84 BRAT

[Huck]

OK...I've always thought about getting a Brat...so today, I took the plunge ;D

I picked up a 84 GL-10 Brat...4WD, dual range 4-speed

Only 99k on it, I got it off the second owner.
Has T-Tops, and a high top Camper shell.
Has the Jump seats, with the headrests, and seatbelts.
The bed has ZERO rust in it , but it does have some rust in the rocker panels, worse on the drivers side.
The wagone wheels are rusted pretty badly...so i may try to find a set of allows for it (I gave away a set of "H" type alloys a couple years ago...DOH!!!)
It has a slight dent in the pass fender where the PO hit a dog.

It had been sitting for a year or so, so it had caked on crud...had to was it with a scrub brush to get it all off...spent more than 2 hours just wasing the outside this afternoon after I got it home.

No Radio ...wished I had taken my headset for my cell phone, as it has a FM radio on it....

t needs some attension, but seems to be a good base to start with.

So give me some feedback....

Pics here:
s190.photobucket.com/albums/z293/huck369/84%20Brat/

Oh yeah...it's the original paint...

[jeffast]

eg33 swap for the win!!!!!
awsome score

[Turbone]

Definatly nice. And def get some alloys for it. Mine looks a 1000 times better with them. I have a low topper on mine. not a real fan of the high ones. Mine also had the rusted rockers (sounds like me) and I ended up sanding it down to metal and bondo'n the uneven places. Then repainted it all.

[Moody]

I want it. That is all.

[kingbobdole]

well there's where you put that EZ30... Nice truck... mine was nicer but alas, I am far too tall for true BRAT ownership. Have fun with it, its a sweet truck

[bucky92]

I hate you...I hate each and every one of you .. Someday..just maybe someday I can have a car that wasnt someone elses throw away and isnt loaded up with rust.

Congrats Huck BTW

[crazyhorse]

Yep I see the future home of an EZ30
That's sweet Huck, not too bad rusty either. It just has the "Factory Installed" rocker panel rot.

[subeman90]

she's purdy! lucky SOB

[Turbone]

kingbobdole said:

well there's where you put that EZ30... Nice truck... mine was nicer but alas, I am far too tall for true BRAT ownership. Have fun with it, its a sweet truck

Qman (USMB) still owns 2 Brats........and he's 6'7. Are you taller?

[86bratman]

Congrats, Is that the one that was on craigslist in TN?

[bucky92]

OhNo!!!! Shannon has followed us here ;D

[Huck]

86bratman said:

Congrats, Is that the one that was on craigslist in TN?

Yep, that's were I found it....
I'm gonna see what a little wax will do for it...but just from the trim up, as I'll not put it below the trim, as I figure there is going to be some work done down there, and I want the paint to stick ;D

Todays project is to clean out the insides (cab and bed)

It needs a pass. front axle, the inner boot is blown....and a pass. side turn signal lamp (in the front bumper) (anybody got one of these lamps laying around?

Never done an axle on a EA81 car, how different is it from the newer gen stuff is it?


Oh yeah, Rob, I don't care for the topper eiter, if I start driving it, I'll probably just take it off altogether...but I'm sure it being on there is a lot of why the bed is so nice.....even has the factory carpet for the bed...and the owners manual, and the original key box!

[bucky92]

Huck.. I may have the turn signal laying around here somewhere..I have a bunch of EA81 trim and parts here from when I had my 82 GLF ( I should have kept that car! ) Enough surfing ..back to working on my Loyale.

[Turbone]

If Connie cant find her lens, I might have one.
I took the topper off mine and now the bed is all rusty
So, sometime before the rains start here, I need to prep it and put down some roll on bedliner.

[Huck]

bucky92 said:

Huck.. I may have the turn signal laying around here somewhere..I have a bunch of EA81 trim and parts here from when I had my 82 GLF ( I should have kept that car! ) Enough surfing ..back to working on my Loyale.

sounds good Connie...I need the whole assembly, not just the lens.....so do you have the whole assembly?