Nice car. I went through the trouble of bringing back an 86 gl coupe, fwd. Yours is quite a bit less rusty than mine. Looks nice! I hope you keep the car as a 'classic subaru'

Still have not got the collector plates, have no time or money to work on it

hope someone buys my 92 wagon so I'll have come cash to fix the axles, small body dents, a bit of rust and paint scratches.

I have a dual range and diff, is it worth converting from FWD or should I keep it stock? 

130,000 Kilometers, is only 80,778 Miles not bad for a 27 year old car.

I swapped the rear speakers for new, much better sound now.

anyone know how many coupes were produced? how common are they in North America now?

Worth it? yes. Youll need a pedal box, clutch/flywheel kit, and a 4wd gas tank though

This car is now for sale. I recently bought an 88 XT6 and have no room for the 86 Coupe.

this is my GL Coupe, It's in great shape very clean and same owner for 25 years.

It has minor rust and some small dents and scrapes. It was a city car hardly ever driven, running poorly, terrible lifter tick, full of carbon.

after some treatment in the fuel and oil then a hard drive on the highway the carbon is burned out now.

Interior still smells like smoke even after steam cleaning, needs ozone treatment.

 

all that I have done so far;

-oil and filter change

-fuel and oil conditioner flush

-itallian tune up (drive at 4500 rpm for 30 minutes)

-full steam detail inside

-degrease engine compartment

-removed loose rust

-removed ugly blue pinstripes with auto body eraser

-pressure washed underside and wheels to remove grime and grit

-repaired and replaced small interior broken or missing trim parts

 

still needs;

-new axle

-main pulley and belts (pulley broken, only one belt channel

-steering dust boots look damaged

-rust repair and body work

-more steam cleaning

-ozone treatment for smoke

 

Wish list;

-sweet sexy wheels

-RX body kit

-LSD of course

-webber

-new speakers and aux audio in mod to factory radio

-convert to AWD (FWD 5spd now)

I've done the FWD to 4WD conversion on that exact car, mine is the coupe, it is a process, but, I can explain how to do it. I'll make a thread because I've never found one.

 

It's a photo of mine when it recieved a rebuilt motor and a pushbutton 4WD trans. The tough part is the rear-end, but, I'll put it all in my thread when everything is doen and compiled.

Worth it? yes. Youll need a pedal box, clutch/flywheel kit, and a 4wd gas tank though

Mine came with a 4wd gas tank. Just look under it and see if it has a hump that goes up into it where the pumpkin should be in the rearend. Never know when the factory didn't have FWD tanks and just stuffed a 4WD in there.

EA82's use the same tank for both 2wd and 4wd. but the driveshaft mount and the captive nuts for the moustache bar are not present on a 2wd body.

this car is now for sale

What a shame. Hope it goes to someone good!

It's now sold, going to a good new home.

I'm now working on my 1988 XT6, doing bodywork this long weekend.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/144984-88-xt6/

Edited August 1, 201411 yr by BlackBoot