June 30, 200817 yr Hey everyone! Blew up my KIA Rio last week and siezed the oportunity to get back into Subarus Found a nice one on the MN Subaru forum and bought it on SAT. She needs some work but the body is very nice; especially for being a Minnesota car. Funny enough; the guy I bought this from was the guy who bought my old lifted '88 GL wagon :-p Don't tell my wife but I bought her mostly for her body! I've wanted an OBS since I first saw them 10 years ago. They are finally getting into my price range! Which means they need some work but atleast it's a vehicle I know how to work on and enjoy working on. I know ... I know.... pictures! =P I haven't taken any of my own yet but you can see the seller's posted pics here: http://www.mnsubaru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24519&page=3 Now I'm off to use the coveted Search feature.
June 30, 200817 yr cool cars, my wife totally loves hers even though i've asked/offered to upgrade to a newer, trimmed legacy. but she likes it too much. the space in the back yet small size make it a great utility type vehicle. easy to throw a hitch on, roof racks, we can put both our bikes inside the car if we want. and it's not huge like a full size wagon. and of course the EJ22, can't beat that. i hardly think i have to mention this to you, but keep in mind that 1997 is the first year of interference EJ22's - so you'll want to check not only the timing belt but the pulleys and water pump as well. even if the car has 20,000 miles that stuff may be 10+ years old.
June 30, 200817 yr Author Previouse owner bought it from a shop for just that reason. Timing belt went and took the valve train with it. He said that he swaped in the long block from a '95 EJ22 which is non-interference. That being said; I should still check the timing belt, pullies, and pumps regardless! =)
June 30, 200817 yr cool. I always wanted to take one of those and make it into a new gen ski wagon.....
June 30, 200817 yr Author Funny you should mention the ski wagon! I was showing a friend my OBS and she mentioned "yeah Subaru was like the ski team official vehicle for a while." I then told her about how you had one of those. That is one sweet wagon; love that ski team edition! :cool:
June 30, 200817 yr i see a little black piece of tape on the instrument cluster...which light was he trying to cover up?....besides that it looks pretty good...i have always liked those hoods.....
June 30, 200817 yr This is weird...... A guy I used to work for has been looking for a subaru for one of his kids. He came to me a couple of weeks ago looking for advise and today he stops by with the twin of that car!!!! Unfortunately it was a disaster, torque bind, soft brakes, no stereo, miss-matched tyres and the whole thing Earl Shrive'd:eek: :eek: . The car lot wanted right at 3 grand!!!! Needless to say I encouraged him to run away, fast. Looks like you got a nice one, oh and welcome back:headbang:
July 1, 200817 yr Author Hey thanks Tim; I agree that the car you described was a rip off! EVOthis: It was covering up the ABS light. One of the sensors at the wheel is broke. The CEL didn't come on until I was half way home :-p
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