TSISS350's White Stallion;Er Starion

TacoDelRio · **Posted:** Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:50 pm

Too cool. What are your plans for it?

I dig the stopwatch feature. Never knew they had that!

TSiSS350 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:41 pm

Thanks for putting the pics up Andrew.....

Story goes, the original owner brought it to the dealer in '04 with 80k on it for a head gasket repair.. they repaired the head and forgot to put coolant back in it (!) He drove off, and not to far away, bam, seized up. So it was towed back to the dealer where they had no choice but to replace the motor. They did, he drove it home, drove it for a few months and parked it. Life got in the way and a Shelby GT350 found its way into the owners garage and the Starion was forgoten about.
So basically I scored! An 80,000 mile original owner car with all maintinence records, original window sticker and a BRAND NEW engine, for $800!!
As rust goes, its New Engand....but it is minimal for the year and being a Massachusetts car its whole life. Little in the quarters and the passengers side rocker, but nothing that is not easily remedied, the floors and rails a solid and as any Starion/Conquest owner knows, those frame rails are the firs things to go!
So far, battery has been changed, fresh oil and filter, trans fluid changed to syncromesh, redline 75w90 LSD gear oil changed in the rear and fresh PCV on the valve cover.
Stay tuned some more pics to come and hopefully by end of the week cleaned and detailed as much as possible. Keep in mind that all of these pictures are without any cleaning and the car is exactly as it sat at the owners house for five years!

My favorite touches, the o.g. hatch spoiler, Enkie 92s, and the Velnas trip computer.

TSiSS350 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:09 pm

Pardon the cell phone pics, here are a few more I took on day #1....
Turbo? Yeah, and Mitsu wanted you to know it! I lost count of the Turbo badges!

15 X 7 Zero offset Original Enkie 92's. These should clean up nice, there is no pitting on the aluminum, just heavy dirt..

Love that spoiler!!!

Thanks for looking!

FireArrow · **Posted:** Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:29 am

Nice find! :tu:

:D Nice score! ($$) :tu:

:D Very cool...

JunRaymond · **Posted:** Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:16 am

I should've not looked.. $800 for a mint Starion.. deym..

Me so envy..

:mrgreen:

TSiSS350 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:13 pm

JunRaymond wrote:

I should've not looked.. $800 for a mint Starion.. deym..

Me so envy..

:mrgreen:

Not mint...but very workable. Figure out the shipping and I will trade for your box type :mrgreen:

Mazdax605 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:26 pm

Sweet car Brad, I can't wait to see it in person. I love the flat side Starions more than the box type ones. I am again impressed with the quality of your cell phone pics. Not as nice as a real camera,but you could tell me they were from a semi decent point and shoot digital camera,and I would believe it. Great find. I guess I need to keep busy on craigslist searching for these deals.

Where does that fancy computer display the info?

ben · **Posted:** Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:55 pm

The nostalgic car gods are smiling upon you guys. First the rx4 and now this :tu:

Awesome find. I dig that spoiler too. Almost fooled me into thinking it was a Celica Supra for a sec

city hunter · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:57 am

nice car man, I just ran across a early 83 in the jyard, very straight unfortunately. Missing a engine. Musta sat in someones yard for a while. lsd, abs and ac, with digi dash and 15inch wheels. Pretty rare for a 83.

Whats the deal with the velnas, I'm not too familiar with it. What years got that?

TSiSS350 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:01 am

ben wrote:

Awesome find. I dig that spoiler too. Almost fooled me into thinking it was a Celica Supra for a sec

Thanks Ben. Not sure what brand the spoiler is, anybody know?

Chris the VELNAS displays up in the center of the dash, right where the clock is in pretty much EVERY 80's Japanese car. Functions of the VELNAS.....
1. Avg MPH
2. Trip ODO
3. Gallons used
4. Avg MPG
5. Alarm clock (why? In case I want to nap on the way home?!?!)
6. Trip time in mins or seconds
7. Stop watch
8. Lap Timer

Also the ETACS module plays different songs for different things. Every time you open the door it plays what sounds like a digitized version of "How Dry I AM" haha!

Not my car, but a video of some one else's ETACS songs.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNe5URMHHaQ

Mazarin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:53 am

Wow - your flatty is eerily similar to mine. NICE!

city hunter · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:43 pm

I've owned a lot of80s japanese iron and not one has had velnas. truck, cordia, vans, starions.

TSiSS350 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:33 am

city hunter wrote:

I've owned a lot of80s japanese iron and not one has had velnas. truck, cordia, vans, starions.

Seems like it was only a two year option, and only on the high option cars. The car came with the original window sticker and there is no mention of it in the option list. I must have been included in a package deal? Either was its sweet...and it works :tu:

My Cressida has a similar system on the dash,displays mpg; distance travelled, etc... But instead of weird old show tunes, you program birthdays into it and on those days, it plays "Happy Birthday", lol!

JunRaymond · **Posted:** Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:51 pm

TSiSS350 wrote:

Not mint...but very workable. Figure out the shipping and I will trade for your box type :mrgreen:

Lem'me consult my adviser...

TSiSS350 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:20 am

JunRaymond wrote:

Lem'me consult my adviser...

Dont forget, those Krusty Burgers are made from genuine Letter Graded Meat!

TSiSS350 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:40 pm

No real updates on the car, but spring is here, lots to come. Put the trailer hitch to good use yesterday, picked up an old Yamaha for dirt cheap to ride while I finish the resto in my '66 Suzuki. JNC tows JNM, lol!

Camshaft · **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:21 pm

Nice find, I am really liking this car! I don't see a lot of narrowbody Starions here in Northeast Ohio!

Mazdax605 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2010 4:28 pm

Hey Brad,

If you ever want to sell that put me in line. I am sure I am far back in the que but put me there anyway.

TSiSS350 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:27 pm

Mazdax605 wrote:

Hey Brad,

If you ever want to sell that put me in line. I am sure I am far back in the que but put me there anyway.

The Mitsu, or the Yamaha? Either way, you have second dibs on either. Andrew has 1st on both, haha.

TSiSS350 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2010 6:28 pm

Camshaft wrote:

Nice find, I am really liking this car! I don't see a lot of narrowbody Starions here in Northeast Ohio!

There are none around here either. Apart from mine i cant tell you the last one I have seen!

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