver recovered Joan, andthen did the same for me. Now the track was clear again, Curlie and Will hadmore pace and made it through, but Greg towing the trailer bogged down, aPajero rescued him. We all stopped for a short break at the day use areabefore setting off again on the freshwater track which was in good condition.We soon came upon an on coming NSW registered Impreza. We all wonderedwhat his plan was because he did not have the clearance to get all the wayto the beach.

Arriving in Rainbow Beach Darren soon found us, he went and paid hiscamping fee, and then we all set off via the bitumen to Inskip Point to find agood camping spot out of the wind, which we soon found. We had a mixtureof camps from Greg’s camper, Joan, Kelly and Darren camping in their carsto Curlie and myself in tents. Darren’s Brumby had one of the classic tonneaucovers that followed the roof line with a perspex rear window, it gives you alot more head room for sleeping. After having lunch we took it easy, waitingfor the tide to go out so we could go for a drive down to the point. By the timewe hit the beach the tide was still going out and it was pretty soft. Parkingat the point where the barges load for Fraser Island, Greg realised he wasnot in 4WD,oops, you can get away with that in rear wheel drives for a while.Just metres off the point there were a group of Dolphins bobbing up anddown. On the way back to camp we

Photo supplied by Dave Martin SC180

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drove through some of the camp area tracks, there are some great spots tobe found.

By now it was late afternoon so Will set off for the drive home via the bitumen,while the rest of us settled in for the night. Greg was cooking stir-fry and hadtoo much, so he kindly invited me to join them. The deal was, I would do thewashing up and Paul helped do the drying, a good deal I thought, it wasdelicous. During the night there was some light rain, enough to wet things.Sunday dawned cool and overcast. The plan was we would first set off forDouble Island Point while the tide was low, we all packed up except forGreg, who left his camper set up. Our plan did not work as the rocks atRainbow were impassable and to our surprise there was an abandoned earlymodel Landcruiser Ute that had been caught there. The story we were toldwas that the driver, on Saturday night, had clutch problems and the electricsgot wet. It just shows you what can happen.

From here we split in two groups, Greg decided his crew would head back tocamp and leisurely pack up and take the inland dirt track the Cooloola Wayhome. On the way they took the Harry’s Hut turn off for a quick look. The restof us decided to take another inland track to Kings Bore, and if the tide wasstill right, back on to the beach down to the barge. I over shot the first turnoff, but once we were on the right track with the light rain, it was goodgoing. We all had to keep an eye out as there was a group of trail bikes, whowere using the tracks, weaved their way passed us. At the top of the KingsBore track, before the steep decent to the beach we all stopped and checkedto make sure the tide was still out enough as it was now incoming to continuesouth. There was plenty of beach left so we set off, it was good going until,the last soft bit before the bottom barge exit. We all made it off the beachwithout a problem and stopped at a parking area with a bit of protectionfrom the wind for lunch. From here we pumped our tyres back up, caught thebarge and headed our separate ways home. Even though the weather wasnot the best it still turned to be a great weekend

Dave Martin SC180

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Part one.As most of you know. I have been building and sailing radio controlled model boats for anumber of years. Bruce Ottway gave me run down model boat he had and said all it needs isa new battery and radio gear. What it really needed was a total rebuild. The hull was the onlypart worth salvaging, it had been fibreglassed, there was some wood rot in the frames and ithad been rebuilt at leased twice before, judging by the different paint colours I found. Thesuper structure was basically non existent.

The hull was plank on frame construction with the bow planks laid diagonal to the run of thehull which is of a chine design with a fair amount of flair on the bow. The outside has beencovered in fiberglass at some time, either at construction or some time later. The hull hasbeen dropped as there is a large patch on the rear bottom of the hull.

The model is of a WW II British patrol boat made by Thorneycraft or Vosper. British patrolboats carried a variety of armament depending on their role, usually a large gun on the bowand some times another mounted on the stern and between 4 to 6 smaller gun turrets alongthe side of the boat. Depth charges were also dropped from either side at the stern. The mainbridge was out in the open as these vessels were mainly used in the English Channel and forshort range trips.

First job was to remove the rotten timber and the superstructure, then the inside of the hullwas sanded to remove old motor mounts, brackets etc. A stand was then made to hold themodel stable for rebuilding and display purposes. A new motor and mounts were installedand a tray to mount the radio and servos and speed controller was made and fitted to theinside of the hull. There was no rudder in the hull when I was given it, so I drill a hole behindthe prop and fitted a new rudder. The old motor was water cooled and I patched the holes leftin the hull after removing the piping.

