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You know those Mitsubishis bombed Pearl Harbor don't you?? :-p:lol: Well,I guess we can forgive you. Sweet car!! Worth the time and little bit of dough for sure.

Wow What's up with that? Step back,relax. It's an EA81 you'll be fine. There's plenty of good EA81's at Charlie's place alone. Besides,I'm thinking it could be mighty simple like the others are telling you. Good luck. Let me know if you need Charlie's number or anything else and I'll hope for you to NOT fail

I see a few "flange to flange" gaskets for further down the exhaust line. ....And maybe 2 that work up to the head.

New thread. Who's in? We're still uncertain but calender looking good for Sunday.

Supreme effort,Mike !!! Coming out really nice. Let us all know if you find someone who carries that camper top seal,please. Or if we can find someone to reproduce them.

Bump on

Fresh bump for the "new" board.

Yes,I caught that. Good thing because of a Saturday family day at work. We'll head down late Saturday. nip - only mentioning because you poo poo'd the idea of waking up early and of camping,previously. You're top poster - you can handle it. Hopefully I finally get to throw some sand on your prissy blue wagon for taking over top loser spot. all fun - see you there

If you don't have air conditioning or choose to keep your windows down you're going to suck in a lot of sand dust. At the very least bring tissues if not a dust mask or whatever breathing filter you prefer. Red Lion Diner - no matter what nipper says - at around 8:30-9AM for me. For the new follks that's at the traffic circle intersection of route 206 and 70. Most likely we'll camp overnight Friday.....again, no matter what nipper says. Not sure which one we're taking but it's going to have to be vintage. Hoping to have Jim C's old '79 BRAT registered and running well enough to make the trip.

Brat is up here now. Thanks again to all the great folks in south Jersey !!! Pics coming later or tomorrow. BRAT has some rot in the rocker panels and took on some water on the passenger side floor but otherwise looks great and behaves fairly well.

Yes,and with a little attention it drove back relatively well. Needs some work here and there but overall I am very happy to have this BRAT. It'll probably be tagged this weekend and be down there at the Barrens soon.

Making a quicky run down tomorrow,just to the "All We'll Drive" shop in West Creek and maybe a quick dart thru a Barrens location.....we'll see. Picking up my Gen I BRAT .... thanks again to Tom and crew - Mike and Eric !~! But the real time for us to have fun is coming up REAL SOON ......right???? We should be down for any of the early October weekends.

Have fun at Carlisle. We used to go there.

Bad month for spare time for me. I found a new core for a '78 -so it says on the box- I'll take some pics with measurments to shop around. If I take it around here the price will be too high,I'm pretty sure. We need to shop this where labor and shop overhead is cheaper.

Talk to me. Luc's birthday soon. One last camp out for us before it gets cold.

Sometimes I spend more time worrying about which way to go about something than the time it would take to just get it going. As I get older I'm doing all I can to avoid "mind time" and just swim forward thru the tide. Like the others have said,just take it out and go at it cleanly. You'll certainly appreciate it and I'm pretty sure you'll find yourself giving it more attention that way. Things to consider: with engine out you can get to the seals you can't with the engine in. - rear crank - diff. output shaft seals - shifter bushings - etc. and maybe a new clutch and fresh surfaced pressure plate. Just a thought. Good luck with it.

Still have yet to see this vehicle in person but I've acquired a 1979 Brat from Jim C. , former SOA man on the go. From the picture I received from Jim a couple of years ago his/my Brat looks very solid and with its uncracked dash should be a candidate for restoration. My son has called dibs on it five years or so from now. I sure do plan on sending Jim a nice gift because the Brat came to me WAY too cheap. Jim if you see this , and I hope you do , thanks again a thousand times. A nice donation will indeed be made in your name to the USMB. Thanks also to Tom of "All We'll Drive" in West Creek New Jersey. He and his crew are great guys from my experiences. Hope to be down there very soon. Lunch is on me , for sure! Thanks again , guys!!!!!!

here i is :-p Hey Erik,Cool to see another northeast vintage owner with enthusiasm. Yes,there's one right near you,but not for long. I'm going to pick it up this week. Also a 1979. We'll try to help you out as best as possible. Might be some blue pieces left. You might want to sit back a bit now and try not to just buy the first items you see pop up. Some of us have new old stock items and a decade or more of accumulated used parts. But,there's no NOS dashboards or door panels,etc except for a very few random pieces that are not blue and not Brat. I do have Subaru tune-up kits,filters,and various small items that I can offer in the near future. Have you thought about protection for your baby? Car bubbles are great.

US would be a '72 or '73 for the really cool old style. 1974 saw the squared bumpers with shocks and further ugliness. And,good luck finding one of these too. Seems Israel and one of those Kiwi islands are about the only places to dig one out from.

Good time! Long day! :-\ ...shore traffic , meal , gas , ..... Got home a little while ago. Almost turned around in Red Lion and went back to camp. October,yes! Need a trash buggy before then,though. Little '78 was fun but I'd like to go pig. :-p Thanks to Tom from All We'll Drive and his crew too for his swapping in a new ball joint for the old buggy! And for the "relaxation therapy" trashing the boat with the wagon. THAT felt GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!

Changing to the '78 to keep peace. Grey 1978 4WD wagon .... see you there.

Sister inlaw is really attatched to this '79 and being that it's rotted from the inside out we're not going to trash it.....just gently cruise some hardpacked trails. :-\ For the money spent on this thing I hope to get some value out of it being her commuter first and foremost. Floor has holes so we'll be avoiding high water. Heading down this afternoon. We'll be camping in the Batso c/g around back of the main stomping grounds. Neo,I have some pretty incredible news and might need some help from someone in NJ...I'll call you this afternoon. See you new car biotches there.

No time right now but the EA63 has removable liners.You know that,the other guys might not. I'll try to help you out later in the weekend. Manuals are a good thing to buy. Cheap too! Remove the liners. Todd has one for sale - 1972-3 which works fine for your 1400 of any year. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91793

I lost all phone numbers so please call me and leave a message. We've been itchin something terrible to get down there. '78 or '79 will have to do. So,we might go light,might camp,might wanna ride along with someone for the hardcore stuff. If we camp it'll be on the State c/g in Batso.

OK,it looks like a Dodge K series. once again, with feeling, in harmony ...... KILL THE 80's !!!!