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The Electraman
PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:54 pm 
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Chock me up as another member of that club Thorny & McB. 12 or 15 past Electras and a beloved little 1978 Brat I drove from 1981-1983. And I miss both the Electras and that sweet little silver Brat...I may have to acquire another Electra to quell the pangs...LOL.
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ultra sonic
PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:53 am 
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here's all my vehiclesm including the buildup of the Red one, and all my past soobs over the last 12 years :)

http://www.indysworld.com/vehicles/


After viewing your vehicle page, it's obvious that you are one sick, sick individual!

I wonder how many collective quarts of oil your entire history of EA engines have leaked? Props on the XT Turbo. I've never driven a "flying doorstop" but I've always been intrigued by them. I think I know where that Outback ended up. Let me look around...
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ultra sonic
PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:39 am 
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I think I know where that Outback ended up. Let me look around...


Yeah, found it. I knew I recognized the patchwork body, and the mashup powertrain! A local kid got it a year or so ago.

http://stlsubaru.com/forums/showthread. ... -stickered)&highlight=frankenwagon

Then he painted it:

http://stlsubaru.com/forums/showthread. ... ankenwagon!

And, sadly, recent news is that he's thrown a rod drag racing. Punk.

http://stlsubaru.com/forums/showthread. ... ankenwagon

Did you sell it to him, or did it pass through someone else?
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mcbrat
PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:26 am 
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yeah, I sold it to him... it was a blast to drive. I didn't do the build on that one. a guy in Washington state built it...

ultra sonic wrote:
ultra sonic wrote:
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I think I know where that Outback ended up. Let me look around...


Yeah, found it. I knew I recognized the patchwork body, and the mashup powertrain! A local kid got it a year or so ago.

http://stlsubaru.com/forums/showthread. ... -stickered)&highlight=frankenwagon

Then he painted it:

http://stlsubaru.com/forums/showthread. ... ankenwagon!

And, sadly, recent news is that he's thrown a rod drag racing. Punk.

http://stlsubaru.com/forums/showthread. ... ankenwagon

Did you sell it to him, or did it pass through someone else?

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mcbrat
PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:25 am 
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and actually, he didn' blow it up, it was a April fools joke....

here's my latest trip pictorial :) from last weekend

http://www.indysworld.com/ci4wi/2010/pi ... -2010.html

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Jead
PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:58 pm 
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Electra playing Subaru drivers. That's got to be a small subset.

I have 2 Subaru's and 6 Electra's. I guess I need more Subaru's. :)
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mcbrat
PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:51 am 
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ultra sonic wrote:
mcbrat wrote:
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here's all my vehiclesm including the buildup of the Red one, and all my past soobs over the last 12 years :)

http://www.indysworld.com/vehicles/


After viewing your vehicle page, it's obvious that you are one sick, sick individual!

I wonder how many collective quarts of oil your entire history of EA engines have leaked? Props on the XT Turbo. I've never driven a "flying doorstop" but I've always been intrigued by them. I think I know where that Outback ended up. Let me look around...


I was doing some searching today and saw an old post on legacy central from ultra sonic :)

I'm picking up a '94 SS this weekend... 8)

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Workingman
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Good luck with it.
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ultra sonic
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Shoot me a link when you get it!
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Jead
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I saw a minty looking SVT yesterday. Ages since I've seen one of those.
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ultra sonic
PostPosted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:28 am 
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I saw a minty looking SVT yesterday. Ages since I've seen one of those.



SVX.

http://www.chryslerautosinfo.com/wp-con ... -SVX-2.jpg
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Jead
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Jead wrote:
I saw a minty looking SVT yesterday. Ages since I've seen one of those.



SVX.

http://www.chryslerautosinfo.com/wp-con ... -SVX-2.jpg

DOH! 3 letters are a challenge for me. :oops:
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mcbrat
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Shoot me a link when you get it!


Image

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A914Man
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WRX is a good engine donor car for a 914!
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ultra sonic
PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:27 pm 
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mcbrat wrote:
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Looks very nice! Manual or automatic?

My 94 turbo wagon is in similar condition at 105k miles, but my 91 turbo sedan is quite rusty at 160k miles.


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WRX is a good engine donor car for a 914!


Yes, it is. Renegade Hybrids in Las Vegas does a nice conversion, from what I have seen.

The 2.2 in mcbrats new Sport Sedan would be a nice donor also. More potential than a stock 2.0 short block but would require extra effort and tuning. The 2.2 came from the factory w/ forged internals, and a very strong closed deck block. In stock form it is limited by the single cam heads, small turbo, and lack of intercooler.
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