My pride and joy, a restoration project(Subaru 360)
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Car Info: I own a 1969 Subaru 360 that I am currently restoring. Most people here should know what a 360 is.
My pride and joy, a restoration project(Subaru 360)
This is my pride and joy, a 1969 Subaru 360 Deluxe Sedan.
*note: Copied from my introduction post over in the Historic Subaru Forum.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600116.jpg
This was Subaru's first car, built in 1958 to about 1971. Ours is a 1969, they were imported into the US in 1968 to 1971. Under the bonnet is a two-cylinder, two-stroke 356cc engine. The vehicle only weighs in at 900 pounds and can fit in the back of a regular size pickup truck. The 360 came in a few different versions. We are restoring a Deluxe sedan, which was the base model. There is a pickup and van, which are forward-control(flat nose) and use the same engine. The engine gets 66 miles to a gallon of gas. There is a sport model, called the Young, and a...
I will just give you the wikipedia article that I contributed to. The picture in that article is one I took.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_360
Let me state at this time that it is my father and I restoring this car, I am only fourteen years old.
The entire gallery
http://photobucket.com/albums/y6/Bubs360/?start=0
Page 6 is the first pictures, obviously page one is the most recent pictures. We are making great progress with it.
Here is that history of what we know:
This car was never broken-in, with only the 16 miles it got before being shipped to a(unhappy?) Detroit dealer. The floorboards look brand new.Iit never sold, sat for two decades in Detroit, was vandalised, then the previous "first" owner trucked it from Detroit to Kendall Park, New Jersey. He says he has met Ed Parsil before. He seemed to have many different projects that he never has time to work on, as he has a Plymouth Superbird(Worth over $100,000 in good condition in some cases) rotting away in his garage being used as a parts shelf. The 360 gained quite a bit of surface rust, but luckily no rot-through.
We purchased that one and a 1968 parts car he had for $700.00, and after buying a new van to replace our Chevrolet Astro that died on the first trip, went and trucked them home, one at a time, on a 5/10 trailer.
We got the engine running after a few days, although the gas tank on ours needs to either be replaced or fixed by a professional. It is currently at a storage facility, hopefully awaiting a bodyshop by the end of the month. We had an upholstery professional give us an estimate of $2500.00 to not only reupholster the car in either vinyl or a cloth color of our choice, but we will be removing the hard top and having a custom made soft top made, keeping the hard back window in place. The body shop will be fixing the body and painting it an Eggshell White Pearl, for an original look with a small twist. The interior will be redone in black cloth to match the top. Our 360 is going to be a mostly stock with a few customisations to make it truely our own. I plan on using this as my first car for school and work, to take advantage of the great gas mileage in this time of rising fuel prices. I will need to purchase a car for our tough winters, since the 360, especially with a soft top would simply not work.
*note: Copied from my introduction post over in the Historic Subaru Forum.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/...6193600116.jpg
This was Subaru's first car, built in 1958 to about 1971. Ours is a 1969, they were imported into the US in 1968 to 1971. Under the bonnet is a two-cylinder, two-stroke 356cc engine. The vehicle only weighs in at 900 pounds and can fit in the back of a regular size pickup truck. The 360 came in a few different versions. We are restoring a Deluxe sedan, which was the base model. There is a pickup and van, which are forward-control(flat nose) and use the same engine. The engine gets 66 miles to a gallon of gas. There is a sport model, called the Young, and a...
I will just give you the wikipedia article that I contributed to. The picture in that article is one I took.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_360
Let me state at this time that it is my father and I restoring this car, I am only fourteen years old.
The entire gallery
http://photobucket.com/albums/y6/Bubs360/?start=0
Page 6 is the first pictures, obviously page one is the most recent pictures. We are making great progress with it.
Here is that history of what we know:
This car was never broken-in, with only the 16 miles it got before being shipped to a(unhappy?) Detroit dealer. The floorboards look brand new.Iit never sold, sat for two decades in Detroit, was vandalised, then the previous "first" owner trucked it from Detroit to Kendall Park, New Jersey. He says he has met Ed Parsil before. He seemed to have many different projects that he never has time to work on, as he has a Plymouth Superbird(Worth over $100,000 in good condition in some cases) rotting away in his garage being used as a parts shelf. The 360 gained quite a bit of surface rust, but luckily no rot-through.
We purchased that one and a 1968 parts car he had for $700.00, and after buying a new van to replace our Chevrolet Astro that died on the first trip, went and trucked them home, one at a time, on a 5/10 trailer.
We got the engine running after a few days, although the gas tank on ours needs to either be replaced or fixed by a professional. It is currently at a storage facility, hopefully awaiting a bodyshop by the end of the month. We had an upholstery professional give us an estimate of $2500.00 to not only reupholster the car in either vinyl or a cloth color of our choice, but we will be removing the hard top and having a custom made soft top made, keeping the hard back window in place. The body shop will be fixing the body and painting it an Eggshell White Pearl, for an original look with a small twist. The interior will be redone in black cloth to match the top. Our 360 is going to be a mostly stock with a few customisations to make it truely our own. I plan on using this as my first car for school and work, to take advantage of the great gas mileage in this time of rising fuel prices. I will need to purchase a car for our tough winters, since the 360, especially with a soft top would simply not work.
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woot detroit! leave it to the automotive racist capitol of the world!!
That is a bit unfare of me, I have never had an issue with people messing with my car in detriot... most of the time my car gets messed with in other places in michigan (airfoil ripped off in kalamazoo!)
Imports just dont sell that well in detorit.. and i can imagine trying to sell that car in a show room next to a 69 charger... if i owned a subaru/dodge dealership.
That is a bit unfare of me, I have never had an issue with people messing with my car in detriot... most of the time my car gets messed with in other places in michigan (airfoil ripped off in kalamazoo!)
Imports just dont sell that well in detorit.. and i can imagine trying to sell that car in a show room next to a 69 charger... if i owned a subaru/dodge dealership.
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From: Meredith, New Hampshire, USA
Car Info: I own a 1969 Subaru 360 that I am currently restoring. Most people here should know what a 360 is.
The Subaru 360 in GT4 only does 16mph? I assume you probably mean 16HP, which does 50-60mph.
That is the '58 Model. The '69 Deluxe(base) model we have is stated at 25hp and about 70mph. There is the Young SS model which has dual carbs and chrome pistons, which puts out 36hp.
That is the '58 Model. The '69 Deluxe(base) model we have is stated at 25hp and about 70mph. There is the Young SS model which has dual carbs and chrome pistons, which puts out 36hp.
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