http://jalopnik.com/for-3-500-be-a-king-of-leone-512573451

 

Reason I post?  I wanna ask the dude about the swap. 

You can probably send him a email thru the CL ad.

 

http://denver.craigslist.org/cto/3860571275.html

 

 

Kind of weird that it has a WA plate in the rear and a OR plate on the front, but the ad is for Denver (Sunnyside is in OR)

Cool project, I'd love to see a build thread on this.

Edited June 12, 201312 yr by mikaleda

 

 

I'd almost pay you to paint those pulleys. While you're at it , the valve covers too.

 

I was kind of lucky to have a fresh block and new pumps etc. when I did mine. Folks really pop thier eyes out when they see the fresh power plant in the old cruddy wagon. LOL

 

But hey , nice job and good luck with the carb.   Toughest part about putting it all back together to me.

And that car - Subafreak has/had an EJ22 sitting in his Gen I too ...... and to date that's about all it did. Maybe he'll chime in here and remind me of what happened to that project.

 

Lot of work to finish for an average guy. Labor of love.

I was gonna contact him after I posted this but then realized that I haven't even put the EA71 back in mine.  SO I will not worry.

 

Moosens the valve covers are painted.  They used to be blue.  I will paint the pullys if I get the urge.

 

As for the carb, yes, I have sooooo many questions about that mess of crap.  But I have refrained from posting as no one comments on my questions?  Boo hoo I know but what to do?

It was at my shop for a few months.  The car is solid body and rather neat.  The swap had a lot left to do.  We didn't do anything other than an estimate to finish it.  And it was a lot of labor and not a lot of parts.  If I remember- about 90-10 in percentage.  Estimated around 4100 in labor left but I did pad some in for incidentals as I have never swapped a 70's car before and a lot of shops charge extra if you start something and they finish it....and for good reason its almost as much work if not more to figure out what the previous mechanic did and verify all their work.  This would absolutely be worth the money in my opinion.  

 

Dirk is a member here but I can't remember what his screen name is.

Yeah I can see you painted them black.

 

Anyhooooo , it'll still run the same , right?

Looks like this one:

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/117202-1978-4x4-wagon-build-thread/?hl=%2Bengine+%2Bswap

Looks like this one:

 

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/117202-1978-4x4-wagon-build-thread/?hl=+engine++swap

Nice find that sounds like the same one.

Yeah I can see you painted them black.

 

Anyhooooo , it'll still run the same , right?

Some were black but mine were not.  I didn't want to play the paint game cause I would have matched it factory and that would have wasted time and $.

 

The Squirrel is more about getting running then looks at this point.  I just want to drive the dang thing.

LOL I hear ya .... Enjoy !

 

Yeah , the blue is pretty but also hard to match.

The 240 project is what happened to mine. It got set waaaaaaay in the back burner. Indefinitely.

The factory Subaru valve cover/airbox/accessory blue is pretty darn close to Chrysler Factory Blue engine paint.

 

Twitch

We've heard Pontiac had a blue real close too.

 

Rock n roll !

So that was the right build thread link. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/117202-1978-4x4-wagon-build-thread/

 

I just picked up the project off noblesablepuma with most of the hard work done.  Now I'm trying to catch up on what has happened and then figuring out what has to happen in the future.  I think I'll continue his thread, but being a real noob at this, it might be a bit slow...

Kinda crazy.  I was just searching "Leone" and I found my new car...

Seriously, it's like the Holy Grail for old Subie enthusiasts. The kind that hang out at USMB and talk about Pugs and DRs and masturbate furiously to pics of lifted Loyales with homemade tube bumpers climbing over obstacles offroad

 

 

^^^^^^Now that is a funny post in the Jalopolink Article on this car^^^^^^

 

Yes USMB has the best subaru porn on the web!!!!!

....and it is a headache.  But I'm slowly slowly getting closer...