Wintermute

I'll take it.

Bought some Stedebani suspension bushings from him. Paid a fair price and he shipped them out quickly. I would not hesitate to do business with him again.

I'd be in for one set of torque tube bushings.

Understood, no problem.

I'll take the suspension bushings.

I'm down for the oil feed line, clutch line, ABS delete line and the brake lines. All in clear.

I'll take the 2 rear 8"s if no one else has gotten to them.

Wow, that sounds pretty disgusting. Guess I should be glad they don't do that around here!

Haha, ours isn't that bad. They put down waaaaaaay too much of it around here though.

Yeah, I have a lot to get done. I think I have most of the parts I need though. And thanks! Me either! Hoping to get it going by spring time. Definitely not going to be a winter car, don't want to subject it to the salt they put down around here.

Made some progress! Things have been going a bit slow since I've mostly just been collecting parts, but I got a few things worth mentioning done in the past few days. Pile o' Parts http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5176111976_54eb2edd9b.jpg I've gotten my new 89 tranny put together with new seals and gaskets. It's ready to go in as soon as I get the crossmember thing figured out. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5175505517_b7fb111a96.jpg Decided to paint the grill black to go with the Starion badging. Not sure if I'll go with a gloss or flat clear coat yet, if I clear it with gloss it will be the only shiny thing on the car aside from the wheels! http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5176112700_a0d6c9287a.jpg Need to solder the speedo sensor wires, they were barely connected at all when I pulled it off the old tranny. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5176114030_bb9ea24c3b.jpg Also discovered another stupid thing the previous owner did: painted over what looks like a nearly perfect coat of factory red with white spray primer! Didn't even bother to scuff it (or do any other prep work AT ALL) either, so the primer is chipping away in many spots. I've picked up a few cans of white primer and some sand paper so I can touch it up and at least make it all one color. I don't know why he would have covered up the factory paint since it looks so good in the spots I can see though. That worries me a bit. I got the interior torn out to clean and so it would be out of the way for fixing the frame rails. Again, all the paint looks great and I haven't found any more rust. I think I'm going to leave the rear seats out and make some kind of parcel shelf in the back. 'Nother stupid previous owner story (that I unfortunately forgot to take pics of): the radio was only screwed in at one corner, the rest of it was supported by some old dish rags shoved underneath it! Things I still need to do at this point: fix the frame rails find a better way to mount the tranny replace diff mounts install new flywheel, clutch, and tranny After all I get all that done and a few other basic maintenance things, she should be drivable. Who knows what's going to happen from there!

Black shirt with white lettering would be perfect for me.

I would definitely buy one of the Starion ones if it were to come in black.

Is this still available? PM me with details if it is please! Thanks!

Updates! First off, I've gotten the old transmission torn down. Mostly. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5049093086_48646b5559_z.jpg In the process though I've realized I really don't know what I'm doing AT ALL when it comes to rebuilding a transmission... so I'm now in the market for another one. Shoot me an email /PM if you have one (manual only)! Thanks guys! For what it's worth, it looks like it spun a bearing on the main shaft. I think the gearset is okay, but I haven't been able to get it completely apart to look at so I'm not certain. I just don't have the tools I need to do that. So, yeah. I'll be better off just buying a working one. I'm also going to get a new clutch and pressure plate, probably just an OEM replacement for now. Looking at Exedy for that. How do I measure the flywheel to see if it's the 225 or 240 though? I don't know which one the previous owner used when he swapped in this transmission and every measurement I've taken of it hasn't been close to either of those numbers... Here's a picture of the casting marks on it in case that can be used to identify it: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5048473819_a401757e7f_z.jpg To answer the question about the tranny cooler: the one on the driver's side is actually a sub-condenser for the AC. According to my FSM (best $15 I ever spent!), it only came in automatic transmission cars. There was a tranny cooler but it was on the passenger side. Unfortunately, in the process of tracking that down I discovered that my AC compressor isn't actually connected to anything except for that cooler and the accessory belts. Oh well, weight savings I guess. I prefer driving with the windows down anyway!