Next month in part two, painting and fitting out the interior and sanding and painting of theoutside of the hull.

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What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...What’s On...Mon 26 Sep General Meeting @ 6.30 pm *Annual Club Auction*

Sat 08 Oct 5th annual BYB BBQTrip Leader Brett Rogers 0417 979791Meeting Place My PlaceDirections to Meeting Place Heading north on the Bruce Highway take the Buchannans

road exit. Vear left at the roundabout. Turn right in toWeier road at the next roundabout. Follow the road untilyou see Captain Whish Avenue. Turn left and drive approx900m.

Time 7.30 - 8.00 amRating Easy on cruise. Medium - Hard at venue.Distance 180km round tripFuel Full tank.Water BYORecovery GearDomestic Animals NoMaximum Number of Vehicles UnlimitedPersonal permit required No.Details Bacon and eggs, tea and coffee supplied for breakfast.

Easy drive to Yandina along highway. Bitumen or dirt option(split up) back to Mapelton. Regroup and head to Woodfordproperty for lunch and 4wd gymkhana track. Over nightcamping available. See trip leader for more details. Dueto this trip being run in conjuction with BYB we mustabide by their strict Subaru only rules on the cruise. Clubmembers are welcome to bring their non-subaru to thefinal meeting place for the 4wding part of the day.

Mon 24 Oct General Meeting @ 8 pm

Sun 30 Oct WRX ExperienceTrip Leader Brett Rogers 0417 979791Meeting Place Club houseDirections to Meeting Place Veteran Car Club, 1376 Old Cleveland Road CARINDALETime 10 amRating SocialDistance 80km

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What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)Fuel Full tank.Water BYORecovery GearDomestic Animals NoMaximum Number of Vehicles 12 drivers. Spectators welcome.Personal permit required Current drivers license.Details Drive a rally prepared WRX Sti. Cost is $160 with booking

of 10 drivers. For your money you get a basic driversbriefing then out to the cars and strapped in for 6 lapsdriving with instructor.

Fri 18,19,20 Nov Christmas Party - Double Island PointTrip Leader John McKenna - 3398 3019Meeting Place TBADirections to Meeting PlaceTime TBARating MediumDistance 200km

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Fuel Full tank.Water BYORecovery Gear Penfold pack. (EG snatch strap and shackles, shovel

etc)Domestic Animals NoMaximum Number of Vehicles UnllimitedPersonal permit requiredDetails $4 per person per night. Children under 5 free. Hot

showers $1 per 3 mins. Please have camping feesready at arrival. Camping at Freshwater campgrounds.

Mon 28 Nov General Meeting @ 8 pm

What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)What’s On (continued)

The WRX Experience !! Don’t miss the fun! Sunday 30th October.See “What’s On” for more details.

Photo by Grant and Kim Rogers SC577

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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Meeting opened: 8.20pmVisitors: NoneApologies: Danielle & Reese Corbett, Jason Dahler, Cameron

Nielsen, Ken Drewe, John McKennaPrevious Minutes Accepted: Moved Greg Bryant, seconded Gaven McGrathBusiness arising from previous minutes: NoneInwards Correspondence:QCCHVC - Minutes of July meeting, Statement of Account for use of meeting rooms July –Sept, Notice to tenants requesting details of new president, secretary and treasurerMagazines: NoneOutward Correspondence:QCCAQ – Liability Insurance Payment, Australia Post, Letter to President of BSCC, Qld Gov -Incorporation of Association Forms 10a & 22Treasurer’s Report:Balances not for publication.Expenses for approval Instant Print & Copy,Business Cards$118.00,August magazine $156.50,Christine Barry reimbursement for award costs, trophies,engraving & laminating $119-65Treasurer’s Report Accepted: Moved Ray Lyons, seconded Greg BryantSocial Director’s Report:Greg announced that at the last Committee Meeting Brett Rogers was voted in to fill the positionof Social Director, Peter Gates was voted in to fill the position of Public Relations Officer andGaven McGrath was voted in to fill the position of Club Custodian.Upcoming trips are: Aug 27-28 Double Island Point / Inskip Point David Martin

Sep 3-4 Whale watching at Hervey Bay John PetersenSep 10 Cooloola Rally Greg BryantSep 11 Gympie Hinterland David Martin

