Date:         Wed, 26 Dec 2018 08:40:00 -0700
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Trading
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        If You have the $z to do this > If the 91 is in Better condition than the

88, buy the 91, pull the B'B' & put it in the 88 so it can be Your Wheels while

You get the 94 Subied & then sell the 88 ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB


On 26 Dec , 2018, at 7:41 AM, John Rodgers wrote:

> OK, Gang, I have a question. But first, the dilema.
> 
> I've been stepping slowly toward a Subie conversion for mY '88 GL. I have
> parts, tools, EJ25 engine, all the appropriate engine parts off the doner
> car. Special cam sprocket tool and crank damper tool. Ready to erring the
> engine and put in new head gaskets. My van has WBX  engine out. There's no
> body dam age and every thing is there, bUT the van has gotten pretty shabby
> looking, like a car does when it just sits. Good tires, Good heaters front
> and back.  Nothing a good scrub prol'ly couldn't fix.
> 
> Along come a n opportunity to buy from the original owner a fully
> functioning '91 Carat at a very reasonable price. One in which everything
> works, clean inside, some paint fade on the outside. But has a running
> BOSTON BOB ENGINE that has only 50,000 miles since new, and a manual
> tranny. Spitting image of the Carat I just sold, except for paint fade.
> 
> To buy the Carat would mean selling off My GL and the conversion project,
> but it would put me back into another van, which I'm without right now and
> for the near future. I'm driving a borrowed ( my son's) Honda forvthe
> moment.
> 
> Another consideration, I'm 79 soon to be 80 years. And I miss having the
> immediate use of my van.
> 
> What would you do???
> 
> John
> 
> Wha