Deja Greet: 8 hours into ownership, 85 Brat

[kayoteq]

Um, hi, sorry, I jumped over to vintage early because I had questions that needed answers, especially when dealing with 26yr old cars..

 

A roaming independent technician always out on random service calls,

with a shop and access to many things of building.

 

 

I'm here because I'm nutters. Just plunked down money I could have bought a repair-needing 98..

 

instead, got an escapee from Walkmans and Arcades, A 1985 Brat.

162k, power steering, never had a/c upgrade (and has the sticker to prove it) and generally intact, perhaps even garage-kept for some many a year.

 

Here's Clyde working on the wheel bearing that turned into an replacement axle. At no extra charge, I looked at as a built-in discount of bonus free axle

 

 

Somehow found it in a narrow 24 hour window and then kept contact till he fixed the axle (that caused him to take the listing down)

and I drove it about,

 

then the final gauntlet, a drive to another town to my fave mechanic who, after passing every external check, (before I committed to the purchase)

said something I'd never heard before,

 

'if you don't get it, I will."

 

Well, I like him, but..

[bheinen74]

"A 1985 Brat.

162k, power steering, never had a/c upgrade (and has the sticker to prove it) and generally intact, perhaps even garage-kept for some many a year."

not to ruin the originality, of what looks like a nice BRAT.

 

PS was never produced from the land of fuji on them.

Someone has added it.

 

and we need more pics of this nice looking BRAT.

[Turbone]

Power steering was a option until 83, then it was standard on the turbo models. I have seen a few 82's with ps, even my lifted hatch had it.

 

Thats a nice looking Brat.

Edited November 8, 2011 by Turbone

[kayoteq]

Thankee.. feeling very lucky, even if this was just a nice wagon in this condition. Losing several regular Subies in the area to quicker responders motivated me..

 

to bite this one and not let go till I was filling out a title satisfied that a third party had at least looked at it and declared it safe for my use.

 

Toolkit, hubcaps, am/fm radio, manual. Finding these, is positive. -zen

 

 

 

Details over at the vintage thread..

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1056548#post1056548

 

The people, the staring! I didn't think about the staring.