MARCH 2004Vol 25 No 8

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Our guest speaker at our February meeting was Peter Kitchen from theRedlands 4WD Centre. Peter mainly spoke about the large range of 4WDequipment and accessories as well as workshop facilities his businessprovides. He is the largest supplier of these products in the Redlands area.Although he specialises in bigger 4WD vehicles, any Subaru enquires hereceives he sends to Mike Collin’s Scorpion Automotive, which is just aroundthe corner. He is also the supplier of the Clubs well priced recovery gear.Peter said he will happily give a 10% discount to Club members, the addressis Unit 1/ 5 Steel St Capalaba Ph 38233990, or contact him via the internet atwww.redlands4wd.com.au.

Dave Martin SC180

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There has been a proposal for a Jamboree – Long distance trip. This willcoincide with the 20th anniversary of the Club’s first 3 corners trip. The trip isscheduled to commence either July 28th or 30th 2004.

It will be approximately 4100km’s round trip back to Brisbane. The roughschedule is as follows:

Day 1 – 810km – highwayBrisbane to Dalby 215km, then to St. George 295km, and on to Cunnamullafor the night 300km.

Day 2 – 576km – highway, development road, trackCunnamulla to Thargominda 197km, onto to Nockatunga turn off – 20km,stopping at Noccundra for fuel, then 147km to Naryilco, and 110km toCameron’s Corner for Fuel.

Day 3 – 266km – development road, trackCameron’s Corner to Innamincka for fuel 266km, and a detour to CoogieLake 200km, return.

Day 4 – 485km – track, development road, trackInnamincka to Walker’s Crossing turn off 61km, onto Walker’s Crossing61km, then on to Birdsville (outside) 91km Track turn off. Onto Warbutontrack turn off 8km, Warbuton Creek crossing 97km, onto the K1 Line/Rigroad junction, the 86km to overnight at Poeppel’s Corner.

Day 5 – 168km – dune’s and tracksPoeppel’s Corner to K1/QAA junction 16km, onto Eyre Creek 89km (+59kmif in flood). Eyre Creek to Big Red 23km, then onto Birdsville overnight forfuel.

Day 6 – 276km – development road, and tracksBirdsville to Cadelga turn off 117km, onto Betoota 50km, then to Arraburyturn off 55km and onto Haddon’s Corner 54km or alternatively

Day 6 – 391km – development road and track

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Birdsville to Cadelga turn off 117km, onto Cadelga Ruins 87km, onto CordilloDowns 48km, then to Arrabury turn off 102km and onto Haddon’s Corner102km overnight.

Day 7 – 666km – track, development road, highwayHaddon’s Corner to Arrabury turn off 54km, onto Windorah for fuel 162km,to Quilpie 250km, overnight at Charleville 200km.

Day 8 – 856km highwayCharleville to Mitchell 182km, onto Roma 88km, to Dalby 271km, back toBrisbane 215km.

On this trip there will be two long runs between fuel stops:Innamincka to Birdsville 653km (includes roads tracks and dunes)Birdsville ton Windorah 607km (includes roads and tracks)For more details of this trip contact Peter Gates.

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

Rik Close SC328

Hi to you all in mighty Subaland, I hope no one got washed awayfrom all that rain.

We are now at the half way point in the club year. And I have to saythat all is going well. But it would real nice if we had some moremembers, so its up to you guys out there, if you see someone orknow of someone with a Suby give them a club card and get tojoin the club.

There is one thing I would like to say as to trip reports. If you havebeen given a trip report to do, PLEASE DO SO. The club Mag isalready about 5 months behind with trip reports, and when theEditor does not get reports on time it puts an extra load on him.At this time, as I write this, Dwayne has very little to put in thismonths Mag as in trip reports. And that’s what we all like to readabout, RIGHT ??????

So if you have been given a trip PLEASE get them in on time.

The Committee is also looking for idea’s as to what to do for thisyears Birthday party ??? If you have an idea tell someone on thecommittee about it as we need to make a start on this.

Well that’s all from me this time.Until next time, may the six star Force be with you.

BE COOL AND GO HARD!!

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TTTTTrip Report Wrip Report Wrip Report Wrip Report Wrip Report World Solar Challengeorld Solar Challengeorld Solar Challengeorld Solar Challengeorld Solar ChallengeNovNovNovNovNov. 2003. 2003. 2003. 2003. 2003

DARWIN TO ADELAIDEby Ron Penfold

I am now back from competing in the 2003 World Solar Challenge with theSouthern Cross College Solar Racing Team. MY involvement started 2 yearsago when Southern Cross College approached me at the end of the 2001WSC and asked me if I was interested in helping them with the 2003 entry,of course I said yes, I didn’t know what I had let my self in for.

