I have been keeping another forum posted with my project, and this is the archive
We just spent the entire day yesterday heading for those Subaru 360's in New Jersey. They are what we are looking for. It is a restorable one and a parts car. The restorable car has only 12 miles on it, because it was one of the many that didn't sell at dealerships during the 1970s, and some people vandalised it by painting it and breaking the windshield. The floors are brand-new looking and you can tell by the guage cluster that this thing was never driven. The parts car had a good windshield and a bee's nest. The guy also had a 1970 Plymouth Superbird just sitting in his garage.
We bid the guy goodbye, and set off in our trusty Chevrolet Astro van. This van has taken us to Flordia and back without problems, to NY and back without problems. Apparantly the van decided it needed to do something to stop our positive attitude and promptly commited suicide. It stalled and we coasted to the side of the road, where my dad got out of the van and pushed us into a exit.
My father, who knew the van was going to s**t the bed at some point, ordered road-side assistance that he was paying monthly for. We called them and they said they were on their way. One hour, two hours, the van wouldn't start, there was nothing we could do. We cleaned out the van and thus hired a Taxi cab to get us to a greyhound station. We got on a bus 10 mintues later. We wanted an express bus, but we got tickets for a bus that takes six hours to get from Bridgeport to Boston, because the bus made stops every 50 miles or so, and took an hour to leave again. This bus was not exactly a good bus, it was kind of dirty and crappy, and a girl threw up in the seat in front of us a few times.
When we got into Boston at 10:30, after being on the damn bus since 4:00, we finally got a ride by calling a friend on our dying phone and got home at 12:00, luckily we got the ride because we wouldn't have gotten home until 6am on Greyhound. We are stuck without anything to drive for a while, but that's OK because we got our 360's if we can get anything to tow it with!
Pics:
The engine
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0008.jpg
Full shot
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0009.jpg
How new!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0010.jpg
Solid floors!(and others)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0011.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0012.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0017.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0018.jpg
parts car:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0013.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0014.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0015.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0016.jpg
Van s**t the bed on the way home!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0020.jpg
Our ride home!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...daywkd0150.jpg
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Going to get the 360 6/18/05
Hello again!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600072.jpg
The guy has a Superbird rotting away in his garage...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600073.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600074.jpg
Loading up...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600076.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600078.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600079.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600080.jpg
The next morning...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600081.jpg
Unloading...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600083.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600084.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600085.jpg
It is a treasure box full of extra parts!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600085.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600086.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600088.jpg
Rusted plate
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600089.jpg
Part of the vandalism...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600090.jpg
^It says "Little Blue"
Wash down!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600091.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600092.jpg
Began to strip the interior...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600093.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600095.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600096.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600097.jpg
Found the emblem!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600098.jpg
Gas tank removed...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600099.jpg
Engine access plate
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600100.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600101.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600102.jpg
In the garage for now...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6173600103.jpg
Just on the trailer, in the condition it is in, it attracted attention wherever it went! If we stopped anywhere, we were mobbed by people asking what it is.
"Is that an old english Ford?"
"What year is it? What the hell is it?"
"Is that a Fiat?"
It even brought a smile to the bikers faces when we stopped at a rest area. Everybody that saw it thought it was really cool, even in the shape it is in.
Imagine when it is done...
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June 19, 2005
Engine Shots:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600104.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600105.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600106.jpg
A comical picture
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600107.jpg
Artsy shots:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600110.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600111.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600112.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600113.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600114.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600116.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600117.jpg
A "J.H" was burned into the celing by a vandailser during the 70's?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600118.jpg
Interior stipped
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600109.jpg
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Going to get the parts car, July 1st, 2005
We got back at Midnight last night.
We got down there, there was still the bees nest and many bees even after the 360 mile(Ironic!) drive home.
Our van died on the side of the road. Out of gas.(Our gas guage doesn't work). Luckily we were not far from a gas station and got that taken care of. But it was a scare because we did not know if it was just the gas. dry.gif
It is home and has many good parts that our "good" car doesn't have.
All seat uphoulstry, although bad shape and ugly, it can be recovered and it is all there.
Windshield(Most important, impossible to find good ones now)
A good, solid hood.
I also got pictures of a 240SX with a S13 conversion.
Pictures
S13:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...7013600021.jpg
360: (Parts car)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...7013600014.jpg
Our savior:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...7013600015.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...7013600016.jpg
On the way home:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...7013600023.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...7013600025.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...7013600027.jpg
Out of gas...(Our gas guage doesn't work)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...7013600032.jpg
Good(but ugly) seats, all there
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...7013600035.jpg
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