The Dude Abides

And dont ever spout that filth again.

Actuallly what i was thinking is this other one would be a perfect daily driver. Provideing it runs and drives. Then that gives me the opportunity to take guido off the road and dare i say, Lift< , and put in the dual range. If it was a 5 speed it wouldnt be a contest because i know how shotty the autos were. Mick is right, there arent that many of these floating around here like this. Little to no rust with under 100k. If i can get him to part with it for 100 bucks im doin it. The interior wasnt bad. Only damage was to the back seat. Nothing a good cleaning cant fix. It is a DL though which means no options (again). But to find a near rust free carcus around here is really something.

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not sure, theres a basketball size hole where the backseat is and thats the only damage, the doorpanel is fine. Just the headliner has some soot.

Ok so i found this subaru wagon today. 1988 Subaru DL. 88 k. NO rust, zip zero nada. 3 problems. 1 its an auto, 2 its 2wd, 3 there was a small fire in the backseat so that will need replace and the headliner and other interior bits will need cleaned up. My question is how hard is the 4wd conversion and do you think its worth it. Hes askin 450 but i thought of offering him 100. Pretty nice looking but it is a dl and non 4wd so its like whats the point ya know. Any ideas. Ben

Dude your wheel is on the wrong side.

Kinda hard to test it on a junkyard engine which i cant start, but i like your enthusiasm. I was leaning more twards if the ends were coroded or something.

Going to the junkyard today. I figured id pull this from one of the cars and test it out on mine. 2 questions. 1 where the heck is it on the motor, and 2 how do i know if its a good one. Ben

unless some mud got wedged up into certain areas. I have complete faith in my subaru service mickual:) that i can remove these and replace if necessary. My problem is i dont want to do these every couple of years. Tires are ok, wheelbearings have been checked and are ok, struts are probally bad and i know the alignment is off. But still were talking about a car that does about 5k a year. I dont remember what brand the ones we put on were but i know they werent moog.

IM no ase certified mechanic but all i know is the parts me and mick replaced a few years ago is riped on the driverside and i can see metal on the passanger side, so yea pretty sure the tie rod isnt the total problem right now.

I had the lower ball joints replaced a couple years ago. Only about 5k has been put on the car since then and upon looking for a noise yesterday i notice that the passanger side is torn just like it was before and the drivers side isnt to much better. I have faith in the person who helped me install it:grin: But im curious if theres some other reason this could happen so quickly. Ben

Getting ready to take in a bike like this. Needs lots of work though.

give it to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Seriously if your looing for things to do with your rusty ss. We could always swap the drivetrain into my car. I mean since you would just rather destroy it, it could live on in my car.

Brents got a lifted brat he shouldnt have a problem. I still have mud under my car from june. I think what brent is saying mick is that he doesnt want his brat to end up looking like yours )

I have both and use both reguarly

I hope it wasnt the good brat.

That is an epic garage. Think of it this way. You can still keep all your tools in that one area and if you need to get to it you can always move your car in the driveway. There is also i noticed a HUGE unutalized space between the double and the single door. Perfect for racks, or rolling tool boxes. If you put stuff there you would still have plenty of room for your car and access to yoru tools. I dont know how comfortable you are about opening and closeing a bunch of drawers around your restored classic car though.

front wheels are easy, rears are hard unless you buy generic eibach springs

No brent ill figure something out.

I kinda liked your setup. Everything on the wall clearly able to be seen. Sometimes toolboxes can be pains in the butt.

spacers price vs washers price

y are spacers better then washers

Hey brent, answer my pm.