Alpina_Blue Posted May 22, 2024 Report Share Posted May 22, 2024 Below are a couple photos from the Old Town Festival of Speed in Alexandria, VA this past weekend. I've attended in the past as a spectator but submitted my Starion this year and it was accepted by the judging committee in the vintage Japanese category. There were 150+ cars this time, many were seriously impressive by any measure (a F40 showed up), and they were expecting 40,000 people to attend the event, so it was cool to be included. It was great to see how interested people of all ages were in the Starion, I must have talked to nearly 100 people throughout the day and saw countless people taking pictures. Many were old school Mitsubishi fans (one dude had a Galant VR-4 he's owned since new!), some remembered loving it as a kid, most had no clue what the car was and a lot of people were just into the 80's look. I was parked next to a midnight purple R32 GT-R and the Starion got significantly more attention. It was great to be able to share the car with so many enthusiasts and spread the Starion gospel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_beagle Posted May 22, 2024 Report Share Posted May 22, 2024 What percentage of people knew what it was? It's been well less than 50% in my case but this might have been a more aware crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 Looks like it was a great show! Congrats for getting in! Car looks great...I miss having a white one. Dad is now selling the mitubishi emblems for the front btw. I'm not sure he has the smaller one next to the rear Mitsu label though (I see you don't have it)...but they are usually easier to find because they were on most 80s mitsubishis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted May 23, 2024 Report Share Posted May 23, 2024 Car looks great! Very clean. Is it a repaint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpina_Blue Posted May 25, 2024 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2024 Thanks guys! I recently had some paint work done on the front to correct a few rock chips and discoloration on the driver side headlight and such, but most of the paint is original. I’m only the 2nd owner, the original owner kept the car in amazing cosmetic condition over 72K miles, it just took about 2 years to sort out all the mechanical issues haha. Other than the recent paint work, all I’ve done is condition the leather and do a few clay bar sessions. If I can ever find a set of OEM Mitsubishi floor mats in burgundy it will be complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpina_Blue Posted May 25, 2024 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2024 (edited) I would highly recommend anyone in the DC area check out the Old Town Festival of Speed next year, May 19th, it was an amazing event and free to the public. Apparently almost 50K people showed up this year. It’s not often you can get up close and personal with a Ferrari F40 and many more amazing cars. Some dude shot video of most of the cars there this year: Edited May 25, 2024 by Alpina_Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev Posted May 28, 2024 Report Share Posted May 28, 2024 It's hard to find burg floor mats in good shape. They all faded and turned brown. But, I guess it is possible to try to dye them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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