Here's what we found after some shopping on Craigslist...a black 1992 Touring Wagon LE. 162,000 miles, $1500. The body is nice and straight for the most part...
Interior looks pretty darn nice, save for the missing stereo and mild wear on the driver's seat. Unbelievably, both auto seatbelts work fine. The sunroof doesn't leak, but it hangs up on the (busted) air deflector...no biggie.
Here's the worst part...the tailgate and rear bumper are pretty mashed on the RR corner. Not too bad, we just gotta keep an eye for a black wagon at the boneyards.
The engine compartment is totally stock and complete, thank goodness. There are some small issues: several trouble codes in the ECM, the ABS light is on, the BPV nipple is broken and there's an exhaust leak, along with some brittle wiring. At least it has a new radiator, no fluid leaks, and doesn't smoke or knock. The 4EAT shifts okay, but I have a pull-style 5-speed from the EJ20H in the garage that'll probably go into it soon. Compared to the SS in the driveway, this will be EASY! Eventually we might do the intake/FMIC/exhaust/chip deal, but it'll essentially stay stock...I think.
Sooo...now we have 5 Subarus, 4 of them 92-93 Legacies (Rob's silver '93 wagon and '04 STi not pictured). We gotta sell Rob's silver wagon right away, and then there'll only be 4 Subies...but 3 of them are turbos, and the 4th one kinda looks like a Turbo!
Replacing it helped somewhat, but replacing an apparently bad knock sensor helped even more (the car was probably running on the low octane timing map), and changing out the leaky up-pipe also helped substantially (duh!).