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My son is near you also baking his arse off thru summers. Pretty nice temps right now ! Theres a Subi specialty shop near by. Subiworks ? Or Subiworx ? I’m curious if the $2500 is a total for parts and labor. Either way , I personally would avoid that because I’m still at a point I feel I can do these by myself. I’m also in th FWD club. We have a 92 sedan automatic and a 92 wagon 5spd both FWD and you can look in archives here and see how I’ve tried to hunt down any FWD trannies so I can have my friend do the rebuild. You’re in a much better region for finding FWD. I’m cheap so I’d go for the junk yard deal and try to talk them down too. Shop around in car-part.com and see what other yards near you may have. Jackass shop/yard specialty shop up here wants $800 for a very used FWD unit but next to nobody up here has a FWD anymore. Just one bad example , but still very hard to find up here.

Yeah the cold just kills it. That’s why I need badly to have the unit in functional order ASAP. I see temps going to drop this weekend and stay that way. I would sometimes get to storage in the winter and barely function and dart out of there to the warmth of the car and head home.

I’m making storage so I can easily get down my aisle and still pull a box or hopefully even get to the large heavy stuff in the back so I can sell all winter. I’m already late in getting out of this expensive unit so probably not downsizing until March. We’ll see. Thanks for the compliment. Todd , myself , and a couple others were really lucky that we had the special era that we did. We were able to hunt and sometimes find old stock at old dealerships. And then came the contact made from a local near Harrisburg PA and three of us from CT went in on a nice sized lot neglected since around winter1979/spring of 1980. As time went on it became clear that many old dealerships simply destroyed old stock. Enjoy !

Factory service manuals have them. Find the paper version on eBay - I have one on there now - or find them online. Other folks have posted links but I generally haven’t needed them yet. For like $20 or less you can score a paper copy and it’s easier to me than messing with a computer or phone when actually working.

Sure thing. Got your switch today. Left feedback. Thanks again. That will stay with me for when I get back into it. From the looks of things you have a good amount of early - mid 70’s which is good because I have my 72-76 parts manuals here at home. Gong to try to get my 77-79 out before the real cold comes in.

Right on ! Shop around and see what you can come up with. I’ll be here. Enjoy the hunt. That’s often the best part.

No shortage of Subarus here in CT. I see you’re in Htfd Several small shops dedicated to Subarus. One in the Cheshire area I think it’s right on Rt 10 in Milldale just south of 691. Can’t recall the name. They seem to have a number of Subarus out front for sale. And at least a couple guys out east of you. You know the deal - try to avoid the major dealers if possible.

I have 7 but going back n forth on what I’m going to keep so I thought trimming two out for now would work. No , just have one centercaps here at home that I’m holding to either make copies if possible. Outside chance I may have some deep in a box but I can’t think of any.

No center bolt. Very thin , not like any other centercaps on old Subarus. Plastic. They are for the 74 Sport Mags. Super rare now. Plenty of wheels but almost no caps except well worn.

I may have a valance. Have to get to the back of storage to check as I can get there. Might have a wood knob , do have a nice leather one somewhere. And maybe still have a rare arm rest / center “console” although really just an arm rest. After that it gets tough for options and cool stuff , but I’ll see. Talk soon.

Ahh , I see it is a lot like what many people find when old dealer stock is found. Those center caps are worth really nice money. I’m talking about the ones that are squared off. I had two guys offer $160 plus for a set. They are minor gems. If there are any centercaps that resemble flying saucers please don’t sell those yet. Several people are desperate for them and maybe they can be reproduced. Much to do, talk soon. Cheers! paul

Hi Jim , welcome and nice story. Sorry I am not much help with large tires but best of luck with it.

Good to see you around too ! And Dennis , from Philly. What was his name ? dennis24 ? So many old names. Man time flies.

Sent a private message. I have most parts manuals you’ll need.

Yeah , shop with a dealer from the PNW or west coast. My local dealer was cool back when and listened to me when I asked them to check west coast distribution and sure enough I managed to get a lot of parts I couldn’t normally get here.

It’s a tough world these days for finding quality parts for cars this old. Pretty much go with what you can find , but search for that elusive quality part as you go. Sometimes old stock shows up but as for alternators I haven’t seen an original in new form for many years now. Old schoolers like me are ok with Beck-Arnley parts because you’d often open it up and find a genuine Subaru part inside , or at least get a quality made part which fit correctly. I should still have at least a couple used and even a reman or two as well. Sold one about a year ago.

Main guy I am stiff curious about is Skip. I know he had his wife and best friend pass away close in time and he’s been in Florida. If anyone hears anything please post.

Keep those torches lit , people !

I’ve got some used mudflaps soon to come out. I’ll send a PM when I get them. Meanwhile I don’t mind one bit if Todd takes the sale.

Pardon me for stating we are founding members. I think Todd was before me and I came in a little after but Billy C was the founder. Don’t want to take any credit for that. Shawn is our hero who has managed the reigns and was also super early on the USMB.

I have good old metal too. Finding perfect is a nice dream. I wish you well but think about what year it is now and how any fender could possibly remain perfect all these years. Even the NOS fenders I have/had all have/had some marks from being stored and moved etc.

Retro Roo Northglen , CO This site is Retro Roo’s.

Good man !!! You searched archives and found the issue and are about to confirm. Man if we all were like you the world would be smooth creamy and delicious. Lol Store bought alternators generally crap out fairly quickly. Even straight out of the box at times ! Let us know what you’ve found. Find that receipt or hopefully it’s on their computer and you have a warranty. It’s just a fact of life owning these old cars with no more dealer parts. So use their warranty and get a fresh one. Good luck.

Me - Paul - “cashingmystuffin “ on ebay Todd - Subaru3 here on the USMB and “vintagesubaru” on eBay. We we are both founding members here and both getting older and trimming down our stock. Please be kind and respectful with doing business there on eBay. They DO have robots scanning and DO set fees upon you if they feel you’ve crossed them by taking the contact and making the transaction elsewhere. So so please DO NOT contact me on eBay and ask to pull items or make deals here or anywhere beside there. You can contact me here and ask thru PM. Thanks for understanding.

Geez , I don’t know. Andrew SELLING an old Subaru ....hmmm , that’s a new one on me. I thought he just collects. And honestly I don’t recall the white top you mention. Time is zipping by and brain cells heading off the retirement. I was lucky enough to finally meet Galen - carfreak85 and Richie this past WCSS20. But I can’t recall the name of his shop either. See brain cell issue above. Plenty of funny comments to make at this time but man I really had a great weekend out there.