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I think Randy said in december the parts brat got towed and crushed

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So I'm just curious if anyone has a 78 ish wagon and wouldn't mind comparing the mounting hole spacing to this on my brat - I wonder if even if the doors are a different size maybe they share the regulator? Brat drivers side door mounting points by Elisa Baker, on Flickr

Thanks sarge, I'll check out your build thread. I'm still just sort of gently poking around the car trying to identify parts at this stage! Hopefully in the spring I'll be able to dive into repairing the body panels. Moosens you're right it is an extra air box of some sort I finally got it apart today to see. Brat photo by Elisa Baker, on Flickr There's an empty bracket and pulley where the AC would have mounted apparently so I was theorizing maybe the airbox for the AC system that someone else had removed at some point. Haven't been able to find any specs or details for that AC though (dealer option, right?) So .... anyway, yesterday's embarrassing moment was realized the thing I had been assuming must be the choke is actually the headlight stalk So I guess I still have no idea about the choke. There are 2 switches under the headlight stalk, are they even stock? Currently still trying to figure out the hideous after-fire. I really wanted to blame the ASV after reading about it, but I couldn't find it - maybe already gone? On the airbox, the only inlet that is hooked up to anything right now is the center large one in the pass side cluster of 3, which goes directly to the valve cover on the pass side which ... doesn't seem 100% correct. I haven't found a PCV valve if its in there anywhere! Brat photo by Elisa Baker, on Flickr Brat photo by Elisa Baker, on Flickr Reading the schematic as best I can (depicts the original round air cleaner but I assume they are conceptually the same) it seems like the ASV would plug in here just next to the plugs? and on the airbox on the single nubbin on the drivers side which currently isn't connected to anything. Brat photo by Elisa Baker, on Flickr Anyway if not that still trying to figure how air is getting into the exhaust if that's what is happening

Aww , man. I think it is a 4wd but I don't know what shape the rear end is in

Trying to attach some pics of the junker car from my phone. The door panels look temptingly close!

Hey I'm wondering if someone here can help me out before I make a long drive! A usmb member pointed out a '78 wagon at a UPULL which is about 100 miles from me and kindly sent some pictures. For my 78 brat I really need some interior door trim pieces and a window regulator / slides. If it's a 4-door 78 wagon, will the drivers side door be the same dimensions as the brat? Or will I get there and just be mad because everything is close but not actually swappable ... TIA!

Yeah, agreed, the factory horns were rotated weirdly and the jack didn't fit with that thing installed. The vacuum hose wasn't connected to anything when I got the car, and I can't find any obvious connection points. I haven't seen a single photo of an early subaru engine bay with this thing, but the blue is a weirdly good match for the air cleaner. I'm going to clean it off and see if I can take it apart any further. The backside just has 2 small bolts. So if the pre-heater duct doesn't actually open to the hot exhaust, maybe that's not the cause of the after-fires? I've been traveling all weekend and haven't tried running it again yet. But I did just get some FSM books looking forward to cracking those and doing some studying.

Those door handle trim pieces for sure... it's like they were made of dust and some elmers glue

Picked up the preheater hose, hopefully tonight I can get it on. It's hard with no garage and daylight savings strikes and suddenly I have no light in my evenings! Still trying to figure out what this is: Brat appendix by Elisa Baker, on Flickr My buddy thought maybe a horn, and it does have that snail look to it ..

Here's my wishlist! Shippable probably: drivers side window regulator & slides gas pedal foot pad the weird ashtray (I think?) that mounts on the top of the dash, center both drivers and pass door mirrors spare tire hold-down bracket front grill pass rear brake light cover large items front brush guard jump seats door trim panels?

Yeah I saw what looked like a matching hose port on the air cleaner I just couldn't understand why you'd want to recycle exhaust through it ...but I guess carbs just really, really hate being cold (I can sympathize with that). Edit - so autozone has the tube but not in stock, so tomorrow. Would this giant opening lead to backfires? Or maybe I should say afterfire, if there's a difference - I mean, I assume yes. Every time I turn the car off, it goes count of one, count of two BANG - huge scary backfire. Which I just had the cops called on me for firing weapons in public which was extremely alarming, coming back to the brat from the autozone and 2 cops with weapons draw telling me to put my hands up, which I would love to never repeat

Better overall engine bay shot since the first one was terrible: 4D3C5380 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr Another mystery: on the pass side exhauster header there's a hose attachment point?? 4D3C5416 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr what .... could that be for? Also maybe that's why when I turn the car off, I get one final terrifying loud backfire and a puff of smoke up through the hole around the shifter Edit: pre-heater hose?? So that's a thing huh.

Oh yeah thanks, I knew I had seen a mounted jack somewhere! Did you repaint it that pretty powder blue? And yes, there's definitely a hole for one more belt-driven something, so I figured it was probably AC: 4D3C5409 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr So, turns out the weird little spiral guy (which I have named the appendix) being where it was actually precluded the jack from fitting into its little bracket which is probably why I couldn't figure it out. So I did an appendectomy since the jack seemed a lot more useful 4D3C5412 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr Strange that the air cleaner would be a different year, it's definitely an EA71 4D3C5405 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr

OH right and here's a question or 2: the jack mounts here right? how does it fit in? I kept rotating it around and nothing looked right. And what is that little blue round thing in the background, doesn't seem to be attached to anything else... 4D3C5286 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr

Hey everyone! I've had my eye open for a brat for a while now because I want a project but I also wanted a small truck. Well, saw a post on facebook recently and leapt into action! Beat out quite a few people by the sounds of it So it's a gen 1, 1978, and a pretty early one as well if I'm reading this right!! So the VIN is A69L-002226 and according to the old Subaru decoder, the first brats started at A69L-002001 so .... is this Brat #225?? Pretty cool if so. It runs although not super well (idle it rough, stalls a lot) and there's some rust of course, but overall I think it's in pretty good starting shape. 4D3C5284 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr It doesn't come with jump seats (will have to find some) it does have a rollbar which is .. similar to factory but custom, but best of all has the snugtop which is in very nice condition! Although it was secured rather strangely -- they used some eye bolts and the little screws that hold on the bed liner panels, which I mean, that can't be right . 4D3C5261 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr I mean there are little hooks right there anyway I'll have to figure out how that's actually supposed to affix. It came with a pile of parts including a spare EJ71 and another transmission, a door and fender, and a whole mess of little things which honestly I can't identify the half of. 4D3C5259 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr 4D3C5372 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr You can sort of see in this picture it has 2 ignitions (?) the one of the left actually works. I have a single tiny little key which I assume doesn't look any doors or anything but honestly haven't tried. 4D3C5332 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr Rust 4D3C5312 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr only 1 of the wheel arches is rusted 4D3C5311 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr Interior is a crap shoot, the door panels are a mess; 4D3C5294 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr No original upholstery under the seat covers just some weird hand-stitched linen sewn into the foam, the dashboard is obviously very cracked and the drivers side window regulator is broken so it doesn't roll up 4D3C5293 by Elisa Baker, on Flickr Whole album here including a lot of the free/bonus parts it came with: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bleuquila/albums/72157658305431823/with/22660516275/ So as a disclaimer, I'm no car restoration expert, just willing to try stuff out and put in the work, so I don't really know what i'm doing at all! I'm sure I'll be asking a ton of questions here. Step one is to get the window in place before winter because I don't have a garage , try and get ahold of the factory service manual (any leads? everything on ebay seems wildly expensive) and try and figure out why it's not idling well, and the fuel delivery feels really unresponsive. There's a U PULL with a 78 wagon down in albuquerque so I may see if I can get a window regulator there to start with.