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I'll be calling you today. Ahhhh,what the wives don't know....

Nice addition Melis! So uhh,I don't know what date yet.To me just about any Saturday/Sunday afternoon,evening...... Last couple of times I left there like 2:45/3:45 AM so maybe this time I'll make breakfast for everybody. Here's what I have to do.Just so you guys know,and maybe you might want to help one of the "jobs",per your preference. *****If anyone wants to come up and help me with any one of these projects just email me,etc. and I'll gladly accomodate as best as possible. i.e.,you want to help on a mechanical project but not play moving man?That works for me.Come down some weeknight if possible. '87 Turbo wagon needs to be buttoned up.Engine and tranny are in and bolted together.The rest needs to be hooked up. I'd like to roll the '73 out.I should be back in digital camera mode this weekend,but either way,somebody can take some pics for folks to check out in the gallery.Gotta clean it out and give it the first detailing.Then take assesment of what it needs,what I can make better,etc. While the car is out,it'll be back to the process we left off at.Boxes,nothing but boxes.....toss out the trash,organize the stock to keep,this time actually start tagging the box too. Got too late last time. There's a set of brat jumpseats to ship,and an A-bar too. I might get two wagons together(I already own both)and do a swap/part out,make one excellent runner.....that sort of thing.One car has a supposed rust free body(not the turbo,another wagon) but needs a wheel swap on the passenger side.That's the hub,axle,linkage,strut....so its drop everything and fill in the blanks. Thanks for any help or consideration. I'm going to dinner with the wife and kids right now.But I'll be up there later if anyone wants to call or come by. Cheers!

I took a ride to see if quickly.Nice D/R 5spd,dark red(maroon) w/grey int. Clean. The kid wasted the pass. front wheel support,etc. Good car otherwise.You'll only need a few hours at the most to swap over what it needs.After that you're all set.I'll be able to post pics this weekend.

Hey man,where in CT are you? Apparently you might be selling one Brat to another board member who wants me to try to go by and check it out for him. Feel free to email.Click on my name and use either PM or email. I'm in Bridgeport and Milford.

....secretly??? that car still smells like candles!!! Glad you're busy with the new squeeze.Talk to you soon,I'm sure.Thanks for the offer!

Joe,I've got a line on something you might want to check out.It's supposedly rust free with a detailed log of every oil change,part installed,etc.etc.....including gas calculations,all reciepts.....so if you're interested give me a call,email,or whatever.Of course,a car like this could end up in my stable.Then I'd gladly cut you a deal on my Touring wagon w/D/R 5spd.

Joe,you want an '88 D/R 5spd.It's worth looking into ones in New England and NY because they offfered the D/R more often up here.Not many left up here though.

Funny kid,but I'm trying to do the same thing.I' hoping to sell the '84 wagon and maybe the Brat too.Get my '87 Turbo wagon back in action and make that a keeper since it's from the southwest,no rust. Don't worry,we'll regret it someday.hahaha

Hoping the guy who emailed me about Brat jump seats sees this. Honestly,I just can't reply or use several functions in Yahoo mail right now.Can't wait to get my next PC. Moderators,thanks for letting this live in the general forum.Trust me,there's a good amount of people from this board who are in the middle of some deal,or asking about parts,cars,old girlfriends,etc....

Thanks Connie. Feeling a little better today.

Larry,please send me your Paypal address so I can pay you.Thanks! All others,I'm king of sick right now too so I don't know when I'll get back to you all,probably tomorrow.

No place set yet.We were supposed to go out today and look at several houses but my son was sick.....and my daughter has a double ear infection.....ahh,raising children. Let me see what's ahead for us and I'll post back. Thanks again for what you've done already!

The EA71 was available in that Stage I body configuration.You just swap that dash VIN and make it a '76 or '77 stage I.More competitive. The 1400's did have headgasket issues but this version you have is the revised edition without the wet cylinder sleeves.Note the two exhaust ports still used today.Before that it was the quad exhaust that mated with the sloppy sleeved engine. So,you do kind of have a somewhat reliable engine if you want to keep it going.If not,I expect you'll be contacting me to sell it.LOL Too bad you can't find another coupe like the one I just got from Pat in Moxee.Following the '72 rally in Puerto Rico,Subaru really started making the effort here and elsewhere.But,you knew that. If we haven't convinced you to go resto,shove the 1600 in there and have a freakin blast!!Again,you'll still be within rules as long as you call it a '76 or '77. Just be sure to beat Jason.hahaha!!!

