This is a continuation/lovechild of two historic WSC Subaru projects:
http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=14015.0 http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=25997.0 - The new story begins here - This is the Laggin Wagon. It is a high mileage, rebuilt-title, piece of itshay, but it is an great car, and I have enjoyed it for, quite frankly, far longer than even I expected that i would. I had grown deeply attached to it, and people look at me, scratch their heads, and think im a retard.
This car was sort of a gateway drug to me to motorsport. Using this car, i have attend my first autocross, rallycross, and ice racing events, I became hooked at driving my car fast around cones. I even took this car on 1600km trip to interior BC and back.... Mechanically, this car is a champ.
However, the shell on this car was a complete disaster. I am lucky to have survived driving it. The whole time i owned it, people have been pushing me to re-shell the car...:
-The left rear quarter of the car was made of bondo. (Rebuilt title)
-Water, dust, and snow entered the car through many orephesous. Passengers has
-The rockers didnt exist anymore. In some areas, the rust crept up to the door sills.
-**Strut tower rust:** The strut tower on the passenger side was ready to separate from the body... How do you fix this!? The rust in some areas was bad enough for me to put my finger through it. The front and top edges literally do not connect to the outside wall of the car anymore...
This caused some issues with the alignment...
Fortunately, someone hit the car while I was leaving ice dice at ghost lake. Caused a little more damage to the shell. Seems minor?
What it did:
-Created a huge gap under the tailgate on the driver side compared to the passenger side
-Buckled the rear cargo floor between the strut tower and the back of the car
-Pushed the rear quarter forward so now the door doesn't open and close very well
-Tweeked the drivers side strut tower, so now the alignment is even more wonkus
-Sheared off the bolt on the rear strut tower bar... the strut tower bar that is actually holding the assay end of this car together
If it didn't make sense to replace the car before, it certainly made a little more sense after this happened... I probably could have put a new taillight in, got another alignment, and continue crabwalking the car down the road...
Instead, I became that guy who retired the legend that is the laggin wagon at 383,300km, leaving behind a nearly 50 page legacy of the $2000 car built on cheap hand-me-down parts, with no uckfays ever given...... I'm a horrible person
Well, there is no turning back now.
Here is the new thing I bought that nobody will care about
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Laggin Wagon Ver 2.0
Some of you WSC old'timers may recognise this car, originally owned by WSC member RedndWhite
http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=25997.0It was purchased by the previous owner as the parts car for the Laggin wagon... Low and behold, the roles have reversed. I bought the car from him, and this car is now the carcass for which all the good parts for the current Laggin will be swapped into, hereby creating Laggin Wagon 2.0
The car is a 1998 Subaru Impreza Brighton, which originally from Bowen Island, BC, and has around 160,000km on it. However, It is by no means pristine. She is certainly not pretty. This car has had a hard life. It has seen a fair amount of abuse, and spend most of its time sitting on a farm for the last 3 years. The interior smells like transmission fluid and mouse poo. The tank still contains the same gas it had in it almost 3 years ago... However, at the end of the day, she has it where it counts.
Rear quarters are in decent shape. They have very little rust. Presumably, so do the strut towers.
Also, some usable 15" Dunlop winter tires
Rockers are largely intact as well. Less risk of car bending in half.
It did have a run-in with a tree back in its day. Hence why one of it's doors is currently silver.... OOPS!!
Rear swaybar endlinks are disconnected. Someone has been enjoying this car
This car has the original hatch from the Laggin Wagon... meaning you cannot open it without reaching your fingers through, and contracting tetanus
No rear wiper or 3rd brake light either
Dem JDM tails, tho
The car came with.... Spare parts?
No separate reservoir for the rear washer fluid. I will no longer have this novelty.
The new car has the face-lifted interior, with a glorious tan and brown colour combination, and contrasting black 2.5rs seats
No stereo, surrounded by custom-painted red trim
and.... yellow trim??
Plans for a roof scoop have also been made at one point...
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JDM yo STi cluster, complete with non-functioning speedometer
Under the hood...
Phase 2 Phase 1 EJ22 motor, same as what's in the old car. Apparently this motor leaks a ton of oil, but it seems to run smooth and quiet. Unsure what to do about it at this point. Clutch is >1000km old, and feels great.
It is quite horny..
Somebody installed the battery tie-down wrong. I will fix that...
...also, where did the windshield washer reservoir go??
That's the car. It's green, its less rusty, and it feels more solid-er. It should be good.
MUCH of the original laggin wagon is going to be swapped into this new shell. As soon as i re-obtain my garage space, and I develop some funds, the swap will begin, and the original car will receive a proper sendoff.
There is a lot of work to do. When the swap commences, extra hands would certainly be appreciated
Oh, and thx for reading!