Kysor

I am the proud owner of a 1984 gl wagon. I’ve had a couple other Subaru’s but in the little time I’ve had this car I’ve really fell in love with it. I received a notebook with the car that is a ledger of every service the car has had until 2012. I suspect that’s when the original owner sold it. My plans were to lift the car and do some light wheeling. Its has rust but still was in great condition. I say “was” because I’ve had the car ten days now. About a week after purchasing it I had parked it at my job, I recently started working for an auto body shop, a car rolled down the driveway across the street and smashed into the drivers side of my Subaru. So now I am I search of a door and some other things. Luckily can fix it at my work but I need to source parts.

I'm going to look at an '87 subaru dl and I was wondering if there is any thing i should look out for? It has a manual transmission and the owner told me it has a weak first gear, does this indicate that the car needs a new clutch? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks