Dutchy's Garage
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  • 1988 Rover Mini
    • Before the restoration
    • The Plans
    • The Halfcut Mini
    • The Restoration - 9 pages >
      • Page 1 - Stripping it down
      • Page 2 - Removing the panels
      • Page 3 - Cleaning & restoring parts
      • Page 4 - Cleaning & restoring parts (cont)
      • Page 5 - Preparing the body for paint
      • Page 6 - Painting the body red
      • Page 7 - The assembly begins
      • Page 8 - The engine is running
      • Page 9 - The finished product "The Beast"
      • Page 10 - Wheel changes & stereo fitout
    • Supercharging
    • Vtec project
    • I’m always tinkering....
  • 1961 Morris Mini
    • 2010 Subaru WRX - Donor vehicle
    • MiniRex
    • The Subframes & Chassis
    • Seats, Panels, Suspension, Steering
  • Comments / Questions

2010 Subaru WRX - Donor Vehicle

Learning from experience, I spent a lot of time at the self serve wreckers sourcing small brackets, bolts and parts for the VTEC mini. To avoid that again I purchased a competed donor car.
The 2010 MY11 Subaru Impreza WRX was a statutory write off due to hail damage on nearly all panels. I found it interesting that hail had damaged all 4 doors up high and low and how the damage looked very much like a hammer had hit it....... nothing like a dodgy write off..

Anyway, that was a bonus for me. The car had 100,300kms on it with not one modification. Not even a change of exhaust. It drove perfectly and gave me a smile to hear the boxer again.

Motor - EJ25 (2.5L) with 195Kw of power at the flywheel as per the manufacturers specs.
Gearbox - 5 speed manual

I got on with stripping it down and selling as many parts as possible leaving me with pretty much a shell and 90% of my money back. That makes for a cheap engine and running gear. I also get all the brackets, hoses, bolts and other parts I need for the project without having to go to the wreckers.
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