The Beast I Drive Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Just picked it up for $800, runs and drives with over 300,000 on the original drivetrain, bought it from second owner, who bought it in 1983 with 8,000 miles on it Has a vintage Bushman nudge bar on it, which I will be cleaning up and selling soon. Its in pretty good shape except for some serious rust in the bed, but i have replacement bed panels for it from a donor. Needs some TLC, but Im stoked to finally be back in a Gen 2 Brat, and with no T-tops! Build thread to come sooner or later, but for now it will prolly just get a Weber carb from my old red Brat, and the tires from it as well. Crappy night pics, better ones to come for sure! -Bill Edited February 14, 2012 by The Beast I Drive broken links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Wow, not driven for 11 years! Looks like lots of clean-up work. Best of luck with it. If you're looking for a good engine for it, drop me a PM. I'm planning on up grading the engine in our current DL Brat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLoyale Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Bushman bull bar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheinen74 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 "Its in pretty good shape except for some serious rust in the bed" I have opinion that I would rather have your serious rust than my rotted 84 BRAT. Yours looks nice compared to what we get here. That bed and shock tower and side walls look solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 "Its in pretty good shape except for some serious rust in the bed" I have opinion that I would rather have your serious rust than my rotted 84 BRAT. Yours looks nice compared to what we get here. That bed and shock tower and side walls look solid. Well, compared to the rust you guys have in the midwest, it's nothing... But its worse than any of the rust was on my '86 Brat. -Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Moar Pictars :cool: sime of the most obviuos Rust Looks like it was almost always serviced with Subaru parts, even has a Subaru battery in it Also has 4 black center cal/master wheels, with rusty hubcaps. The nudge bar will fit the later 83-87 Brats and all other EA81 cars. It has little notches to fit over the chrome bar under the bumper on the later models. I think I'm going to build this one up similar to my old one, with the stacks and lift and bumpers and everything, then paint it black with orange graphics. Kinda interesting that it has a grey interior, most every other silver or grey bodied Subaru I've ever seen had a blue interior... -Bill Edited February 14, 2012 by The Beast I Drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo'J Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I'm not sure if I have the extensions for your brush guard anymore or not..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
experience780 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Nice brat. Not to take focus off of your new ride but u said the bull bar has notches for the chrome bar, what is the chrome bar for? Mine is toast and I'm not gonna replace it if it's just cosmetic. Anyways nice car.......truck....... Ya I want one lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 Nice brat. Not to take focus off of your new ride but u said the bull bar has notches for the chrome bar, what is the chrome bar for? Mine is toast and I'm not gonna replace it if it's just cosmetic. Anyways nice car.......truck....... Ya I want one lol It was pretty much just for looks I think, but it would also kinda take some of the hit before the lower radiator support became thoroughly trashed in that kind of situation. -Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 That thing looks to have survived the dust bowl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Well for about a year and a half it was parked next to a dog, and he used it as his personal watch tower..... -Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Got it cleaned up a bit, and got that awful side trim and rocker trim removed, so it's looking much better now. But, the bed floor is a complete loss. Serious cancer throughout, I'm going to have to cut the floor out from part way up the back wall of the cab all the way to below the hinge mounts for the tailgate and replace it with a better one I have in a parts car, but that project is a ways off yet. Also, the passenger door has some serious rot lurking just beneath the paint, I can hear it crunch when I push on it... A few things I want to get for it are a good, rust free door, from a Hatch or a Brat, with ot without glass, a grey non-cracked GL dash, and red instruments and panel switches from an 82 Subaru with the grey interior. I like the GL dash better than the DL style, but if you have a nice un-cracked DL grey dash I'd take that too. -Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRhere Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Fixing the bed will be a major chore, atleast it would be for me. If you do locate a source for the Gray interior, I could use a few pieces for my '82. Been looking for a long time, no joy yet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Here is pretty much what I want this Brat to be, at least for a while, until I paint it flat black and the graphics orange. For now though the black will look excellent on the silver. I just did it up quick like with a pencil on a pic of my old Brat. I added the roll bar and lights I want too So now I have a good picture of what Im shooting for. -Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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