Aquired this and plan to get back to original, might motor covert it later down the track....definatly want to track down a twin headlight front rather than the quad... but we will see what happens, have found a 2nd one, unsure if its for sale, need to do some digging on that still.

 

Needs a fair bit of rust done, have started stripping it, currently have gutted the interior, and full loom etc, only have motor and glass to remove

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 22, 20233 yr by 573417h
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Nice, I see you bought John's one. That has been waiting a restoration for a while! Will be cool when it's done, I own its sedan sibling

Edited April 13, 20232 yr by KiwiGL

Bit of an update, car is fully stripped minus front/rear subframes and steering, is getting inspected hopefully this week or next (rust repair certificate as part of compliance) then it will be off to the blasters, and we will start whatever the inspector wants.

Car has been fully stripped and is now at the sandblaster, can't wait to get it back and get a plan in place for all the repairs

 

Looks quite solid compared to the ones I have. Enjoy ! 
 

Please post pics and I’m especially interested in the rear from the deck down behind where the bumper would hang. I guess we call that the transom. Or rear skirt. 
 

Also the usual rear corners. And the front wheel apron where the mud gets slung. 
 

Those areas I mentioned I’ve either got to throw money at or become skillful in a trade I’d always avoided. 
 

Cheers ! 

That color to me says 1967 Chevy Impala wagon. Nice to see that color. We didn’t get that green. 

13 hours ago, moosens said:

Looks quite solid compared to the ones I have. Enjoy ! 
 

Please post pics and I’m especially interested in the rear from the deck down behind where the bumper would hang. I guess we call that the transom. Or rear skirt. 
 

Also the usual rear corners. And the front wheel apron where the mud gets slung. 
 

Those areas I mentioned I’ve either got to throw money at or become skillful in a trade I’d always avoided. 
 

Cheers ! 

Once its back from the blaster ill know more, but initial inspections show rust requiring repairs:

-top of front right wing (where the guard bolts too)

- both water drains under the scuttle panel into the guard are fully gone

- front firewall flat panel, around where the fuel line comes thru,and one the front right part of the firewall where the brake master sits

- Front/mid floor pan already has patches done and we will unstitch the entire floor and rebuild - as chassis rails has some dints requiring removal

- rear wagon floor near end /latch is looking pretty thin and likely need replacement

- very minor (at this stage) in the gutters on the right side.

 

A couple of pics from earlier in the piece:

 

Front wing pic

 

Overall I’d say not so bad compared to what I’ll be dealing with. I’m some regard mine aren’t too far off from yours with the major exception of my stage one 1977 wagon is very much rotted at that rear skirt - which looks so sweet on your car. Enjoy that. 
 

The 79 I drive now it’s mostly the corners. But the 77 got bitten by the rust bug in a couple spots that are going the be a considerable effort to make good. 

And thanks very much for those pictures. They are already very helpful to me. 

Once it comes back from the sandblasters i will take a heap of photos and share them here.

Ill also document all the repairs i suspect this will take me a few years to complete.

Awesome time, money and effort you’re putting into this wagon! 

I’m hoping to one day do something similar with my Brumby and L series! (And the RS wagon, Leone wagon…) 

Looking forward to progress pics! 

Cheers 

Bennie

 

Yea im building this one properly as it might be the only one in NZ....

Im also doing an ea81 wagon (Not sure what series these are called) but its more of fix the rust every 6 months to keep it on the road.

I have it documented on another local site if anyone wants a link - not sure about forum etiquette around cross posting.

Edited November 12, 20241 yr by 573417h

Just realised your plates are very similar in number to my green sedan JK4474 - mine is registered as a 1989, so yours must be a very late 79 rego, and mine a very early 1980! 

Would be keen to see some progress pics if there's any? Cheers 

Leone’s 1979 Subaru Leone wagon discussion - Project Discussion - oldschool.co.nz

 

Here is a thread of where im at, it's pretty slow going right now, so much rust to cutout and replace, and as i haven't done a build quite like it I'm taking my time, Have a professional panel beater on hand for the tricky stuff so no I'm mainly drilling spot welds and attempting some fabrication of patches and panels (that wont be seen)