Ghosts of Subaru's Past! :eek!: Pleas DON'T buy my baby ... ok do ...

[FlyB0y]

:eek:

 

Well, ok, I'm not REALLY a ghost, but I've been away from here forever.

 

This is kinda a farewell post, I've been gone so long, it's really late in coming, for that I am sorry.

 

I have been very limited by my condition (most likely Fibromyalgia, but the VA swears that can't be it) the other possibility is low grade radiation poisoning from my trip in the sandbox in 2001 while I was in the Air Force.

 

Long story short is, I really miss this place, but mainly I miss being able to really be a part of what goes on here! :-\

 

The last time I was able to do ANYTHING close to off-road with my brat was when it snowed 24" or so deep here in Oregon City a few years back.

 

Truth is even after spending all the time building and buying to make my Brat the most off-road AND on-road capable vehicle around, I never really took it off road much at all.

 

This car spend almost 25 years in Montana, land of the dry heat and salt free roads, thus nearly zero rust on it at all.

 

Now fast forward a few years, it's been here in Oregon, and it started to rust a bit (It's been here about 3 years now) so I promptly sand-blasted the bed and sealed it with POR 15 (this is the same stuff they have coated steel bridge supports in the Puget Sound in Seattle that have stayed rust-free 30 years) So other than a few minor spots here and there of surface rust that might have creeped up since last years sand-blasting and treating of the nastier surface rust, it's rust free.

 

I HATE that my health limits me so much from doing things like off-roading, hunting and such, and I almost hate as much that my brat just sits all the time now hardly driven.

 

You all here have been a big part of my life, and helped me in so many ways to better enjoy my Subi (even though I am a bit of a wuss and never really wanted to seriously off-road my brat and ding it up ... Nells can contest to this hehe).

 

I haven't been active anywhere much these days, but I have been able to ride bicycles, and I now build electric bicycles to try and make a little money while trying to survive on $240 per month disability from the VA.

 

Sooooo I know I always make things into a Novel, I'll try to keep it short!

 

THANK YOU ALL!!

 

You are all so kind and good friends if I tried to thank you all this post would never be finished, here I am trying not to cry like an idiot, I hate to see my brat go to waste, and I have decided to sell it.

 

I can post links to my brat if you like, but if your not farmiliar with my brat, just search my name and you will see all the kewl stuff I have put into her over the years ..........

 

I will list it on Ebay if no one here is interested, but in an idea situation I'd do a part trade for something more inexpensive, maybe an early 90's Impreza wagon, really anything clean and daily driver type, even a nice RX or XT that is 200K miles or less and $1500 to trade.

 

I'm sure just in cash that I have well over $8,000 invested, and it's not like it eats tires or axles, I have great new strut lifts curtesy of Jerry (bratsrus1) who gave me a better deal than I ever expected or deserved trading for a complete condensater that I built for him.

 

I used this rig on the street 99% of the time, that is why I went with the smaller low-profile tires that are 14's but the same outside diameter as stock brat 13's so I didn't have to use my GPS for a speedo anymore.

 

I never had any wear problems on my street tires, but now that I have Jerry's strut lifts (he machined these beauties out of combine axles!! they are so tightly in tolerance that I had to sand the paint down on the new struts I put in last year or so just to fit!!)

 

I will include the monster 6-ply ATV tires and the wheels they are attached to, the seats that I modified to bolt down in the bed, I even still have the original seat-belts and head rests to go with them, just never go around to installing them.

 

I just put in a heavy duty XT6 Clutch pack, so the 5-speed low range is gonna last another 200k if you treat it right.

 

I first got this brat about 7 years ago with 80k original miles, and it only has about 130k on it now, never abused, all the cylinders show very close to maximum compression, I just took it into the local Subaru Shop (Mountain Tech Subaru) so they can confirm that everything is in tip-top shape.

 

I just put in a $189 re-manufactured disty (this isn't you're daddy's remand, it's re-machined to factory specs, not just into acceptable tolerances, all new electronics and bearings inside) about 4 mons or so ago since the last JY replacement was starting to go out.

 

Fact of the matter is, since I can't do a 9 to 5 type job, I make custom Electric Bicycles to order, and I need to get some more cash flow to get established, and the brat is just sitting being neglected, I don't really want to sell it, but I can't just let it sit when someone else would really enjoy it.

 

Again.

 

Thank You all for the great times!

 

Maybe when my health improves I will be back, and buy back my brat he he ..... I can dream can't I?

 

I'm going to offer the brat here for cheap, and if no one takes me up (remember I'd really prefer a part trade for a daily driver and some cash) my brat does fine on gas and all, nothing wrong with how it rides on the road, I just need to get some stock ordered to build electric bikes, and this is the quickest way to get some capital going.

 

So, Ideally, I'd like $3500 cash, or even better, part trade and get a daily driver + $1500 for her.

 

Dayn

 

503 723-5698

[FlyB0y]

Oh, I forgot to mention, the car is here with me marooned in Oregon City (it really is a nice place, but less rain in Montana where I'd prefer to be )

 

So, feel free and come by to check out my brat and if you got a basic impreza wagon to trade with a smaller motor (1.8 would be perfect) that is easy on gas and 5 speed if possible, but AT is fine too with 200k miles or less, I'd consider a part trade.

 

Otherwise, I'll put her up on Ebay and start at $3000 and see what happens.

 

Dayn

 

503 723-5698