Why are third-eye Subaru's so rare?

[sandor]

I've got an '85 at the moment (great wagon) but have been lusting after the early '80s body style for years. Thought I'd ask the crowd before I bought one. Why is the body style with third-eye headlights so rare? Additionally, do many of the parts overlap from early '80s Brats and the four headlight set-up of wagons from the early '80s. I want to hear it all; the bad, the good, the beautiful, etc.

[brysawn]

Why is any car rare? Because they produced a low number of them.

[Twitch de la Brat]

Rust has been very unkind to this generation of Subaru.

So in addition to low production numbers, rust has eaten many of them.

 

Not to mention many people considered them to be throw away cars, so as soon

as something broke, they chucked them.

No respect I tell ya...

 

Twitch

[mcbrat]

the "center lamp" was only available in the early years of the body style too, so the actual ones with lamps is much smaller....

 

80-84 wagons. only 80-82 GL 4WD came with CL.

80-89 hatch. only 81-82 GL 4WD came with CL

82-87 Brat. only 82 GL Brat came with CL

[bheinen74]

Passing Lamp / Offroad Lamp was only on 1980, 1981, and 1982 cars from the factory.

 

check out the center link "subarus of the 80's for the brochures it will tell what models it could come one.

They are rare now, in that sure, they can be retrofitted to basically any of the same body style generation body, but it is RARE to find a working center lamp, with harness, with the RELAY (really rare) and a dash switch all as a COMPLETE unit to install retrofit.

[Durania]

[Sonicfrog]

Many years ago, in the time before time, I had an 80 GL with the "Third Eye". It's kind of useless, but that's one of the things that made it so fun to have! I've often toyed with snagging one if I find it in the local boneyard. Would love to try and mod it to the 87 Turbowagon, just for the heck of it.

[ettev]

Rust has been very unkind to this generation of Subaru.

So in addition to low production numbers, rust has eaten many of them.

 

Not to mention many people considered them to be throw away cars, so as soon

as something broke, they chucked them.

No respect I tell ya...

 

Twitch

 

Yep, I remember a few years ago EA81's and EA82's used to be like grains of sand on the beach in our local junk yards. They've long since been crushed and its rare to even find one around here to yank parts from, especially an EA81 buggy. I remember seeing cars with 3rd eyes, factory fog light setups, Brats, turbo Brats, etc, etc, etc. Man, to go back a few years in time and just stock pile all that stuff. Oh well.

[soundxtc]

I've got an 82 hatch and it is in working condition (not real pretty, but working). but i'm afraid of loosing it to the rust gods. i've already lost 3 suby's to them. had to give them up after being afraid of loosing a kid through the floor in the back. i'm actually thinking of selling the poor thing. i have too many suby's right now.

[94Loyale]

Ettev....I hear ya! Seeing as we are ten minutes apart,haha. A bunch of yards around here used to be loaded with older Subaru's. Every time I go back, there is less and less :-\

[s'ko]

if anyone is interest, I just saw a CL on a BRAT.

 

I can go back and get it on Monday.

 

PM me if interested and we'll take price.

 

BW

[ettev]

if anyone is interest' date=' I just saw a CL on a BRAT.

 

I can go back and get it on Monday.

 

PM me if interested and we'll take price.

 

BW[/quote']

 

PM sent.

[swampbrat]

my neighbor has a blue dual range wagon with the center eye. He offered to sell it to me for $600 but I am looking for a second gen wagon (and he is a little odd). It's here in Northern Az

[sandor]

It's too bad this era of car is considered part of the land before time. Seems like the mid eighties Subarus are cycling through the junkyards in high numbers now. They're just not as pretty, though. I keep threatening to buy five of them and have parts cars for years. Hmmm, there's just never going to be another Subaru to match the early eighties.

[Uberoo]

are the third light assembly's worth anything without a grill?I have an 82 wagon In that condition.

 

EDIT: come to think of it I know of another subaru in the same shape,also with a third eye.