Subaru 1982 wagon

First posted July 14, My brother called me one day with the news that the roommate of a good friend was selling a car and would I be interested?

Welcome back! I guess if we were continuing with the clever alliterative names for things I would call this Wagon Wednesday. Actually, you know what? Screw it; I am calling it that. One of them is even four-wheel-drive!

Subaru 1982 wagon

You won't find any Subaru s in U-Wrench yards these days I haven't seen a discarded since the early s , but I still find plenty of Malaise-Era Subarus from the period during which they were mocked for their small size in novelty songs. Here's a seriously loaded by earlys standards Subaru Leone four-wheel-drive wagon, found last fall in a yard just south of Denver. Back in those days, Subaru USA just called this car "the Subaru" and used the trim levels as confusing model names. There was the base model with no name, the mid-grade DL, and the high-end GL. Four-wheel-drive was optional on Subarus at this point, though nearly all Colorado buyers paid for this feature. Unlike later all-wheel-drive systems with center differentials, this setup was true four-wheel-drive, which would tear up your tires or worse if you drove for too long on dry pavement with 4WD engaged. This proved very confusing for many owners of these cars as well as those with four-wheel-drive-equipped Toyota Tercels and Honda Civics , a bit later in the decade. Check out the controls for the extremely rare dealer-installed air conditioning! This car has everything. By far the coolest optional feature on this car is the rare "third eye" center-mounted driving light, which lives behind this flip-up panel in the center of the grille and was actuated via a dash-mounted switch.

Of course a lot of cars today solve the spare tire storage problem by not having one, not even a compact one, subaru 1982 wagon. It acted more like a self-imposed traction control device. After reading all these other posts about others trips down memory lane, I have to post one of my own.

The Subaru Leone is a compact car produced by the Japanese car manufacturer Subaru from to It was released as a replacement for the Subaru and was the predecessor of the Subaru Impreza. All Leones were powered by the Subaru EA boxer engine. Most cars were equipped with optional four-wheel drive. At the time of its introduction, the Leone was Subaru's top model until , when the larger Legacy was introduced. Although released in Japan and some export markets as the Leone, for many years, this was the only vehicle sold internationally by Subaru where the smaller kei cars Rex , Vivio , R-2 , , and Sambar were not commonly sold. At its introduction, the Leone was Subaru's largest car, and was the top level vehicle above the kei car Subaru Rex.

You won't find any Subaru s in U-Wrench yards these days I haven't seen a discarded since the early s , but I still find plenty of Malaise-Era Subarus from the period during which they were mocked for their small size in novelty songs. Here's a seriously loaded by earlys standards Subaru Leone four-wheel-drive wagon, found last fall in a yard just south of Denver. Back in those days, Subaru USA just called this car "the Subaru" and used the trim levels as confusing model names. There was the base model with no name, the mid-grade DL, and the high-end GL. Four-wheel-drive was optional on Subarus at this point, though nearly all Colorado buyers paid for this feature. Unlike later all-wheel-drive systems with center differentials, this setup was true four-wheel-drive, which would tear up your tires or worse if you drove for too long on dry pavement with 4WD engaged. This proved very confusing for many owners of these cars as well as those with four-wheel-drive-equipped Toyota Tercels and Honda Civics , a bit later in the decade. Check out the controls for the extremely rare dealer-installed air conditioning!

Subaru 1982 wagon

Many of the Subarus that came to the United states after Malcolm Bricklin's hilariously rickety s but before the current era of everything-all-wheel-drive outdoorsy commuters tended to aim for the economy-minded car shoppers looking for a cheap and efficient Japanese car. These cars, the first- and second-generation Leones , were small enough to be the butt of popular-culture jokes , but they sold pretty well in coastal California. Almost made it to , miles. That's about 2, miles per year of this car's life.

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I have a soft spot for these, because we had one when I was little. This underhood sticker shows that this Subaru's original sale almost certainly took place in Colorado or maybe Wyoming. The picture at the top is my actual car, if anyone here can somehow identify the actual year, please make a comment. Motorcycles, Trikes, Bicycles. It was clear north of the county line. WRX VB. Nice article. Mine had the center light that others have mentioned it was for passing in Japan as I understand. Once drove my 77 Electra up from Manhattan through an extremely dicey snowstorm that stalled over Rockland County. I actually have paperwork from where the original owners purchased rust protection, with a ten year warranty.

First posted July 14, My brother called me one day with the news that the roommate of a good friend was selling a car and would I be interested? Somehow word had apparently spread that I seemed to consider buying anything and everything for sale…In actuality I had been complaining about having to deal with snow chains in the mountains on the few occasions that I actually went, and the car for sale was a 4WD Subaru…. It was located in San Jose — about an hour away.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. They used brute force to get them mostly straight and I drove it for about a half year longer. SVX CX. In September , the four-wheel drive 4WD station wagon A67 was released, however it did not appear in the United States until as a model. Sport compact. As the owner of an LD-platform car that just crossed 70, miles, seeing one the same model year with nearly six times as many miles is encouraging. Neither one of those cars is likely a good deal. It is said to run flawlessly, and comes with a stack of service and repair records going all the way back. In August , Subaru entered into an alliance with Nissan Motors. Posted February 20, at PM. The earlier mids 1. Carlo Di Tullio. It came in between the first two Mazda pickups and did a lot to cement my personal love of station wagons.