My initial involvement was to design the electrical systems in the car. I thensuggested to QUT that this would make a excellent final year project for anelectrical engineering student. QUT agreed and a student was given theproject to design and build the electrical systems and I became the studentssupervisor. For most of this year I worked on the solar car on my RDOsevery second Friday and in the last 2 months I was there every Friday. Italso became apparent that funding was a big issue and I tried unsuccessfullyto gain sponsor ship from QUT to cover me and a QUT vehicle to go on theWSC. In the end I took annual leave and drove the Challenger as the primarysupport vehicle. I became the largest sponsor and the car was named“Solaron Southern Exposure”.

Initialy SCC were going to build a whole new vehicle, but due to time andmoney restraints they decided to use the chassis from the 1999 WSC andthe solar array from the 2001 WSC and fit a new motor and controller. Afterinitial testing it was realised that the solar array was not big enough and wedecided to change classes which allowed us the increase our array by 50%.

The car weighted 200kg less an 80kg driver. The motor was a 5Kw brushlessDC powered from a 48V Li-Ion battery pack loaned by QUT. The solar arraywas 1.8meters wide and 5meters long. The array was made up of 3 parallelstrings producing 100volts and 5amps each feeding into a charge controllermaximiser. Top speed was 60kph with a continuous speed of 30kph.

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Club Merchandise For Sale

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 $10.00Bow shackles, small $8.00

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

Annual Subscriptions are now due:Full Member $50.00Associate Member $50.00Country Member $45.00

Help your club, and the poor overworked Membership Officer, by payingASAP. Fill out the membership form (enclosed in May’s magazine, ordownload a copy from the website) to ensure that the club’s records are

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Saturday 13th March QRC Rally Amamoor Area

Trip Leader Greg Bryant ph.34020396 mob. 0416073951Meeting Place Matilda service station Pacific Hwy approx 12 km north

of the Imbil turn off.Meeting Time 8am TBC

Details Run a special stage of the Rally. Officials and roadblocks, control personnel required. Camping at Amamoor state forest camp ground, with all facilities including food.

Sunday 14th March Amamoor State Forest Trip

Trip leader Dwayne Boyton ph.32991061 mob. 0412393839Meeting Place Amamoor State Forest camp ground, follow signs from

hwy.Meeting Time 9amRating MediumDetails A group permit will be organised, BYO lunch, recovery

gear.

Monday 22nd March General Meeting @ 8pm. This will also be thefirst meeting for people who are going on the Three Corners Trip at7:30.

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

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Sunday 28th March Brisbane Valley Area

Trip leader Dwayne Boyton ph.32991061 mob. O412393839Meeting Place Park LHS centre of Kilcoy before the PubMeeting Time 9amRating Easy Scenic 4WD

Details Travel via the back tracks across the head waters of the Brisbane River, over the Blackbutt Range,turningtowards Esk past the Wivenhoe Dam, and upover Mt Glorious towards Brisbane, BYO lunch, recoverygear.

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Future EventsFuture EventsFuture EventsFuture EventsFuture Events

Fri 9th – 12th April Easter at Stockton Beach

Trip Leader Cameron Neilsen ph. 0438 926012More Details to come

Sat 24th

– Mon 26th April Anzac Day Long Weekend Imbil – KenilworthArea

Trip Leader Mark Ottway Ph. 32078535Meeting Place BP Travel Centre North, LHS Pacific H’wayTime 9amDetails Camping Island Reach Imbil, $5 per person per day,

full facilities, explore Imbil and Kenilworth StateForests, BYO camping gear, supplies, recovery gear,permit will be a group type.

Sat 1st May- Mon 3rd May May Day Long Weekend Inskip PointTrip Leader Rik Close ph. 042415569Meeting Place Tewantin Barge Moorindil StTime 9amDetails Beach camping at Inskip Point $4.00 per person per

night, no showers, BYO supplies, water, recovery gear.

Sun 16th May Training Day at MoggillTrip Leader Mark Ottway ph. 32078535, Bryan Neilsen ph.32026886

mob.0416319725Meeting Place 134 Priors Pocket road MoggillTime 9am

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Future EventsFuture EventsFuture EventsFuture EventsFuture EventsDetails Brush up on your 4WD and recovery skills on a test

track, Byo lunch, recovery gear.

Saturday 22nd

-23rd May Flanagan’s ReserveTrip Leader Bruce and Pam Ottway Ph. 0413 435 887Meeting Place McDonald’s BeaudesertDetails 10 minutes from Rathdowney, heading towards

Beaudesert. Swimming, relaxing, bushwalking, shortdrives, hot showers on site

Cost $4.00 adults, $2.00 children per nightWhat to Bring BYO firewood, things to float on.

