LIC Project 360

Well LIC yet again has acquired another shop vehicle...ever since we've been working on Subarus we always have been on the look out for one of these. We know they are hard to come by and ALWAYS need work, if they even run at all. We finally found one, it runs, its decent, and will be a fun project car for the shop.

The immediete plans are to become familiar with the interworkings of it, find parts, and correct some of the minor things going on with it.  Its going to be a work in progess, doing little by little over time.  The worst part is, its very hard to find parts for these things.  Being that its darn near 42 years old, nothing is made anymore...so here comes eBay (just the sound of that gives me heartburn, I'm not a fan of doing stuff like that.  I'd just perfer to know where the parts are, click, buy, and be done with it but that's not what we got when we got this car...we know its a process to get things). 

The car heads to the body shop tomorrow for paint (need to correct some rust on the roof and get that taken care of before it ends up with a hole in the roof.  Next on the list and is already being worked on in the shop is the brake lights, currently the right rear is not working (Adam is already chasing wires and trying to fix it).  Other items to address immedietly is tires, these are a must and need to happen very soon as the current ones are cracked and not safe.  Did you know this car has a 2 piece wheel, with a tube...yep its like a trailer tire, ha ha.  But even those aren't the easiest to get, they are a random size (4.50-10).

We will be doing a build up on this and do updates on our progress...Have a look at our 1969 Subaru 360 Van. Yes its that tiny!

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Help finding parts.

Hey my name is Dan from CO where Subaru reigns king. I live TX now with my third legacy a 1993 turbo sedan being rebuilt. I have been looking for a 360 Sambar van forever and also found help for parts like wheels, tires, glass, paint, and even harder to find parts like pistons. Loom up http://www.subaru360club.org/ and if you can find 2stroketurbo in the forums and he does YouTube videos. Wiseco makes pistons for these now which is awesome. Thank you for the videos, I am just like you guys and bleed blue and yellow with Subaru and being in TX I am missing out on the subie fun when I am surrounded by civics. I admire what you do and wish I could be an intern with you. Ever since I got a degree in Automotive Industry Management I want to use it to better the automotive world. Keep it up and I may be ordering some parts or at least advice if possible soon. Thanks

We use the 360 club site all

We use the 360 club site all the time and I know of a bunch of those members. We are active on that site as well.