Dates for upcoming trips will be posted in the next club magazine. Brett has created a feedbackform for all trip leaders to hand out on trips to each driver. Brett is interested in getting feedbackabout what people like about trips, where they want to go, what sort of distance people wouldlike trips to be to make them more popular. Trip leaders to hand out feedback forms at briefingand to collect them at the end of the trip.A tentative trip is being planned to The WRX Experience later in the year. Cost would be $150for an introductory session and 6 laps after some driver instruction or $30 for hot laps with theinstructor taking you for a joy ride. A club discount can be arranged if enough interest is shown.Membership Officer’s Report:5 life members, 43 ordinary members, 7 country members, 5 associate members1 new member to be approved at the next Committee Meeting, TOTAL 61Property Officer’s Report: NonePublic Relations Officer’s Report: Peter Gates announced that there is to be a membership drive with the aim to lift membershipto 100. A questionnaire is to be inserted into the club magazine asking club members forsuggestions as to

SUBARU 4WD CLUB OF QUEENSLAND INC.MINUTES OF GENERAL MEETING HELD 22/08/2005

(Note - minutes are unconfirmed and subject to ratification at thenext General Meeting)

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who they would like to have as guest speakers and what activities they would like to see theclub holding.Editor’s Report:Grant Rogers has taken over as editor and put together the most recent magazine. Gregcongratulated Grant and Kim on the job they did.Webmaster’s Report:Webmaster provided a summary of the website usage for the month. Daily average hits for Julywas 2948. The Forum has 280 users, with new topics in the technical area and buy and sellsection.Training Officer’s Report:NoneQCCHVC Delegate’s Report:It was noted that an incident arose during a trip to a winery held by one of the affiliated clubs.Greg reiterated the fact that it is each member’s personal responsibility to behave appropriatelyon club outings. There has been a decrease in the Public Liability Insurance premium.President’s Report:Greg announced that all committee positions have now been filled.Greg asked for members to consider suggestions that may assist the club in achieving themembership drive goal. It was announced that the committee at its last meeting had agreed topublish the minutes of the club’s general meetings in the magazine. The idea behind this is tokeep the meetings pacy and preferably more interesting. Side benefits include that all membersget to know what is being discussed at the meetings and what decisions are being made, andthat the minutes being made available before the meeting may prompt more involvement at themeetings in some decisions.There was discussion about whether it was prudent to include the club’s financial information inthe minutes published in the magazine as the magazine is circulated outside of just themembership. Greg acknowledged these concerns and will bring them up at the next CommitteeMeeting.Greg also said that he would like to reintroduce verbal trip reports for all trips held in the monthprior to the meeting. The trip leaders are to appoint members to do the verbal and writtenreports as they are an important historical representation of the club’s activities.General Business:Trip report – Sunshine Coast Hinterland - presented by Bryan Johnston. 16 cars met at 9am atthe Caboolture BP. After a drivers’ briefing, everyone set out travelling north. Greg in his Libertytook one group on a scenic road trip to Mt. Mee Rd, while Dave Martin lead another group on a4WD trip and eventually met up with the other group at the Mt. Mee lookout, then headed toWoodford for morning tea. More scenic driving followed along the D’Aguilar Hwy, then upsome side road to Mary Cairncross Park near Maleny. Eventually the group got to the lunchspot at Lake Baroon Dam, where Michael Katona with his son and daughter joined the group.After lunch everyone drove to the Kenilworth Cheese Factory for afternoon tea, then home viathe Postman’s Track and Peachester.A Dolphin torch was picked up at this year’s Rally Queensland, if anyone is missing one.Peter Gates is also preparing another questionnaire to find out why members don’t rejoin.Raffle winners – Team Subaru Shirt won by Shey Rogers

Skillet won by Dwayne BoytonCar Polish won by Bryan Johnston

Meeting closed: 9-00pm

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Rally NewsRally NewsRally NewsRally NewsRally News

WRC – Rally Deutschland – Rd 11—This is the second allbitumen event of the year, which was split into threedifferent parts, day one used vineyard stages, day twowas held on military grounds, and day three used publicroads. It has also become one of Europe’s biggest sportingevents with 250,000 spectator tickets sold. The Subaruteam’s Petter Solberg experienced small problems withspins and losing some gears throughout the rally, hefinished down the order in 7th place. His bitumen specialistteam mate Stephane Sarrazin, who broke a drive shaft latein the event, finished next in 8th place. The team’s thirddriver Aussie Chris Atkinson, who lacks bitumen experience,slowly improved his times as the event progressed tofinish in 11th place. Before this event he spent two daysdoing training with a circuit racing instructor. TheCitroen team dominated the event with a 1- 2 finish.Peugeot took 3rd and 4th places, with Mitsubishi, thefirst no French team to finish well, in 5th place.

