XRBrati Underway....

Post by **anglin** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:57 pm

DPDISXR4Ti wrote:

That really sucks. I'm not saying it sucks because your roof is bent. I'm saying it sucks because I do dumb stuff like this all the time and keep hoping I'll grow out of it. I don't have hope anymore.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:12 pm

anglin wrote:That really sucks. I'm not saying it sucks because your roof is bent. I'm saying it sucks because I do dumb stuff like this all the time and keep hoping I'll grow out of it. I don't have hope anymore.

I've often said that I'd have fired myself several times over if I worked for me.

I couldn't even bring myself to really look at the bent roof panel until the next day - I was afraid it was ruined entirely.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Sat May 24, 2008 10:26 pm

As of today, this thing is more-or-less street-able.

I took it for a ~10 mile drive, speeds up to about 50MPH, and nothing fell off and the car didn't break in half.

I've got a bunch of things to do over the next 12 days, not the least of which is put some more shake-down miles on it before driving 200 miles to Carlisle. But it goes!

I just haven't had time for pics lately, but now I think I'll purposely hold off and have the "unveiling" at Carlisle.

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:54 am

$#!*, i had a dream last night i went to carlisle. Like a realistic dream. Except there were a lot of import cars there and i was thinking i went during the wrong week and i couldn't find the merkurs...

Post by **hEaT** » Sun May 25, 2008 2:11 pm

Heh, I did that last weekend

Post by **76Capri** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:08 am

demonfire wrote:$#!*, i had a dream last night i went to carlisle. Like a realistic dream. Except there were a lot of import cars there and i was thinking i went during the wrong week and i couldn't find the merkurs...

Imports?? You got lost in the 70-78 Capri section...I was there and tried to wave to you. For some reason you had your underwear on your head and didn't notice.

The Merkurs were one row up.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:57 am

Well, considering this part is underneath the carpet now, I figure I'll share these pics. It's how I addressed the factory paint drain holes in the forward footwells. Roof flashing and some 2-part bedliner repair/adhesive, and all was good. Had to work real quick, as the glue set up in just a couple minutes. Lots of pre-staging, and then go like a mother!

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:14 pm

did you cover them just because you removed the sound deadening? would have been ÃƒÂ¼ber easy to just throw some soundproofing over the drains.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:19 pm

demonfire wrote:did you cover them just because you removed the sound deadening? would have been ÃƒÂ¼ber easy to just throw some soundproofing over the drains.

Yea, to some extent I was just looking to replace the crumbling tar-mat that I had removed. The stuff I used should be forever and totally water-tight. I'm not so sure I could say that about any sort of stick-on sound deadening material.

Post by **anglin** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:40 pm

DPDISXR4Ti wrote:

That's not the Brat's shift knob, is it?

BeefFajitas · Post by **BeefFajitas** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:50 pm

DPDISXR4Ti wrote:
demonfire wrote:did you cover them just because you removed the sound deadening? would have been ÃƒÂ¼ber easy to just throw some soundproofing over the drains.
Yea, to some extent I was just looking to replace the crumbling tar-mat that I had removed. The stuff I used should be forever and totally water-tight. I'm not so sure I could say that about any sort of stick-on sound deadening material.

Phase 2 is to make it amphibious.

Post by **phild765** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:59 pm

Phase 2 should be to make it into a Dually!

Phil D
www.opmd.com

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:03 pm

anglin wrote:That's not the Brat's shift knob, is it?

In fact, it is. It just happened to be the first one I found when I went looking for one, any one. I believe it was off a Saab 900. It served the purpose just fine over the course of Tue & Wed when I put 240 miles on this thing.

I feel pretty good about driving it to Carlisle and back now. Can't say I felt quite that way Tuesday, when I pulled onto the highway for the first time - felt more like Chuck Yeager at that point!

Post by **hEaT** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:40 pm

If you get a change of heart...

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/sho ... hp?t=89053

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:51 pm

hEaT wrote:If you get a change of heart...

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/sho ... hp?t=89053

Sure, now you want me to convert it back to all-Brat?

Or better yet, maybe I'll take a Brat and convert it into a bi-wing hatch-back!