That's right, ladies and gentlemen. I have gone off the deep end, and picked up a third (THIRD? WTF, me?) Subaru Legacy station wagon. It has no back window,
A halfassed decent body, by New England standards,
It's got rust in unusual spots (that's the driver's side front fender)
Less rust in the normal places than my other two,
A roof rack with broken (but hopefully repairable) bike carriers.
No rear interior (see rear window)
The ever-reliable EJ22 engine
"Ingenious" repair solutions,
A youthful 184,827 miles
All of the dash trim pieces
And the real reason I bought this car:
Dun
dunnnn
DUNNNNN!!!!!!
Thaaaat's right! I've got a five speed! Finally, after years and years of searching, and almost a full year of settling for the reliable, yet boooooring 4eat, I have acquired a manual-shifted leggy!
And I wasn't even looking for it.
My mechanic told me that he'd had a guy call him to say that he was selling a Legacy wagon, and did my mechanic know anyone who might be interested?
Needless to say, I came to mind. When my mechanic told me about it, he said it sounded like the guy was selling a car for parts, but here's the number, give him a call.
I call, and the guy tells me that it's feeling underpowered, he's loosing coolant, thinks it might have a blown head gasket, and just needs it out of his driveway.
So I go look at it, and love what I see. Sure, it's rough, but it fired right up, and was still registered. I told the guy the truth, that I could buy the car for $200, but anything more was out of my budget. And he agreed immediately. He drove it to my house, and there it sits. I've take it down the street a few times, and I'll tell you something... It doesn't have a blown gasket. Hell, doesn't even feel underpowered to me. This thing will be on the road before the New England Meet, so help me god.
I have won life.
Seriously, $200, Hell, there's more than $200 worth of tires on it.
The terrible exhaust when I got it: (it's all there, but nothing's connected to the next part down the line)
REGISTERED & INSURED!!! 7/20/2013!!!! DREAMS DO COME TRUE!!!!
MOD LIST:
Engine:
First-gen vented coolant reservoir cap.
First-gen engine cover
SPT aluminum oil cap.
Borla replica unequal-length header
Resonator delete
APEXi axle-back muffler
A/C delete
Drivetrain:
Nothing
Suspension:
Ebay rear strut bar
1990-1994 Legacy 18mm front sway bar
Audi aluminum front endlinks for rear bar Not yet installed
Exterior:
Thule bike rack.
Knockoff version of a Hipposleek grille
JDM side markers
Third-gen wiper arms
Rear wiper delete
LGT Snowflakes
Grimmspeed (?) light bar w/ Hella 500s
'00-'02 Outback front bumper
Outback scooped hood
Interior:
Red Hazard switch mod
"Stone effects" gauge surround / binnacle
'04 double-din AM/FM/Weather band radio w/ 6cd changer
'04 front door speakers
OEM door tweeters w/ painted speaker grilles
JDM Momo steering wheel
'04 Legacy black cloth seats partially installed
Leather door cards
Ashtray delete pocket
SUS Limited wiper switch w/ variable intermittent.
Future plans:
Finish interior install/greenectomy
Fix sloppy shifter
Repair rust
Outback rear bumper
GT skirts
Rear wing
JDM projectors
JDM taillights
Custom rear fog light / third reverse light setup
GT-B Bilsteins w/ STi pinks
New bushings
Repaint green w/ silver Outback two-tone
Originally Posted by Lancaster6
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