mcgyver331

did more on the brat today, and the frame rails from the wagon are short on the front side, boo. Just add a little more metal and off we go. I have the drivers side trimmed out and fitted, I am using the wheelwell, the frame and some of the rear deck from the wagon.

Definately will be cutting and welding in the new pieces in a step style and even then placing a flat brace 4+ inches in each direction over my stiches. I have every intention of this bieng a long lasting toy. I have built 1 ton trucks (k5 blazer + c30 parts) and gusseted the crapola out of it. I will be doing my repairs first and then lifting after due to time and $$$ constraints at the moment. Thank you.

Spoke with him today, Very Nice Gentleman.

Hi, I did a search but nothing is comming up, mabye I am using wrong search terms. Can anyone tell me what subarus have the D/R 5 Speed for me to convert my 1986 Brat to 5spd and D/R? Thank you.

Well started tearing into it finally. I cut out alot of rot, the mounts for the torsion bar housing and the diff holder. I also pulled the tank, what a nightmare... :banghead:One of the tank's welded nuts broke free from the cross brace on the bottom of the bed. I cut a small hole up in the bed area to get to it with a 13mm. Had to use 13 due to the welds. I will start uploading pics soon. I have also braced the rear bumper with wood like a sawhorse just incase while I'm cutting the crap out it decides to buckle.

Also Depends on the height of the car if your suspension is shot it will have a bad lean.

Everything happens in THREE's your car should be good for good.

UPdate, I have done nothing. Was trying to sell my quad to get some more $$ for the Brat. I have done that and will start tearing it apart this week.

LOL. What he is saying another member is lazy and selling or would opt to sell, and he would not.

Actually the entire rest of the car and even the rear half past the sway bar is in excellent condition. Will take some pics as I start this weekend. oh yea BTW nice Solid Axle build !!!!!!!!!!!

I like the way you did that but the trailing arms are attached to the torsion bar mounting area too and it is sunken into the body about 1 inch. I will be gutting the bottom of the bed next week.

What to do? What to do?? I just picked up an 86 brat in great shape but.................... My rear frame rails are all rotted out where the torsion bar mounts. I am going to try frame rails from an 84 wagon I just got for $200 First attempt..

what to do when the rear torsion is all rotted out?

Man I would love to grab a set of wheel wells only but my frame is bad too around the torsion bar mountings. going to go do some more research on putting struts and not using the torsion at all.

Hi All, I just picked up a 1986 subaru brat in decent shape and I have the normal wheel well rot and the not so normal rot around my torsion bar mounts. I have access to a gl wagon and the whole rear is rust free almost not even dirty. I want to know if I can cut the gl wagon rear subframe out totally along with the wheel wells and even some of the sheetmetal inbetwen the wells and graft it into my brat. I am going to figure something out, THE BRAT WILL DRIVE AGAIN. Let me know what you guys have done for these type of issues. Thanks, Richie