nicky nighteyes Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 New pics here Here she is as I got her: (whole car pics at the bottom) Pretty much the only body damage is that front bumper, fortunatly I have a pristine one and an A-bar to match There is one little tiny rust spot on the drivers wheel well, but the bed is PRISTINE. drooly drooly. Also, the guy spray painted the wheels white without taking them off the car, or taking off the center caps, and not evenly either. looks like crap (but thats an easy fix) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75subie Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 NICE SCORE NICKY!! looks cherry, welcome to the brat family:cool: you probly could put that one on evilbay and double your money or more:lol: anyway, congrats on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phizinza Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 nice color. funny about the painted wheels... I painted mine (off the car with the tires marsked) but spray paint is **** and it just chips off. I could clean them up and get the powder coated. but... I'm not too keen on those canopies. I know there useful, they just look, :-/ anyway, nice color _________ little brat www.offroadingsubarus.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75subie Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 i don`t know why, but i like the looks of that topper on that brat, gives it an original untouched look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyB0y Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 ROFLOLZ!!!!!!!! spray-painted the wheels on the car?! did they over-spray the paint on the body!? some people should never be given a car title ... NICE score tho .. has the third eye too right? I love those bumpers ... so much tougher looking than the plain black plastic ones mine had stock :-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyB0y Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I'm not too keen on those canopies. I know there useful, they just look, :-/ _________ little brat www.offroadingsubarus.com I'm with ya Phizinza ... but they would come in handy camping ... I'm gonna build a collapsable one some day ... (yeah like that day is coming any time soon:-p ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky nighteyes Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 NICE SCORE NICKY!! looks cherry, welcome to the brat family:cool: you probly could put that one on evilbay and double your money or more:lol: anyway, congrats on it thanks, its been awhile coming. yeah, he oversprayed on the tires and brake drums......thankfully not on the body. Normally i dont like high toppers either, but for some reason it looks really good on this one. I think its the gold/white/red action going on.... thanks for all the compliments guys, i cant wait to start restoring it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75subie Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 what are your plans for her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky nighteyes Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 basically I am just going to restore everything as factory as possible, and add on all the lovely OEM accesories (a-bar, jump seats, maybe rollbar, and full targa stripes). Paint is fine so nothing to do there. I might throw a weber on for a bit more power. and of course tune that engine to perfect (has a vac leak somewheres right now) thats about it. what are your plans for her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboobaroo Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 basically I am just going to restore everything as factory as possible, and add on all the lovely OEM accesories (a-bar, jump seats, maybe rollbar, and full targa stripes). Paint is fine so nothing to do there. I might throw a weber on for a bit more power. and of course tune that engine to perfect (has a vac leak somewheres right now)thats about it. Sounds about what's going to be happening with my gen 1 Brat. Congrats and she looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazmataz Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 nice score and it looks like a good foundation for a restore. someday i hope to get a brat, well i already have one-my daughter but i mean a subaru. too bad about the bad paint job on the wheels ,etc. but easily fixable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Nice ride dude. I saw that same car last night with out a canopy.. same conditon. Old people had it though. That makes 3 cherry brats that I have to wait til someone dies to get ahold of them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1978 fj40 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 very nice, great score. I think brats are one of the coolest vehicles ever made good luck, john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack in Norfolk Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 very nice. have fun with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Awesome for the price man. That's a fine specimin, and a good platform to start with. Toss that topper tho - ugly. Bring it by and we can sort out that vac leak. I have a vacuum guage that should pin point that pretty easy. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboystrait Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 like new painted rims nic man:grin: i do it too:lol: an the cool cd player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Seattle Craigslist? Damn, I saw that, nice. Monte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky nighteyes Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 took a look today, found the vacuum leak, :rolleyes:two of the screws holding the carb to the manifold (or actually the adapter plate) are only half in. funny thing is the spare in the engine bay put enough pressure on the airbox so it plugged it all the way home. It's a carter/weber single barrel, the screw heads holding the carb to whatever wierd plate its on are on the bottom so I either gotta pull the plate or the whole intake manifold. Problem with just pulling the plate, is one of the bolts is REAL hard to reach. once I get some more time I will tear into it properly. Awesome for the price man. That's a fine specimin, and a good platform to start with. Toss that topper tho - ugly. Bring it by and we can sort out that vac leak. I have a vacuum guage that should pin point that pretty easy. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 that topper is one of about 5,maybe 10 that were ever distributed on the west coast with that shape .they came from a place in seattle that made them ,and then realized that "the brat thing" was going to be a very quick social fad and stopped making them.if it is in good shape and you don't want it ,take it off so you don't kill it....please:grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky_pete Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Wow, nice find. How do the seats look under those covers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky nighteyes Posted February 6, 2006 Author Share Posted February 6, 2006 that topper is one of about 5,maybe 10 that were ever distributed on the west coast with that shape .they came from a place in seattle that made them ,and then realized that "the brat thing" was going to be a very quick social fad and stopped making them.if it is in good shape and you don't want it ,take it off so you don't kill it....please:grin: not to worry Monstaru, the topper will be looked after, I am planning to keep it on for awhile (maybe til summer) because it has kinda grown on me. Once I take it off it will be properly stored. I also *might* be interested in trading it for a high rollbar. Pete: typical wear on the seats, I havent looked at the pass side one yet but the drivers seat has tears in the usual spots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Tan '82 Brat seats - gotta love that lumberjack plaid pattern eh? Heh. On the C/W... the bolts holding the carb to the manifold are notorious for that. Get the carb off, clean them up REALLY good and use some brake cleaner to make sure there is no residue on them. Then you'll have to use some serious loctite on those boys. It's the feedback C/W isn't it? Ouchies - probably due for an O2 sensor change by now. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky nighteyes Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 oh yeah, loves it. are those bolts supposed to have the head facing the manifold? seems backwards to me. oh and yep, feedback c/w, but I got a lead on a nice weber to replace it. Tan '82 Brat seats - gotta love that lumberjack plaid pattern eh? Heh. On the C/W... the bolts holding the carb to the manifold are notorious for that. Get the carb off, clean them up REALLY good and use some brake cleaner to make sure there is no residue on them. Then you'll have to use some serious loctite on those boys. It's the feedback C/W isn't it? Ouchies - probably due for an O2 sensor change by now. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky nighteyes Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 got some time today, ended up just yanking the whole intake manifold to get at those stupid screws. Tightened em back down and presto, no vacuum leak. while I was doing that I noticed the lower rad hose is leaking (and smoking, thats interesting) radiator looks to be on its last legs (there is a hole on top plugged with JB weld) probably time for a replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Get a new cap for it too - 82's had the "big" radiator cap - your new one will be the small version (83 on). GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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