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pizza cart project!

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:19 pm
by bigbird
Here is my almost free pizza delivery kart... 1993 bottom of the line Impreza L auto ej18.
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before I got it!
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obvious front end damage!
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check the radiator core support!
I am not going to make any engine swaps or major mods...just a reliable 6 day a week ride!
I acquired a second, or third, or fourth car to be solely a delivery vehicle (my second job). Yes it is boring compared to the WRXs and STIs around, but it is my first Subaru!
One of my co-worker's son was involved in a collision and in a series of transactions it ended up in my hands. The previous owner had it in his back yard for a year before it was on its way to the scrapper.
after cleaning up the broken pieces and pulling, hammering, twisting, and cutting here are a couple of shots:
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still a little crooked!
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oops, hood wasn't latched...doubled my investment in the car!
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something missing?
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Plain Jane EJ18 auto FWD...perfect for navigating neighborhoods for hours at a time!
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Picked up another tail light, headlights, corners, grill, radiator fan, ac condenser and 2 tires.
hood replaced and rattle canned black! I did not realize how jacked up the front end was until I put the straight hood on. More tweaking!
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look at the mile deep tread on these tires..whoo
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New muffler bling...
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a couple of updates:
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new windshield and replacement hood
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Was having caliper seizing. went from tiny brakes to small brakes.
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new calipers an rotors would not fit under the 13" steelies, so I picked up some used 15x7 aftermarkets for $50.
After bead blasting them, they looked like this.
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painting!
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Here on the car! No, they are not the correct offset, but I will live with it for the price!

Not pictured is the 20mm Legacy Outback front swaybar, and 19mm rear bar (from pull-a-part) and RS coil springs.

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:28 pm
by r/tguy02
nicely done, so how much was your total investment in the beater?

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:46 pm
by sidepipe87
nice job. Now put the RS coupe wing on it :rofl:

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:42 pm
by bigbird
r/tguy02 wrote:nicely done, so how much was your total investment in the beater?
about $700 now.
sidepipe87 wrote:nice job. Now put the RS coupe wing on it :rofl:
if you see the neon, you know I like clean.

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:47 pm
by r/tguy02
nice, yeah thats about what i'll have in my 95 when all is said and done. cant beat that

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:50 pm
by bigbird
r/tguy02 wrote:nice, yeah thats about what i'll have in my 95 when all is said and done. cant beat that
how many miles on the 95? Mine has 205k...still going strong! Many n/a EJs will go to 300k if they are taken care of.

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:21 am
by Canada
Looking good bud!

I am going to move this to O/T media, but if you're gonna keep updating let me know and I will move it to project logs!

Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 7:41 am
by r/tguy02
bigbird wrote:
r/tguy02 wrote:nice, yeah thats about what i'll have in my 95 when all is said and done. cant beat that
how many miles on the 95? Mine has 205k...still going strong! Many n/a EJs will go to 300k if they are taken care of.
110k, had to replace the engine, and the new one only has 30k on it. Should last for a while now :rockon: