Junkyard Find: 1991 Subaru Justy 4WD

by Murilee Martin

Published: July 1st, 2011

Weirdly vivid car colors were all the rage in the early 1990s, along with clear products, and so this Justy’s Cherenkov Radiation Turquoise paint fit right in with the times. Sadly, the jarring hue and econo-four-wheel-drive weren’t enough to save this rust-free, 5-speed-equipped Subaru sedan from The Crusher’s cold jaws.

Many of these cars came with anti-fun CVT transmissions, but this one has a traditional manual.

Not only that, it’s the futuristic fuel-injected version, not the last-gasp-of-the-carburetor model.

The Unnecessarily Blue interior just screams “1991!” I found this car right after seeing this very solid red Justy 4WD in my neighborhood. Maybe I need to start Justy shopping, for a Denver winter car. How much could a nice one cost?

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Murilee Martin

Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.

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Dimwit on Jul 02, 2011

Christ, this thing only has a 100K miles on it! It shouldn't be anywhere near here.

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Big_gms on Jul 02, 2011

It looks way too nice to be in a junkyard. Here in Wisconsin, I regularly see cars on the road that look far worse than this one: peeling paint, rust holes, accident damage, etc. Some are so bad I can't believe they're still going. Seeing a car this nice in the junkyard is surreal.

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