My dear old Uncle (& GodFather) willed this to me.

He's 83 and retired to Florida many years ago.

He bought this 1985 BRAT new in Pittsburgh,

then promptly retired and moved to FL.

It's been sitting in his airplane hangar for the past 4 years,

driven once or twice a month. I flew to FL this past weekend

and drove it back up north, 1154 miles-19 hours.

Had to replace the tires along the way, within an hour of interstate

driving, 3 of the 4 tires had belts break. Other than that...it was a fine trip!

It has 70,000 original miles...every shred of paperwork-

including the window sticker and OEM Subaru shop manual.

Called the dealer today and ordered up OEM tune up parts...

air filter, fuel filter, vapor separator, cap, rotor, plug wires, plugs & an oil filter.

Sorry for the long post...excited to be here...looking forward to using this great resource to keep my BRAT running.

 

 

 

WOW, that's a treasure! I assume he's your favorite uncle?!!

i really like it. look tottaly badasses.

That is awesome:D

Cool!! Those were the days

Good god, if you modify that in any way I think there will be a Subaru hit team tracking you down..

 

Id honestly say auction it and buy another one. That one would look nice in a collector showroom, not being driven or god forbid, getting wrecked in an accident.

 

I almost guarantee if you sold that, you could buy another good looking Brat that has the maintenance up to date, aftermarket work done to it, and still have cash left over. (obviously it wouldn't be that nice, but i wouldn't feel as bad about driving it)

Your stock is rising number 2!

 

That is very nice... seen very few in that condition!

 

Just behind the drivers seat I can see back into the bed.. looks like a touch of rust in a usual Brat place. Match paint code and how to treat rust see "search" link.

 

You are blessed to have such an Uncle.

Edited February 18, 201115 yr by Indrid cold

that thing is immaculate!!!!!!!!!!!!!! awesome brat. curtis

Sexy!

My suggestion, keep it out of any road salt/sand. There just aren't many left in that shape and it would be a shame to see it get ate up in front of your eyes. Beautiful!!!

My suggestion, keep it out of any road salt/sand. There just aren't many left in that shape and it would be a shame to see it get ate up in front of your eyes. Beautiful!!!

 

Agreed!