DrivebyDan

Alright Sis? I am the elusive brother she has mentioned who owns the white 2.0 you can see in the background of the pics. I have a build thread on here in the restoration part. I have to say that it has been so long since i sat in the seats of mine tht the minute i sat in this one it made me a bit emotional. Just looking at it remind sme of mine. Hopefully soon all three will be on the road, although i have to say that mine will be a trailer queen after all the work i have had done on her. Looking forwrd to seeing this on the road, even more so sat behind the wheel of her. As for parts like has already been mentioned before, these cars are extremeley scarce now, i can count the amount of road going ones that i know of on both hands Blame that on rampaging rot, expensive dealer parts and the raping of them for their engine for kit cars, their survival rate has not been great. As a result the only parts we have at the moment are to be refitted to our three vehicles, we dont rwally have any to part out. If we do however we will let you guys know. I understand in the US you go crazy for our back lights and in return i long for some rear louvres and some window seals that aren't rotten. If i get my hands on a pair of lights i will let you guys know first. Cheers, DAN

Right i have been inspored by my sister ( starion- girl) on here and her boyfriend (Drive-By) to update this thread. To behinest the car is still in the sme state, i.e. the rear arches need sorting and then a respray. Im almost ashamed of myself but ive been away alot with work, have Lancias, Bmws and now a volvo 480 coupe all vying for my time and money. All this has meant that this resto hasnt progressed alot. THe car will definatly be ready by the end of this year, that i am certain of. One intertesting development was the discovery of a mitsubishi competiton spec box tht plugged into the ECU. I conacted Dave Brodie racing in the uk and he suggested that it could be one of 8 press cars that mitsubishi fitted this too to give the car more poke for roadtesters. Having checked the VIN number i can also now confirm that it is the 2nd to last 2.0 widebody to be registered in the UK. By 1989 we had the 2.6 and the 2.0 was history. I contacted mitsi uk last week and they confirmed that F903 KCN was indeed a test car that was used for roadtests by the big car programmes and magazines back int he late eighties. Even more reason for me to get her sorted now.

Does anybody have any of these kicking around that they want to get rid of. Am dying to get my hand on a set as they are virtually extinct in the UK. Please get in touch if you can help me guys

Yeh your right guys about it being a labour of love, cheers for all your comments, Once all the bodywork and respray is done i will be fitting a selection of goodies i got from the US. modified parts are almost im possible to get hold of over here. However i am trying to find a set of louvres for the rear of the car, rear window and the two side rear ones. If any of you guys know of any that are going spare let me know. i know the shipping costs will be high but that does bother me tbh. cheers, DAN

Yeh it is on the starion owners club UK site m8

To be honest, pretty slim. I can only speak of whats happening in the UK but most of the surviving are either being broken for parts and then the shells scrapped. Or used as track/drifting cars. They are getting to that age where finding a decent one is hard, the cost of restoring them fasr out weighs the price they demand when for sale. At the mo it's no economically viable to restore a bad example. I did purely because i love the car and had contacts with a mitsubishi master tech, who kindly agreed to carry out the restoration. DAN

It was about this time that i had to go to Afghnaistan with the RAF, so when i got back the following had been done Sorted Floorpan http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1743-1.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1753.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1747.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1762.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1757.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1768.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1763.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1765.jpg Jobs left to do Outer of both arches, note the shonkiness of the welding and the depth of the filler, i think the filler was holding the welding together http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1756.jpg Inside rear pocketts http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/resto%203/resto%204/DSCN1748.jpg I cant even begin to tell you how jealous i am of all your cars that live in sun soaked parts of America, gives people an idea of what a damp climate and road salt can do to a car DAN

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Hi guys, Well after covering a faultless 22000mls since April 2007, i decided to give the starion a bit of an xmas makeover. Anyone whos knows these cars will know they love to rot, everywhere. I knew when i got her there was small areas that needed sorting (back arches in particular). Aslo the car had some accident damage to the front left wing and bumper, this will also be repaired during the restoration. So managed to get her into FRD in middlesbrough to have the work carried out. Ive got them to take photos of the restoration as it progresses, so here goes. The car as it was at a recent JNE meet http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/DSCF0014.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/Picture002-1.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone066.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone069.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone070.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone071.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone073-1.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone075.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone076.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone079.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone080.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone081.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone087.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone088.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone089.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone091.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/phone090.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/Picture006.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/Picture032.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/resto/resto2/Picture035.jpg

Well the car before i got her had been a 1 owner car from new. The guy had obviously spent alot of money on the bodywork and getting rid of any rot. But he didn't really spend any money on keeping the bay clean or presentable. As a result she shows all of her 19yrs under there

Tokico struts and coilovers fitted all round,

Hi guys was recommended to this site by a few of my starion owning friends. Its great to see a site devoted to this car and also a healthy following. In the UK the car doesnt quite have such a following and there are only a few left that are road worthy (our nice salty winter roads eat them away ). Anyway thought id post some pics of my 1989 Starion 2.0l turbo (4G63 engine) and it's the widebody model. Hope u approve http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/DSCF0014.jpg http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/s3-1.jpg[/img] http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/s4.jpg [/img] http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/s3.jpg[/img] http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/s2.jpg[/img] http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/sportka1/s1.jpg[/img] Cheers, DAN