If you're here and you outbid me for that bumper you should know that the seller refused to clarify his description.I wrote to him the following:

 

That bumper ONLY goes on a stage II '77 4WD wagon or '78 4WD wagon only.

 

It will not work on your sedan,coupe,hardtop, Brat or FWD wagon.

 

 

If you the buyer want to let it go to someone who's car it actually fits then contact me.

Hi Moosens,

Corrrect me if i am wrong but i though the fwd wagon and 4wd wagon had the same bumper or is it just here down under that did.

Cheers Thierry

In the States only the 4wd versions had the same bumpers as Australian models.

 

I could be wrong but I think all Subaru's from 1975 in the US had to have bumpers able to take an 8 mph hit (or something to that effect). This did not apply to the 4wd versions for some reason. Perhaps there were different laws for 'commercial' and 'passenger' vehicles like we have in OZ.

That's right. The 4WD wagon was actually imported as a "van". And the Brat was considered a truck(?) which resulted in the hard impact bumpers and no inner door bracing like the passenger cars.

 

I'm not sore. I hope there really is another guy or gal with a late '77 or '78 4WD wagon like mine that is serious -like me. I just didn't like that the seller wouldn't change the description and it invited most vintage owners to think the bumper works for them when infact it does not.

I didn't care if it wouldn't "fit" on my cars, I would have made it fit, I don't like the fat, square bumper on my BRAT.

Seems like this would've been a little bit more valuable post while the auction was still actually going on. Not once it was over.

just a thought, maybe SOA bought the bumper to put into their stash on the attic.......

Hahahahaha, probably.

Seems like this would've been a little bit more valuable post while the auction was still actually going on. Not once it was over.

 

 

Not to me. I threw a fairly fat bid on it. First bid and one bid only. I didn't win. Oh well.

 

The point here is that the seller posted it as possibly fitting brat and every other Subaru etc... and didn't care to change the description which was misleading. If that person wants to turn it over I'm here.