Aug '23 (edited) in Vanity Garage
1993 WRX saloon/sedan
Bought as a resto project during 2020 covid lockdown, this is how it happened.
I had a small pile of money from sales of my morette headlight collection burning a hole in my pocket & I put a flippant kind of throw away bid of £2100 on an ebay listing "fire & forget" (I did this on multiple listings) .
3 weeks later I had a message in the inbox saying "the winning bidder never replied & neither have the 6 bidders above you , if you want the car it's yours for your original bid"... I said yes.
I flew from Northern Ireland to Birmingham England the next day & collected the car , it looked a lot more tired and trashy than the ebay listing appeared but I could see the potential in it.
As the sun was going down I made my way to my parents house in North Wales... with no headlights 😬 but from Welshpool to Dolgellau the moon was bright and i had the soundtrack of the ej20g burble .
The next morning after a good night's rest I set off to holyhead anglesea to get the ferry to Dublin Ireland , approx 3 hours at sea & I was in Dublin.
The car made it to Loughbrickland in northern Ireland before I decided to make the call that the temp was rising and I wanted to save the engine, so I called the AA for a lift the rest of the way.
Once home the restoration began within days , I've de-facelifted the car back to its original 93 front end , replaced every lamp/light unit on the whole car , replaced & upgraded all the brake calipers and discs/rotors & pads , & subsequently fitted larger wheels. replaced the centre console and lower dash panel & steering cowl , refurbished the nardi & knob , replaced the drivers seat, overhauled the entire cooling system , installed a rear foglight (uk compliant) swapped the rear wing and binned the roof scoop..... and had a full respray.
There's other things I've done , the list is long .
I've used the car for cars n coffee , subaru club runs & meets and shows & have been on the track at bishopscourt .
And I've approx £6000 of handling mods to go on, full whiteline range , kyb agx/eibach suspension & sti pink trailing arms. but that is all part of the second stage of life with this 30 year old jdm subaru
& will make a story for another time.
🙂
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1993 WRX saloon/sedan
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