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Things are moving well but could be doing better making space faster. Another call out to the masses. If you can make it by Milford CT you’d do well. Other guys have driven over 11 1/2 hours to get here in the past. This is IT. We are ending our involvement with that stage and devoting all efforts to 1972-77 stage one. Lots of 1977 stage two through 1979 parts and Gen One Brat.

Welcome. All I can say is my friend has a 2017 same as yours and he loves it. Took a deer strike with bad damage and they made it like new. He and I are long time Subaru owners going back decades. We’ve have them all, pretty much. And of the current later models we don’t see ourselves jumping into a Legacy.

Just a suggestion for the tank if you take it serious and want it around for maybe the next generation or so. Moyer in PA does an awesome job. If I could post pics easily I’d show you. They blast is rust free inside and out, do repairs if necessary, and treat it with their own patented formula which is NOT epoxy and good for all fuels. Tank looks ready for another 50 years. Good luck with it.

Lots of thoughts on going forward. But in general for now to just rehabilitate the carb’d EA82 that’ll be a bit of a project. Not so bad really but these days we see most folks immediately ditch the old power plant and sometimes as needed the drivetrain too. You have the last of the carb’d engines. In 1987 it’s a split year. You’ll find DL wagons and sedans with the carb until a certain production date. Then they’re SPFI. You can swap blocks and blank off the EGR ports in the exhaust should you want to try making it SPFI. Been ages for me since I’ve had that era but we had so many between parts cars and drivers. Pretty much all my stash is gone from that era. I never had any real trouble with the Hitachi in general from the 70s through the last of them. But those last run carbs have more emission crap and can in my opinion be more finicky. Less manageable. But they’re carbs so it’s always a little bit of luck and black magic. lol EA82 engine parts - the timing belts are hard to find or at least the drivers side which is the one that typically craps out. Oil pump. Reseal kits, you can imagine what it’s like now. There is zero support with very little exception. Carl Porter has some NOS from that era. He might see this here or find him on FB with the usual old school Subaru groups. West coast dealers you might get lucky. This era unfortunately comes with the New Subaru World Order when they made lots of threats to the new wave of dealers to scrap outgoing inventory and damage panels, components, etc so nobody could dumpster dive. So the spares left or much harder to come by than the 70s. It’s a sad story but at least parts lived on. History story: when the Subaru finally caught on here the kind folks at SOA headquarters decided that no longer would their cars be dealt out of mom n pop corner garages and such but they’d have to have a large parcel and big $ to invest. So many mom n pop dealerships closed up and we NOT allowed to sell their parts to the new dealers or back to SOA. Seversl large lots of NOS came to the public. I’m still selling off some of mine. But come the 80s it’s corporate control. Hope you enjoyed the read and enjoy that wagon. Took my young family on many vacations and romps in those. Another several paragraphs of stories there at least. Cheers!

Alright let us know how it goes. My old eyes don’t see the crack I was expecting at the left side near the pivot pin. But hey you’re on the right path.

And great info, thanks bushy. Kind of glad I’m sticking with my 70s cars. Good luck.

Just a little info at this time. The rest of the country pretty much all has the 49 states Hitachi and the Carter single barrel is much less common to the point that those folks now can’t find diddly for their carbs. Carry on.

I wasn’t familiar with any upgrade in 1984 They’re all susceptible to the same cracking. It splits from the pedal pivot pin. You’ll see it when you get it in front of you.

Hey all, as mentioned in a post on FB in the Old school Subaru group or 4x140 or GTFO group that we are absolutely purging our stage two 1977 through 1979 and gen one Brat parts. Pardon the warning shots. But time has come to admit I’m getting old and narrow down the focus of my classics as well as pare down the hoarded stock. Over the years we’ve had numerous parts cars and also bought New Old Stock from aged dealers around 1999-2012 My suggestion to you all would be to take advantage this situation. So to be clear it’s late summer 2025 and we are looking to sell lots of parts for the stage two 1977-79 model cars and Gen One Brat from 1977 through 1981. Only Subaru parts I’d trade for would be for 1972/3 Coupe and maybe 74-77 stage one Coupe parts or solid body, and also stage one 1977,1976, and 1975 FOUR WHEEL drive wagons. Thanks for looking. Remember the name for eBay - cashingmystuffin Currently have some tasty items up and lots more to come. Enjoy !

The old “how do you eat an elephant?” dilemma. One bite at a time.

Welcome. I was just in Portland and saw a beautiful Datsun pickup with a camper top etc. Was that you?

I have those plastic rings and several old school folks have them. Last I knew just a few years back you could still get them using a west coast dealer through their distributor.

Luckily those cars are still fairly simple. Good luck with the chase. Old school guy like myself would ask how the exhaust smells when that’s occurring? But sure just swap in a good CTS and check the other notorious items from the EA82 era.

Wow. Used to be Mr. Statistics - my buddy Andrew, would soon reply with all the production numbers. And more. I just can’t think right now of where those figures are online. But they’re out there. Hang in there and I’d bet you have some good info that’s printable and presentable. Here in CT it’s classic at 20, emissions exempt at 25. No inspection for body, safety, etc. unless it’s from a salvage title. Doesn’t help you much but CA DMV should take a look around and see other States criteria/policies. Going through a parallel situation in AZ right now. Have a 2003 wagon from the east coast with over 250k on it to my son and they’re calling it a $5800 car etc, needs some letter from our state, etc,, just a load of crap all around. Sorry to rant. Might not hold much weight but I’d be happy to write a letter for you using my real name and related to the board and my existence here since it’s inception and the fact that I’ve owned and dealt with vintage Subarus for decades etc etc. Send me a message if you think that would help. I’ve got to rest now but good luck.

I understand it to be that after 2003 no more cables just dreaded fly by wire. All models. Don’t have our 2006 handy but I’m pretty sure it’s on the right side of the throttle body.