Sat 12th June- Mon 14th June Sunshine Coast Gymkhana YandinaTrip Leader Rik Close ph. 0402415569

Sat12th June- Mon 14th June Sundown NPTrip leader Ron Penfold Phone 33532218 mobile 0412 118 652Meeting Place Garage on LHS at Glen Aplin, 11km’s south of Stanthorpe

on the New England Highway, approx 3hours drive fromBrisbane

Meeting Time 9:30amRating Medium with the odd hard spotDistance 100km’s return to Glen AplinWater For weekend, dam water availableFuel For Weekend, not available after meeting placeRecovery Gear Penfold packs required

Sat5th June- Sunday 6th June ARC ImbilTrip Leader David Martin ph 32625665 mob. 0429121996

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July School Holidays Saturday 26 June to Sunday July 4Saturday 26 June to Sunday July 4Saturday 26 June to Sunday July 4Saturday 26 June to Sunday July 4Saturday 26 June to Sunday July 4Three Corners Jamboree

Trip Leader Peter Gates ph 0417770546

Details Camp at Red Rock Falls, toilet and dam water available, day tripto the Rats Castle and Burrows water hole. Walk to Red RockFalls Monday morning. Will be cold, bring plenty of warm clothesand camping gear. Visit winery on way in on Saturday

Future EventsFuture EventsFuture EventsFuture EventsFuture Events

We cut it fine with construction of the car, in fact we were putting final toucheson the car the day before we left. This was not due to our bad planning but thesupply of components from others.

We left Brisbane for Darwin on Thursday and arrived in Darwin on Monday.We spent the rest of the week preparing the car, passed scrutineering andhandling tests first go and then drove the car to Jabiru as a final road test.Sunday morning we left Darwin in grid position 20 for Adelaide 3000kms south.It took us 10 days, the winner did it in 4 days, they averaged 97kph, doing140kph in NT and limited to 110kph in SA. We had a few problems, the cloudmoved in at lunch time on day 1 and stayed until the end of day 2. A head windblew for the next few days, the front suspension collapsed 100kms north ofPort Augusta, which required a 300km round trip for parts. It rained from PortAugusta to Adelaide, but we had a tail wind and this enabled us to cross thefinish line in 20th position on Tuesday, having travelled 1000 solar kms. We leftAdelaide next morning for Brisbane, we overnighted in Cobar. Next morningthe school bus blew an engine and alternative transport hadto be found. The students were put on a coach for Brisbaneand I towed the solar car trailer back to Brisbane.

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At the finish line in Adelaide.

I filled a bottle with water from Darwin harbour and carried all the way toAdelaide and poured it into Spencer Gulf. I had one flat tyre outside Charleville,Later when I checked the tyre pressures they were at 50psi, Bob Jane haddone a wheel alignment and rotation a couple of days before I left. Best fuelconsumption was 11L/100, tail wind, worst 20L/100, towing solar trailer,average 15L/100. Fuel cost up to $1.20 per litre at Barkley roadhouse in NT,average price was $0.95 per litre.

SCC is already planning for the 2005 WSC, will I be part of the team? AskGlenys!

Ron Penfold SC002

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Spares to suit 1983 MY Subaru:

Brand new electric fuel pump (cost $200.00), sell $100.00Brand new water pump, suit EA81 (cost $76.00), sell $50.00Sunraysia rims. Set of four 14” $160.00Peugeot 14” rim, with near new Dunlop tyre $50.00Dual range gearbox, 3.9ratio, incl. rear diff $300.00Torsion bar assembly, good spare $25.00Roof rack with instant tent, rolls up across back. Tent erects in seconds. $50.00EA81 engine – needs cylinder head, has electronic distributor $50.00

Contact Peter Thomas 0427 578 805 or 3633 0436

MY 83 wagon, silver, air con, tow bar, 300,000kms, good mechanicals, somerust in doors, rego until 4/04, $1000 ONO, Ph Sue Hosie on northern NSWKingscliff no.0266742197, car is Brisbane based.Subaru Brumby 1989. EA81 Turbo and intercooler Wolf 3d Version4 enginemanagement. Suba Xtreme bull bar and Rollbar. 2inch lift kit, king springs,spare wheel carrier, many extra’s and spares. $8000.00 O.N.O. ContactShane Taylor or Libby Lugdsen on 36025027

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Contact Andrew Gantimuroff on 0414 953 790

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MARKET PLMARKET PLMARKET PLMARKET PLMARKET PLACEACEACEACEACEMY83 Wagon for sale. Rebuilt motor 2000km’s ago, new radiator at thesame time. Gearbox stuck in forth. $1250.00 o.n.o. Contact Ross Richardson 32005156

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RALLRALLRALLRALLRALLY NEWSY NEWSY NEWSY NEWSY NEWSNavigators seat – Simone Martin who is an old Club member and now livesand works in Melbourne. After helping to do the rally reports for thewww.rally.com.au web site over the past few years. This year she has scoreda navigators seat in Subaru’s new Impreza RS series, along side up andcoming young Victorian driver Nathan Davis. Her trusty red lifted L85 4WDsedan will be used as their recce car.

