DahlEd Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 (edited) New Chicago pix . . . culmination of a 10-year and seemingly endless project to keep an '86 Brat on the road. Sanded to raw steel . . . lots of underbody and unexpected rust once the drivetrain was removed. Installed new sheet metal where feasible . . . rear wheel wells, hood, doors, tailgate, '82 front end w/Cyclops light/radiator mount, new paint and stripes, new interior, new plastic everything . . . and utterly irrational from an economic perspective. Edited October 16, 2010 by DahlEd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T'subaru Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Nice Brat, how about some interior and underhood pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbrat Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 very nice Ed. does the topper sit on the chrome all the way around? the first topper I ever had was like that. wish I hadn't sold it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2manetoys Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 New Chicago pix . . . culmination of a 10-year and seemingly endless project to keep an '86 Brat on the road . . . gutted to raw steel; new sheet metal, new wheel wells, hood, doors, tailgate, new paint, '82 front end, Cyclops light/radiator mount, new stripes, new interior, new plastic everything . . . and utterly irrational from an economic perspective. Ah, but she is a thing of Beauty. No? Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) nice brat. what did you do for fender sidemarker lights? same place as a 91-94 legacy good visibility and a good safety thing. why don't they put those sidemakers on the new ones. dumb engineers i think. that was a smart thing when they did it and kudos to you to retrofit them to a brat. nice brat. pug flat spokes, what size tires are you on for them? Edited October 13, 2010 by bheinen74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRhere Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Nice looking BRAT!!! Need to get going on my '82 BRAT, then get after the '85 BRAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skishop69 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 very nice Ed. does the topper sit on the chrome all the way around? the first topper I ever had was like that. wish I hadn't sold it..... The high top that just came with my '87 is the same way. Doesn't touch the paint at all. I was all kinds o' happy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DahlEd Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) The sidemarker lights are JDM OEM EP3 Honda 02-05 Civic SI amber-color assemblies. No reason to use them other than they were of Japanese origin and seemed to look right. Placement was an issue due to unibody clearance constraints beneath the front fenders. The cap is a great design -- it follows the lines of the cab and sits cleanly on the chrome bed trim. The problem with the cap was that the rubber gasket was rotted and some research was needed to come up with a suitable alternative. Tires are size 195/50-15. Edited October 13, 2010 by DahlEd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 what did you use for the topper gasket replacement, mine is no good at this point, california dried it out and now it rubs the paint to bare metal, which is now rusting badly where the topper wore the paint out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ettev Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 That's a sweetheart. More pics. Nice job. Do you have the center caps for those wheels? If not maybe someone on here has an extra set for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DahlEd Posted October 14, 2010 Author Share Posted October 14, 2010 Thank you for your comments. I have . . . on-hand . . . 4 Peugeot hub-center covers in which the "lion" image has been filled-in with Bondo to make them flat, and then painted. But after installation, they looked dorky from a cool perspective. I interfaced with an English dome provider about 5 years ago who sent me some aperture "lids" to exactly fit the Peugeot wheel openings. For the next photo update, and presuming I can find them as my garage is a wreck, you can count on some sort of update! Endless fun . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Responsible Jon Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 Excellent color choices, looks well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Really motivates me. I really want mine to look someting like that. It will get uglier befor it gets prettier....i like the stripes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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