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1985 Subaru Brat

24 photos documented since 2007 1 years documented ♡ Follow this build

The story

It's a Brat, and it runs. Pure awesome with T-tops and jumpseats. Still looking for volunteers to ride down the 110 freeway in them. — casm

Photos

1985 Subaru Brat - This is usually how bad ideas begin. 1985 Subaru Brat - Yes. Completely ridiculous. 1985 Subaru Brat - Oh, the insanity. 1985 Subaru Brat - 'Lucky', 'stupid', and 'brave' are the same thing if you're contemplating the offer to ride back here. 1985 Subaru Brat - Passenger-side inner wheelarch rot. Not too horrible (they all have it to some degree), but wait until you see the next photo. 1985 Subaru Brat - Bugger. Cut-and-weld time. At least the shock mount is good. 1985 Subaru Brat - Still has the jackets for the rear seat belts! The brown liquid is the Guinness I knocked over in the process of obtaining this photo. 1985 Subaru Brat - Three pedals, two bands on the radio, and a steering wheel. Pods for the lights and wipers are the greatest things ever. Reminds me quite a… 1985 Subaru Brat - Ignore the interior bits on the floor; they're superfluous to operation. That inverted-J-shaped thing below the gear lever is the transfer… 1985 Subaru Brat - Yes, it's switched off in this photo. 0psi of oil pressure is not its normal operating range, thank God. 1985 Subaru Brat - Driver's side spring perch adjuster. 1985 Subaru Brat - Passenger side spring perch adjuster. 1985 Subaru Brat - This photo shows a gear shifter mechanism attached to a vehicle transmission. The year is not discernible. 1985 Subaru Brat - Close-up of a gear shifter and transmission assembly, likely for a vehicle conversion project. 1985 Subaru Brat - A 5-speed conversion shift lever is shown on a paper towel background. 1985 Subaru Brat - Gear shift lever assembly shown on paper towels. 1985 Subaru Brat - A stack of four tires sits on the floor, possibly for sale or storage. 1985 Subaru Brat - Two rusty wheels and tires are shown, with the top wheel slightly angled over the bottom one. 1985 Subaru Brat - A penny is placed on the tread of a tire, with a window screen in the background. 1985 Subaru Brat - A clutch disc is shown, with "Z-85" marked on a box in the background. 1985 Subaru Brat - A close-up view of a clutch pressure plate, possibly for a vehicle, with some shipping boxes in the background. 1985 Subaru Brat - A greasy transmission assembly is shown resting on a concrete floor next to a stack of tires. 1985 Subaru Brat - A rusty flywheel, likely for a manual transmission, is shown on a blue tarp. Some text is visible on the part.
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