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Junkyard Gem: 1993 Subaru Justy 4WD GL

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One thing about living in Denver, Colorado, is that I can

find an example

of just about every

Subaru

ever sold in North America in my local wrecking yards. I haven’t seen any

360s

yet, but everything from the

BRAT

to the

SVX

to

the B9 Tribeca

has fallen before my camera lens during

past junkyard visits

. The Justy was the cheapest Subaru Americans could buy— actually, one of the cheapest

cars

you could buy— during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the four-wheel-drive version sold well in places with plenty of snow and mountains. Here’s a ’93 I spotted in Denver last month.

Junked 1993 Subaru Justy GL 4WD

Many of these cars were sold with Subaru’s CVT transmission, which wasn’t quite as civilized or sturdy as the CVTs we see today, but this one has the rugged 5-speed. That button on the gearshift switches between front-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive; since Americans found this sort of choice confusing (and leaving the car in 4WD on dry pavement would tear up the tires and/or break drivetrain components), full-time all-wheel-drive replaced this sort of setup as the 1990s progressed.

Junked 1993 Subaru Justy GL 4WD

The Justy had a carburetor all the way through the 1992 model year (one of the last US-market cars to be so equipped), so this futuristic fuel-injection system took brought the 1.2-liter three-banger into the modern world.

Junked 1993 Subaru Justy GL 4WD

These cars were slow, even with the 5-speed.

Very

slow. The cheap price tag and decent

fuel economy

helped sales, though, and the lack of 4WD versions of the Geo

Metro

and

Ford

Festiva sent a lot of Colorado customers to the Justy.

Junked 1993 Subaru Justy GL 4WD

The interior is your standard mid-1980s Japanese-commuter-appliance stuff; this gray plastic and cloth wouldn’t have looked out of place on a new 1985 Tercel,

323

, or

Sentra

.

Just the thing for a shaggy dog to drive around Los Angeles.

When a man loves a woman (with big 1980s hair)… he drives his Justy 4WD to her through an apocalyptic storm.

from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2I8ENCG

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