New local Group N Subaru – The Atkinson brothers Chris and Ben fromQueensland have obtained a Prodrive built left hand drive MY 03 Group NImpreza for this years ARC and some international events including RallyAustralia, New Zealand and a Chinese based rally. As a privateer team SubaruAustralia have enlisted them to score points for the manufactureschampionship. It will be a busy year for the brothers as they are still part ofSuzuki super 1600 junior team, which will compete in the Asian Pacific Seriesin a Suzuki Ignis.

New sponsor – Subaru’s World Rally Team has announced a new teamsponsor Corona Extra beer made in Mexico. The new deal coincides with thismonth’s World Rally Championship held in Mexico.

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HEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWSHEARD THE NEWS0304 Heard The News

Display awards – At the recent Club display at the 4th annual Bayside Off-Roaders Club, Show and Shine, Camping Expo and Swap Meet held at theCleveland Showgrounds. Camo Neilsen’s lifted MY 92 Liberty sedan wonthe best Subaru display, closely followed in 2nd place by Bruce Ottway’s MY84 Touring Wagon hooked up to his Camp – o – matic camping trailer. Healso won a raffle prize of a Bob Jane tyres $50 voucher. Other Club membercars on display were Mark Ottway RX Turbo, Bryan Neilsen RX Turbo, ScottKerisk Liberty RS Turbo Wagon, and David Martin’s Turbo Brumby. AlsoRick Dean was very happy to win the best Hilux and tradesmen’s display.Proceeds from the day went to the Australian Kidney Foundation and twoRedlands based charities.

New camping gear – To make her future camping trips a lot morecomfortable Sunshine Coast member and Forester XS driver Jan Watt hastaken advantage of The Camp Marts Club member discount, by updatingsome of her camping gear and by buying a new bigger tent and esky.

Another Forester award – In February the new Forester XT was namedthe 2004 Queensland Country Car of the Year and Recreation Car of theYear. A total of 24 judges tested 24 cars over 800kms of Queensland roads.The Award was organised by the Queensland Country Life Newspaper andPersonal Plates Queensland.

One more to the fleet – Every heard of a kit car called a Bristol Eagle,based on a VW Karman Ghia floorpan powered by a Subaru EA 81 engineand VW automatic gearbox, fitted with a replica fibreglass British Morgansports car body. Keith Peters found and bought one in Maleny. Only a smallnumber were ever made in Brisbane during the mid 1980’s. It needs a littleTLC and Keith’s long term plan is to find and fit an EA81 Turbo engine for apower upgrade.

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Car park upgrade – Our clubrooms owned and operated by the Veteran CarClub have recently bitumened the side and lower car parks. After a lot ofnegotiating they were able to secure nearly $25, 000 State GovernmentGambling Community Fund Grant from the profits from poker machines. Inearly March to commemorate the occasion and the 10th anniversary of thebuilding’s opening. The local State member and State Treasurer TerryMackenroth was invited, along with representatives from the Clubs who rentthe venue, and who also displayed some of their cars. He opened the carpark and unveiled a commemorative plark. To complete the upgrade newbathrooms are planed including disabled facilities. Also in the near futureEnergex will be moving the powerlines about 200 meters to the west of theclubrooms.

Parts break up – Bryan Neilsen’s beige hornet is up for sale as a completecar or as parts. So far Dwayne Boyton has bought the alloy bull bar for hisBrumby, Don Watt has also bought the long-range fuel tank for his Brumby.The new owner and possible new member of Shane Taylor’s Turbo Brumbypurchased the rear tyre carrier

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EDITOREDITOREDITOREDITOREDITOR’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORT’S REPORTThank you to all the people who have responded to my pleas for more tripreports. There are still some outstanding, you know who you are.

Sorry for some of the information published in the What’s On last month.The contact details for the trip leader for the Amamoor trip were incorrect.You would think that I could at least get my own number right. I work withnumbers all day, I should have done better. I only found out about theincorrect number from a visitor from the WA Subaru 4wd club, who ishopefully going to be at the Amamoor day trip after the rally.

Sorry also to John Shera, I was going to use your trip report to the Simpson,but it got bumped at the last minute, maybe next month.

The committee has once again kept the fees at the same level, this canonly be done with more money coming in. The only way for us as a club toget more money is from more members. So if you see any Subaru’s onthe streets, put a club card with your contact details on them, and sell yourclub.

See you out there,

Dwayne Boyton SC481

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