Positions – 1 Loeb Citroen, 2 Duval Citroen, 3 GronholmPeugeot, 4 Martin Peugeot, 5 Galli Mitsubishi.Points – Loeb 93, Gronholm 61, Solberg 55,Garrdemeister47.Manufacturers – Citroen 123, Peugeot 117, Ford 73, Subaru63, Mitsubishi 47.

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ARC – Rally of Melbourne – RD 5 – With the wild weatheron the weekend before the event, clean up crews wereworking up until Friday afternoon clearing fallen treesand branches from the stages. It was a double victory forteam Subaru with Cody Crocker and his new co-driver DaleMoscott wrapping up the championship and making it Subaru’s10 th straight championship win. The late Possum Bournewon the first 7 years, while Cody has won the last 3years. Team mate Dean Herridge lost time with a puncturein heat 2 and finished in overall 5th place. The secondSubaru - assisted team driver Juha Kangas had an off intoa fence post and finished in 3 rd place. The leadingprivateer was Subaru driver Darren Windus who finishedin 6th place. Most of the other leading privateers finishedwell down after having offs. Will Orders won the closelyfought Subaru RS Challenge. One of the hard luck storiesof the event was Canberra driver Gavin Mosher who wasrunning in 2nd place in the series, rolled out of theevent in heat 1, and now has run out of funds for repairs.The best placed Toyota Corolla was Simon Evans who claimed2 nd place. Mitsubishi’s Scott Pedder had an off in heat1, which lead to handling problems, he managed to finishin 7th place overall.

Positions – 1 Crocker Subaru, 2 Evans Toyota, 3 KangasSubaru, 4 Barker Toyota, 5 Herridge Subaru.Points – Crocker 175, Pedder 116, = Herridge 106, = Evans106, Kangas 92.

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HEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSBacBacBacBacBack homek homek homek homek home – After 8 months working in the UK, Shane and Libby Taylorhave arrived home. They said it was a great experience, but are pleased tobe home. Also it has did not take them long to get back into the swing ofthings, with new jobs. Shane is now working for a fork lift specialist, whileLibby is in the process of getting back to teaching next term. While in theUK, Shane was able to grab some Subaru bargains, buying upgraded RXTurbo front brake parts. Also while in New Zealand Shane grabbed a verywell priced RX Turbo disc brake rear end for his MY 82 4WD sedan.

More record salesMore record salesMore record salesMore record salesMore record sales – Not only has Subaru sales been on the increase here,in the USA which is Subaru’s biggest market there has seen an 8% increasethis year. Total sales for August were 17,426, with the new 6 cylinder AWD7 seat Tribeca selling 2,022, and the Outback based Ute the Baja selling560.

An unusual HybredAn unusual HybredAn unusual HybredAn unusual HybredAn unusual Hybred – It has been a long term project for a few years now forSunshine Coast member Greg Sinn. The finished project is a ute, fitted withan L series body cut down to an extra cab, bolted on to a Toyota 4 Runnerdiesel chassis. All that needs to be completed now is to fit the doors to therear tray. Greg has done such a thorough job that it looks factory fitted. It issurprising how well everything fits on to the chassis, also the inline 4 cylinderfits well into the flat 4 engine bay. A front mounted bull bar incorporating awinch and a 140 litre fuel tank completes the project. Now for the names,maybe Hybaru, or Toyobaru, or something similar.

A second HybredA second HybredA second HybredA second HybredA second Hybred – Another sunshine coast member Wayne Martin has asimilar project that he is still working on. Wayne is fitting a series 1 Libertywagon, also on to a Hilux chassis. Only minor things like work, building anew house, and just recently re marrying have been delaying the project.

A petrolA petrolA petrolA petrolA petrol–electric Hybredelectric Hybredelectric Hybredelectric Hybredelectric Hybred – Subaru have now developed their own Hybredprototype. It is AWD fitted with a turbo charged engine with [Miller Cycle,which changes the cam timing for better torque and economy], linked to a10 kw electric motor, powered by high performance lithium – ion batteries

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Genuine RX Turbo 1st month 86, very original, red, 237,000 km, newcam belts and heads, air con, factory alloys, turbo timer, seat covers, new 2inch lift kit still in box, reconditioned power steering not fitted, $6000or $5000, Club Member price. Contact Keith Peters 4122 3032, mob.0408 184 145.

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