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[Barbbachello]

Marketplace is a dangerous thing

Few weeks ago sitting on the couch at 7pm on a Sunday when i get linked this green wagon for $1000. I turn to my partner and say "hey look this green gen 2 wagon still has all its clear coat, thats rare". Expecting "thats nice" in reply but there must of been a cosmic bit flip cos her reply was "we could buy that and it could be my project car"

A few messages to the seller and a 50 minute drive later we're picking up the car and driving it home on 2 cylinders during a lightening storm. Awesome


Cliff notes

• Panels are straight, ish. Nothing i dont think PDR cant solve. None of the dents have cracked the paint
• None of the clear coat or paint has faded but it is COVERED in scratches. Previous owner lived in the city and it shows
• Only has 170k kms. All the doors close awesome, the trims and seats are minty outside of the wear and tear youd expect
• Runs like dog shit. I suspect its hasnt been driven more than 10-15 mins in 5 years. Was running on 2 going up hills. After running for 30+ mins it started to clear up and run good, or as good as an auto 25D can
• Its auto
• Its a 97, so black trims and manual AC

Plans

• Manual conversion with my gen 4 6 speed as my STI box finally arrived
• Digital climate conversion
• Drive line restoration
• Turbo conversion after its registered
• Custom hazelnut leather seats and door trims with green carpet and the woodgrain trims (its the missos car and ngl i agree it sounds sick in the green)

Thankfully I saved the OG manual 25D loom from my gen 2 rebuild, stitched myself up by binning the set of digital climate boxes i had stored and basically forgot that the 97 RX was pov spec. Also forgot that 98 ABS is different to pre 98 so need an engine bay loom and a new pump and lines. So 3 weekends at the wreckers in a row gathering bits and pieces we have acquired

• Digital climate HVAC boxes
• Digital climate and manual dash loom (needs repairs as someone cut out the climate control box wiring)
• Manual 98 spec engine bay loom
• Manual 98 spec engine wiring loom
• Manual ABS computer
• Black leather door cards, the cards themselves were in better condition and a black oem leather interior will probably happen before it gets retrimmed so it will match eventually

Still need to source

• Manual pedal set (this can come from other models like a GC or gen 3 as well)
• A engine bay brake lines from a 98 gen 2 or any gen 3. Will likely get auto pipes as i cbf dealing with the hill holder
• Will probably grab a complete manual pump to keep the oem magic in as the computer is attached to the pump
• Manual shifter surround

All easy enough to source. We're getting married in August this year so nothing going to happen quickly. 

 

Pic dump

[El_Freddo]

Congrats on the wedding Barbs!

And isn’t it good when your better half jumps on board with the project(s)?! I guess it’s good you know your way around these, that 25D… mixed feelings on it for me, best it’s safely removed in the future!

Looks like a good score though. What’s your bits tally up to now?

I’ve got some gen2 weather strips that sit above the windows if you want them. There’s one broken clip from memory, I’m pretty sure it’s there too. No good to me as I don’t have a Gen2 and I doubt I’ll end up with one either.

Did you mean to drop this in the other projects section? Not worthy of being in the Liberty builds section??

Cheers

Bennie

[allpaw4]

Hmmm. Did someone take to the upper trims with some dye, or are they proper OE black upper trims? I was under the impression that we only got the light grey uppers locally?

Nice score, and even better to have the better half take it on as "her project"! Thats awesome!

I dunno about the not happening quickly part, it looks like you're in pretty deep already. 3 wrecker runs for parts, and a complete interior cleanout already...
Alpine stezza is a nice acquisition as well. No real need to upgrade that I'd imagine.

Cheers,
Ben

[allpaw4]

Double post... Don't mind me...

[Barbbachello]

Yeah gen 2 trims are all black, just grey roof liner

Defs needs a double din for carplay stuff one day

Didnt realise it was the wrong forum. Bugger it 

[El_Freddo]

Didnt realise it was the wrong forum. Bugger it

Hahaha! I miss that kind of excitement There’s a JDM factory turbo EA81 MY touring wagon going pretty cheap down your way. Body is rubbish from the pics, I’d be keen if I had the money and the space for a re-body. Worth looking at on bookface as that’s where our EJ turbo layout all began - in the early 80’s!!

Yeah I agree with Ben, you’re definitely in deep! I’ll need to do that sort of interior clean out with the RS, not really looking forward to it and no space to store parts either. Need to get it done before the weather turns though.

Keep up the good work! So the wedding is all planned? Or is this a big distraction for future Mrs Barbs to get something she wants in the wedding?? Maybe it’s a couple of Subarus? Maybe no bucks party for Barbs because all that money is in Kermit the Dog…

Cheers

Bennie