Okay well first things first... this is the just about the funniest thing I've seen in a while I just laugh my rump roast off when I see it.

 

As for the Brat I agree with all of your opinions. The $900 Brat in the paper was gone within the first day it was listed. Sooooo... I'm still not decided. 800lb is not a lot considering I weigh 250 and I have to lug my big rump roast along with building material at 5200 foot elevation which kills these ea81’s. So maybe if I tow a trailer behind the brat. That might help the weight problem!

 

Thanks for all the input guys!

A BRAT can handle it! If it's nice don't beat it up by doing that though. If not here's an example for ya. I bought about 18-19 pieces of 5/8 in. pieces of drywall (sheets are 4x8) and I hauled as many as I could fit in the bed of my BRAT which was I think 14 (No less than 12 though) and it was squatting some but worked just great. You should see the amazement in people's eyes when they think a BRAT is a little wussy truck like a nissan or something and they see someone actually using it like a truck. It's a workhorse if you need it to be. Of course on the flip side, if your torsion bar breaks, that sucks too. Been there, done that also.

Thanks phatbrat, that helps a lot. My mind is made up and I will be looking for a Brat.. hum.. wonder how many years that will take me.. haha

Im rounding the year and a half mark, maybe more. I came so close the other weekend too. I won the black one with the wierd stripes on the side in connecticut(on ebay) that had rust on "the rocker panels" But after driving the 5 hour drive I was real amused to find out that when he said "rocker panels" he meant the whole entire car. The bed had huge holes, the floor was missing in parts and u could see the road through the floor. Man, I thought I finally got me a brat too.ah well, someday.

Yeah thats the good thing about living out west. It's easy to find a rust free Subie. Except for my Legacy which came from Vermont.. It's really rusty. Learned my lesson the hard way.

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the power of SEARCH brought me to this!

 

when you find a brat, express your interest in purchasing it, you may get lucky

 

and don't even think about buying a baja for hauling, they totally missed the point of the brat when they re-designed them

Wow this post brought me back. As for hauling with a Gen 1 I got a full bed worth of sod in the back. I would not recommend this, anything over 35mph was suicide!

Back in the day, when my first '78 Brat was only 5 or 6 years old, I hauled 4 adults and a dishwasher... she insisted on being dropped into 4WD, the front wheels were a bit skittish pulling alone... same scene hauling 30 patio blocks... two adults up front... on flat road with a speed limit of 35 max in-town.

i had an 84 gl wagon(yea i know it is not brat) i was pulling behind my 24 69 class A moter home well on the though IL the tranny decided to go out i was able to almost get it off the free-way well i was part way up an exit ramp and the tranny wouldn't pull any more. so i unhooked my car pulled it around front and hooked up the chain. put her in 4-lo reved the engine up and let out the clutch wheel spinin i couldn't believe it but it started movin once i got onto level ground i got up tp 40mph i was proud of my little car

 

finnaly gave the car away about 2 months ago she still ran but i went though 3 trannys and 5 engines since this experence it was tiime to go

They'll haul a yard of still cooking topsoil - sitting low - going slow, mind you. I wouldn't do it everyday but I bought mine to do some mule work too!