Hey,let me know some more about this one,please. I'll PM right now.

Pine Barrens while there's white stuff around??? Or,at least plan a good late March/early April date? There's the Pittsfield(MA) Ice races/Carnival,but my wife is freaked out by it and I won't be going.......waaaaaaagh!!! I really want to hit Jersey sometime in the next month or two to go to Jeff's place and shop his store.It's be a good day made even better if we hit the trails for a couple of hours. Hopefully,I won't make a date that I have to back out on.We're so close to jumping from our place to our next place.....could be a closing date,or two,instore for us very soon.

Let's get some opinions on when we can get a good group together. Dead of winter.This should be a real winner.LOL Just trying to vacate the place in the next month or two so I'm pushing the stuff out the door. Any weekend in February,just chime in with your best date and we'll see what we can put together.

Skip,no danger is he removes all the items with bearings.In my opinion,to make his project a serious one he needs to remove the engine,tranny,suspension and wheel components and start from the unibody alone.Hence,a rotiserie job or as best as he can produce. You have to understand that I live in an area with several top of the line restoration shops and they all blast the cars.My friend has recently oversought the restoration on his brother inlaw's Aston Martin DB5 and an Alfa GTV 6.The cars are in top shape and the DB5 won it's class at the Greenwich Concourse......big money car,beyond our wallets.Yes,it was blasted,albeit ever so gently given the aluminumn body,with engine all bearings removed,of course. The main thing to consider is that the blaster or those thereafter completely wash the car's chassis/body out before setting any bearings back into the car.The GTV6 was done WITH the engine,etc. inplace but it was sealed in plastic and rinsed thoroughly. I'm probably shooting for the stars here.I think your project is neat but I don't see where you're going to dump the proper amount of cash into it and get the results I personally would like to see.....a proper restoration of the unibody. I'm sure you'll do a great job.Don't take my words as a cut on you,your project,or Skip's opinion.There's the backyard way and there's the money way.This is why my cars won't be done for a while.Must save coin.I refuse to spend as much time as needed to do it myself while raising children.You can't fall behind on THAT project. Good luck with it,post pics.

OK,the delivery didn't quite work out the way we had hoped but the main goal was accomplished.IT'S HERE!!!! Been here a couple of weeks now.Meanwhile all my local buds have gone and gotten new boyfriends and whatnot.....time you guys rolled back into town. Tomorrow we go to look at houses,so those of you who know my situation should know that it won't be long untill the big closing of the First Subaru Church of the Resurection.(crying like a baby emoticon here) There's still lots of freebies like the XT hood-Melis has first dibs,Loyale bumpers,headlights,fenders(EA81 and EA82),more more more. Lots of super deals too. EA82MPFI with harness-$150 w/117k on it. All sorts of engines and trannies from 1975-1989 MORE!....lots more.

Other than putting it on a rotiserie I'd say your starting out right.Should be all surface rust for you folks out west.If you find some rot through,then weld in some metal after cutting the rot out to solid metal. These cars are super simple to work on.You can have it all apart in a day or less and it'll be much lighter.You can then work on the engine and suspension/drive train much easier. To do it right you need time and money.To fall short is a real shame so please consider all the costs before going all out.You might want to just have fun and keep the budget low.You'll probably be happier in the long run.You want glory?You have to plunk down the coin. To be serious about running a car this old you MUST consider these: new radiator new tires new suspension new brakes solid exhaust new pumps gasket kit for engine new U-joints To ignore any of these you'd be asking for trouble.And you'd end up on your butt.Spend a few hundred and you'll go a lot further.Treat it like a $50 joke car and it'll probably embarass you soon. my 2 cents good luck

Please let me/us know what's available if you part any of these out.Good luck.Values are sure to go up as long as the economy doesn't turn worse.

Looks like the corrected/improved 1400 there,worth keeping.If you get rid of it let me know. I've got some parts from a '75 4WD wagon still around.

........hmmmmm,tell me about your childhood.... So,did you ever do the ice carnival thing or what?

Congrats!!

I think this time he means the A/C sensor that hangs over the pulley. Felt like springtime today after the last few days.

Brad,are you still out there? Who's up for a small convoy of Subarus?Racing is open to all sorts of tires from stock to studs,to bolts. If someone can do a quick search and post any link that'd be a help.I can't do that right now,sorry.