hi,,,in the next couple of weeks ill be starting to build an impreza salloon thats bin off the rd for 2 years,am going to strip it so i can paint it in and out in white,then paint the under side to. is there any other way to clean metal be sides shot blasting.as am going to be painting all the diff and engine frames red,where i live theres only a couple of classics..the engine and bits are coming out of my wagon and going in to the salloon.av had 6 imprezas now and all of them were not mint.but as i have 3 days aweek off work i thought i should build my own to make mint and keep.

...ill up date more pics of the salloon next week,,heres the pics of wagon

 

just started to strip the loom out of the salloon,what a nightmare am dreading to take the other loom out of the wagon .am thinking that i mit get away with leaving the bak light loom in and fuel pump wires,time will tell. thanks for looking

next is paint job,ill update soon

 

the two looms are different m8...av just converted a 97 reg saloon in2 a 94 reg wagon.....good luck with the build

 

cheers buddy

 

ready for paint in engine bay and full loom is out

 

engine bay painted and boot in side

 

in door shuts and doors painted and back arches done,,ready for full respray now,,,

 

Looking good so far mate, looks like you have a lot of work on your hands.

 

yea i know,getting painted this week cheers

 

neally ready for paint

 

Hey John - looking really good. I'm glad it went to someone with plans and ability to get it into shape. I'll be following this thread.

And to think I was near to scrapping it

 

cheers keith its bin painted now al update with pics to morrow,,engine goes in tuesday,then loom...

 

all painted,camra not that good,

 

started putting bits on,,,engine is out of the wagon turbo now

 

Nice colour John - white looks good on a Classic. That bonnet scoop seems to have grown a bit since it was in my garage

Did you figure out the questions on the rear diff and gearbox ?

 

am going to check to when i pick my engine up to see if the diffs are the same,,cheers keith

 

Looks good.SJ.

 

Looking good m8

 

the props are diffrent,,engine in but lost all the gearbox oil where the prop goes in,does any one know what oil i need and how to put it in,,its an s reg uk turbo,,,thanks

 

thanks guys,,

 

Hi John - yes it's a pain that the oid drains out with no prop shaft. I put Millers Oils CRX 75w90 NT Competition full synthetic transmission oil in my 6 speed. You need to top it up through the dip stick hole. I used the nozzle of a silicone bathroom sealant taped to some tube

 

thanks mate

 

engine loom neally done,,but found out to day that all the door wires are diffrent,so am going to fit the wagon back loom and mod it,,,,

 

looks like mine lol. did you sort the rear arches properly for rust, hope so

 

cut all out,,,,just stuck on loom as am left with one plug that doesnt go on any think,,,,i think av pluged the wrong plugs together

 

black wheels for now

 

Great project. Why did you have to resort to using the wagon's loom exactly? What year was the Wagon, and your saloon?

The reason for my question is because I intend to have a similar reshell using engine and drivetrain transplanted from my '99 JDM WRX in to a '98 JDM WRX RA (I haven't bought the RA yet)

 

98 and 99 are dffrent,,,the shell i got off keith didnt have engine and box or engine loom in it,,,,so i used all the loom ut of my 98 wagon in the end as my engine loom wouldnt connect to the 99 loom in car,,as i found out the hard way,,,,as the loom in the car had diffrent plugs,,,my car should be getting started wednesday fingers crossed ,,,thanks

 

I touched wood for wednesday for ya then


hmmm it seems mine will need a full loom swap too then, may as well fit it in to a newage shell then!

 

good look in fitting a classic loom in a new age ,,all plugs are diffrent