July 23, 201411 yr Author 10500399_580481402060408_3703403529187747795_n by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Test fitted that beast last night!
August 4, 201411 yr Author So we did another test fitting last night and got the motor sitting pretty close to where we need it. It's tight gonna notch the frame rails take a few ore measurements mod the cross members for the motor and trans mounts. Progress is coming along Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr
August 6, 201411 yr Author So I am in way over my head and have no help. Thinking about giving up and just selling as a shell Bleh
September 11, 201411 yr Author Alright so back on it. Got everything measured and modified to get the motor mounts to sit in where they need to be. Now to work on the trans mounts! on a side note..... My friend sent me these photos 10517575_712066308832015_6618366717201366968_n by Kevin Talley, on Flickr 10458817_712066288832017_6096823621086394182_n by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr Untitled by Kevin Talley, on Flickr He was in CO and hauled this blue brat off to the crusher. But he brought me back the Roll bar as a surprise! So that was a silver lining to seeing the pictures. Edited September 11, 201411 yr by Kevint143
September 11, 201411 yr Author Yup from What I can tell and was told it was flipped into something and had body damage they didn't want to tackle. The damage on the second photo is why it was scrapped. My buddy had to crush it with a forklift before taking it to the wrecker. Sad day indeed
September 11, 201411 yr Author I guess they made this out of the suspension and some other parts wagon lift by Kevin Talley, on Flickr
September 11, 201411 yr Pity, the body on the BRAT didn't look that bad apart from the pillar dent. It's never nice seeing a crushed BRAT.
December 31, 201411 yr Author So I started a new job that puts me on the road a lot. I have been working on it where I can but other things in life are getting in the way. Now that the holidays are over I have about a month before I hit the road again so I am trying to get things done.
December 31, 201411 yr What the hell happened to that brat it used to look like this Dunno if anyone answered but that belonged to Subarubrat, he's on here. Unfortunately it fell victim to rust so he parted it out I believe.
January 3, 201511 yr It is a shame that Brat met its end, but parts of it will rise from the ashes like a phoenix in other cars! I was debating with myself about buying it when it went up for sale, but it was just too far away. Edited January 3, 201511 yr by 6 Star
January 4, 201511 yr Author So I have been rearranging the garage and moved the brat off the jack stands and on the ground for the first time in almost a year! Seeing it sitting on the ground made me fall in love all over again.
January 5, 201511 yr You must be working on the EJ install still? I am seriously considering an EJ22 swap into my 80' Brat, i do believe it would be hilariously fast. Your car is looking good bro!
January 5, 201511 yr Author Yea between the new job and family stuff it got pushed aside but on it again been making progress
February 26, 201610 yr Sheesh kevin. What a project and way to post all the time about yr brat. Was neat reading about it and seeing where you where and where you are! The motor swap project looks a bit overwhelming, but doable. Thinking about doing the same thing on the one im picking up next weekend.
August 6, 20169 yr I was driving out on Sandy here in Portland and spotted this gen 2 so I pulled over and took some pics hoping the owner would come out! anyone know it? It had stickers on the back window and on the tailgate a sticker that said heavy metal. Was driving towards gresham today and look what I found! #subarubrat #subaru #soobielove by Kevin Talley, on Flickr That was me! Wish I would have read this thread way back, but I missed it. I still have the "Heavy Metal" sticker on the tailgate. It's never coming off. I hope all is well!
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