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I drove a right-hand drive vehicle thru much of highschool - a Willys Fleetvan. Retired postal delivery vehicle. Someone had mounted a seat in it, but it was easier to drive standing. talk about freaking some folks out at larger intersections....

Also I'm doing the same, since 1985 However, he has everything to go to the dark side EJ route already, So I wish the best luck. EJ engined old subies feels like another car, by the way... Kind Regards.

I'm stopping in this thread to say thanks to KiwiGL for posting about his repairs and mods. It keeps me inspired to work on mine. I added central locking to all the doors on my 87 DL wagon as well as added a hidden switch to disable the fuel pump. As for being crazy to repair a EA82? Well, I've been called worse. I actually enjoy the challenge to daily drive a 35 year old import which is easier to deal with since I have a backup vehicle available. Everything has limits of course but so far, I'm still rocking the EA82 and enjoying it so far.

Seriously, you have to ask this?? Only an insane person would fix the EA! Since the EJ and box is almost plug and play in this instance why wouldn’t you?! Cheers Bennie

Would love to see how this turned out.

Theres a small amount of rust there, I will be taking care of it after I take care of some more pressing issues. I finished the exhaust this weekend. I went from the engine back with 2 inch stainless, with a center flex joint added, a center glass pack, and a 2 1/4 magniflow muffler. It sounds like a subaru that is for sure, its very quiet cruising, but sounds decent when you get on it. It woke it up a lot over the factory restricted exhaust, and the crap carburetor. I didn't have the rear muffler at this point, so this is where I stopped on friday. I went home to find my new muffler there, came back to work on Saturday and finished it up, along with change some fluids, and adjusted the carb some. I still have a little more to do, but is running very well. I ended up putting over 150 miles on it this weekend. Up next I need to fix some of the drivetrain issues. Lf cv joint makes noise occasionally, the clutch is pretty grabby, and the trans is pretty weak, but seems better after the fluid change.

Well it could someday! Your brat has lots of potential. My hatch was rusted, rotted and rolled over when I started... Here are some before and during shots of the build: