The newly acquired pride and joy

[novass]

Here is a 1989 Subaru Legacy my roomates and I picked up for $100. We painted it with about $20 bucks worth of spraypaint and we are gonna take it off roading in the desert. Its having some transmission difficulties right now, so we are going to take that out and rebuild it. Then its off to the desert with this POS where we can hopefully find junk to smash into (couches, etc.) and to just fuck around in the dirt.

Its an automatic, kind of unhappy about that, but for $100 we really cant complain. 2.5L flat four, all wheel drive. We already made a craptacular intake for it but thats about all its getting. We were going to gut the interior, but the last time we did this with a car we only had the 2 front seats, so leaving in the back might be fun.

Anyway, here is the beauty :lol:


Before paint
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p47add3a51edc2d498eb13dc4aff3e7e4/f998d9ab.jpg

After
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/pb21fa3b1a6ecf511d5ef2bb6e3e1dddb/f998d9a1.jpg

The sweet engine bay, notice the custom orange and blue accents LOL and the blue tube behind the manifold is the new "improved" intake
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p29816530638596a6dd528151461a88dc/f998d99a.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p1d2cc5b21cd23a587a91506b6229f0b6/f998d9a6.jpg

this is how we have it set up in the driveway. this way, it looks official LOL
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/pabe912f2aa77a5bdb5616f3a89208325/f998d994.jpg

Hopefully we can get this thing destroyed relatively soon. I hope to bring back tons of video and images of that.

[Kangaroo Boy]

Thats awesome,Very orginal...But what did you do with the wheels?They look very strange,it looks like the tyre isn't on the wheel.

[novass]

Thats awesome,Very orginal...But what did you do with the wheels?They look very strange,it looks like the tyre isn't on the wheel.

Oh LOL, we forgot to remove the masking tape so as not to get any paint on the tire before the pics were taken. We used gold paint for the wheels, going for that Subaru blue/gold theme, but it failed miserably LOL

I just want to get it out of here, its blocking my Nova. I cant wait to destroy the Legacy.

[TT]

Good one!! And what a deal!!

[novass]

I forgot to add a few pics from the camera.

dual Subies (my roomates black WRX wagon)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/pf038a155f16ed99eaec841821deddfb3/f998c218.jpg

another super Subie photo
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/pce6d2206e8eaa57f3f85e1b8ea0fb024/f998b82b.jpg

a new hood ornament LOL
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/p0bfb31c4305240dc718fa53be32cb762/f998c22a.jpg

[callen]

is that a rat on the subaru!?!??! hehe jking dude nice lap dawg.(im not a fan, i like the big dogs, our family has two golden retreivers and a big ass sheltie(lassie dog cept ours is a blue mearl(dark blue, white, black coat, no brown)

[novass]

is that a rat on the subaru!?!??! hehe jking dude nice lap dawg.(im not a fan, i like the big dogs, our family has two golden retreivers and a big ass sheltie(lassie dog cept ours is a blue mearl(dark blue, white, black coat, no brown)

Thats my friends dog. It wandered off the street into his work one day and he kept it cause he felt bad for it. I like bigger dogs as well, but we dont have the room for one at the moment. The only pet I have at my house is a cat. Its a cool cat though. We got her for free from my friends tattoo artist (he breeds them). Its a Bengal cat that usually sells for around a few thousand. I like cats and animals, but I would never pay that much for one, id rather buy another car. But, as far as cats go, this one is pretty cool. Shes stripped like a tiger.


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid104/pb6b749d2a77dcc9c7a46708e172bf757/f998b23f.jpg

[i_hate_the_enzo]

oh thats awesome, now i wish i lived near a desert so i could do something like that...nevermind, ill just do it on the roads, its funner that way...but thats pretty cool, the best part is, the paint job is alot better than alot of pro paint jobs ive seen...

[firdausasri]

**speachless**

[astonmartinandy]

Well that is definitely going to get a few admiring glances!

[Jabba]

8) 8) 8) thanks for posting the pictures novass....(also wouldnt mind seeing some more of L.A. if you get a chance)

[DTM8]

lol, looks nice Nova

have fun... :D

[SPEEDKILLAR]

Wow, you had the courage to do that. Good value for money

[corvette97]

Ã*s looking nice, but are u gonna keep it?

[Sp00ln]

Thats freakin awesome!!! My friends and I want to do that... we just havnt found a cheap car yet :P

[coombsie66]

This was the result of a similar thing we did at home, it was a 1.1 fiesta mk1, we removed pretty much everything we could, inchuding exhaust and aif filter, so it sounded amazing!! lol the bonnet is only on cus its parked up, it get taken off whilst raggin in the field to aid cooling!! Its a beast, and has been absoultely ragged to shit, overheated like 10 times, no antifreeze in it at all now, and it survived a winter!!! lol We've tried to kill it but it just comes back for more. What a car!

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/coombsie66/DSCF0260.jpg

[Jabba]

Is that road legal coombsie ?

[zr2man99]

LOL, nova hopefully a WWII veteran won't have a flashback and start shooting at you. I did something similar when we found a torn up old dodge pickup in the woods. It needed a battery and the battery cost more than the truck so the owner abandoned it. We drove(rolled) it into a creek after running it into everything we could. It was fun as hell, especially piss ass drunk.

[novass]

Part one is the Subarus destruction has been completed lol. We took it to some vacant parking lots when it was raining and e-braked the shit out of it. We lost 1st gear and reverse during that time and my friend crashed it into a huge curb bending the control arms and destroying the tire. We fixed the tire and went back out. It doesnt steer for shit and you have to floor it for the thing to move now lol. I have some video of it, sadly, i was changing tapes during the crash, but i do have about 30 min of footage ill try to post up.

@Zr2man - lol its funny you say that because the majority of my neighboors are elderly Japanese people. They have given us some funny looks but a few have stopped and talked to us about it, they thought it was pretty funny.

@Jabba - what images of LA would you like? im starting to learn how to carry my camera around with me all the time so ill try and take some photos of the city

@coombsie - nice one! isnt it fun destroying cars? well junkers at least lol

[666fast]

Haha, messign with cars is a fricken blast huh? LOL

I love the paintjob, it's truly excellent. You need to go race some ricer in it. Does every ricer around your area rev their engines at you? LOL

Not to steal Nova's thread, but I guess this is a good time as any, here is a couple pics of my friends Geo we spruced up a bit.
Total Cost of Car: $1, yes, one whole dollar
Paint: $6
Wood used to make spoiler: Free
Sold for $500 :D

http://members.fbody.com/666fast/Geo1.bmp
http://members.fbody.com/666fast/Geo2.bmp
http://members.fbody.com/666fast/Geo3.bmp

[stradale]

LMAO! Type R?! Hahaha. And that spoiler is great too. Who the hell bought that for $500?! :D

[novass]

Who the hell bought that for $500?! :D

I was gonna ask the same thing LOL

[666fast]

Who the hell bought that for $500?! :D

I was gonna ask the same thing LOL

LOL, some kid in high school. I see it driving around occasionally. There isn't anything wrong with the car. My friend bought it from someone he knew at Uni. The guy just wanted gone, didn't care if he got any money for it. So, my friend bought it.

BTW, the spoiler is long gone. it broke off a while ago when my friend slid down a driveway and the spolier caught a tree. Snapped the bastard right off.

[novass]

^^^ hahahaha. does it still look the same or has the guy that bought it done anything else to it?

[666fast]

Nope, it looks the same. minus the spoiler.

My friends and I have managed to get quite a few motorized toys dirt cheap. We bought an old ass 3 wheeler from a friends mom for $2. We got it to run, it's a bit scary to ride though. It's a 3 wheeler, and they like to tip over. Now add in the fact that it doesn't have brakes and one rear wheel is serverely tweaked, it makes for a scary ride. The rear wheel bounces up and down and rocks back and forth when you get going fast.
For those that don't know, 3 wheelers will float if you can balance them. I haven't tried, but a friend did. He got really wet. And the engine had a lot of water in it. We drained the oil afterwards, it was a nice grayish brown sludge.

We also got a old ass snowmobile for $200. Not dirt cheap, but 4 of us chipped in, so it was pretty cheap. We drove it for a while. Mad Maxxed it out with skulls and stuff then proceeded to destroy it. The all the metal tabs on the tread were bent, so the tread always came off. The runners and wheels on the back were all fucked up. So one day the engine over revved and went KABOOM.
We did the only thing we could to keep having fun with it. We ran in over a number of times. Tied it to the back of the truck and dragged it up and down the street and through the woods. We left it for dead.

Then, there is the scooters. One is 30cc and the other is 70cc. LOL Nothing amazing, but when you consider how stupid they are, it's quite funny. Everyone has dumped it over and gotten all scraped up. One friend got pulled over for driving it on a sidewalk, didn't get a ticket though.
We took them to a bar not far from a friends house and had a beer or two and went back home. We revved on a few Crotch rocket guys, they laughed at us. The look on peoples faces when you show up to a bar with a scooter is hilarious.

I've got video of most of this stuff, but my videocamera isn't a digital one. One of these days I'll get one, then my friends and I can entertain everyone with our stupidity.


Sorry to de-rail your thread Nova, but hopefully you'll find it funny.

[novass]

Sorry to de-rail your thread Nova, but hopefully you'll find it funny.

No worries man. I enjoy hearing tales of mechanized destruction. We had a 86 or so Mazda MX6 we took out to the desert some time ago and destroyed that. As soon as I find the footage im gonna compile that with the Subaru stuff. We need more cameras and more people filming though, it seems the best stuff happens off camera or when the angle is bad.

[666fast]

So, did you blow the fucker up yet? :lol:

[PATo355]

Hahahahahahahahaah , that scheme is great man , Kamikaze stuff !!! , $100 bucks for a car is really cheap , congratulations it looks funky

[novass]

So, did you blow the fucker up yet? :lol:

No lol, its having a tranny problem so we are trying to figure out the best solution. We want to take it to the desert, but with it fucked up it wouldnt be so fun. I forsee the car sitting in the driveway for some time now LOL


congratulations it looks funky

LOL thank you :D

[Jabba]

@Jabba - what images of LA would you like? im starting to learn how to carry my camera around with me all the time so ill try and take some photos of the city



Any everyday type of pictures of where you live I always find interesting...as I do with any foreign country....even the UK has some nice scenery if anybody can be bothered to go out and look for it.

[coombsie66]

Yes it does:

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/coombsie66/DSCF0037.jpg
http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/coombsie66/DSCF0036.jpg
http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/coombsie66/DSCF0035.jpg

[gis]

yeah UK has some nice views,even in my little town.here is a pic i took a little while ago.about 5 mins from my house :D

http://www.flytrap.it/public/ttsib/sict0017.jpg

[crazyxzer0]

that's pretty sad 666fast... someone actually bought it for $500...


you take "beater" to a new level nova. That is ONE GREAT driveway though. A nice Subie banner with the rising sun hood. that is some original stuff you got there!!! great job.

[novass]

Any everyday type of pictures of where you live I always find interesting...as I do with any foreign country....even the UK has some nice scenery if anybody can be bothered to go out and look for it.


Will do :D

[adlinyusman]

i do feel sad that the palace pier in brighton burned down. I used to love going there when i was younger.

[Jabba]

Nice pictures there coombs and son & gis.....


That beach looks pretty unspoilt and thats rare these days....nothing like having sex on a beach either...although I would imagine that its a bit cold there at the moment for that...

I think a new section might be interesting for people with cameras that wouldn't mind showing us what they have been taking pictures off....

Also could be good to share tricks, tips and skills as well.

[gis]

i think thats a great idea,im always looking for tips for better camera skills :D

[suqish76]

sounds like a good idea jabba, it would be interesting to see where everyone lives
the main problem i would have is i've got nowhere to put my pics :cry:

[Jabba]

I maybe able to sort something out in the gallery that would allow even non club members to upload their pictures there.

[TT]

sounds like a good idea jabba, it would be interesting to see where everyone lives
the main problem i would have is i've got nowhere to put my pics :cry:

freepixhosting.com could be an idea ;)

[coombsie66]

Nice pictures there coombs and son & gis.....


That beach looks pretty unspoilt and thats rare these days....nothing like having sex on a beach either...although I would imagine that its a bit cold there at the moment for that...

I think a new section might be interesting for people with cameras that wouldn't mind showing us what they have been taking pictures off....

Also could be good to share tricks, tips and skills as well.

Yeah, it is a nice beach, its sandbanks in dorset. Its the spit that sticks out into poole harbour (biggest natural harbour in the world i believe) The view is from our families flat. Its well nice in the summer, but the grocklles make their way down from bournmouth beach when its hot, it gets crowded and they leave rubbish and dog shit everywhere.

Hovever every cloud has a silver lining:

http://img25.photobucket.com/albums/v74/coombsie66/good_pic.jpg
:P :P :D

[gis]

LOL,nice pic coombs,summers at your place must be entertaining :mrgreen:

[Jabba]

And thats why coombs and son have kindly invited us down there gis.

[gis]

lol,very kind of them.but sod the digi cam,im bringin the video camera for that beach,lol :P

[Jabba]

hahahahah...mines the one on the left btw..... :P

[gis]

lol,the one on the left is yours jabba,theres the whole beach remember :mrgreen: :lol: