Austarion

As a former owner of a JD Starion, I'm always curious on the number of JD's in existence on the road and in our possession.
I'm currently in a position to acquire one but not sure if I'll end up owning it!
There are some issues with the release of this particular JD I'm buying where there are TWO Aussie Vin numbers on the drivers side strut
where one is crossed out and the other shown in rego papers.


The real problem is... the one that is crossed out IS the same as the Compliance plate (which is located at the rear inside hatch and not in it's
usual position on top of firewall).


The last 4 questionable digits of the Aussie Vin numbers are #0041 and #0043

I am relieved to say that MMAL have come to the rescue and advised me that #0043 was released into the Australian car market
with the correct engine number on the block! Somewhere along the lines, Mitsu Head Office OR Dealer stuffed up!

So my quest is to table out all 50 or so JD's released in Oz with number, colour, trim and whether or not D60 (LSD) optioned. Plus any brief description.
AND to find out, Does #0041 actually exist out there! The ???? digits should be different to the digits on #0043 if it's out there.

Please add to registry by posting any details of the unknown JD's. I will try and obtain as much info as I can from the forum and personal knowledge.

1. JD7X24????000001 I saw it on ebay about a year ago. $20-25K asking price! From memory it was metallic blue and black trim.
2. JD7X24????000002 I saw this one for sale in the trading post back in 1996. Kept a note of it. Silver with maroon trim. D60 option I think.
3. JD7X24SL12000003 Vic car. Gold with black trim. D60 option. Car shown on Shannons video episode 19.
4. JD7X24????000004 Hoongirl's car. Gold with black trim. D60 optioned I think from factory.
5. JD7X24????000005
6. JD7X24????000006 PRO GSR's car in Qld. Charcoal/Grey colour with grey trim...never seen that in velour. D60 LSD.
7. JD7X24SL11000007 Owned by the boss of a guy that bought my 2nd black widey. Red with black trim and D60 optioned.
8. JD7X24????000008
9. JD7X24????000009
10.JD7X24????000010 Flav connection
11.JD7X24????000011
12.JD7X24????000012
13.JD7X24????000013
14.JD7X24????000014
15.JD7X24????000015
16.JD7X24????000016
17.JD7X24????000017 Victorian car. Two tone Black/silver. Black trim & D60 LSD option. Heading to NSW.
18.JD7X24????000018
19.JD7X24????000019
20.JD7X24????000020
21.JD7X24????000021
22.JD7X24????000022
23.JD7X24????000023
24.JD7X24????000024 4gpwr's car. Silver with maroon trim. D60 optioned. Car has now been sold by Peter.
25.JD7X24????000025 Starspeed's car. White originally, now purple with black trim. D60 option
26.JD7X24????000026
27.JD7X24????000027 Neil's car! Out of action for a while! Two tone burgundy/gold colour with maroon interior. D60 option. Color change inside/out.
28.JD7X24????000028
29.JD7X24????000029 Jdstaz's car. D60 optioned.
30.JD7X24????000030 djalpha, ex noelw car. Silver and maroon trim. D60 option. Currently for sale for $9K ono...now Al Bear's car.
31.JD7X24????000031
32.JD7X24????000032
33.JD7X24????000033
34.JD7X24????000034
35.JD7X24????000035
36.JD7X24????000036
37.JD7X24????000037
38.JD7X24????000038 Sydney based car??
39.JD7X24????000039 Craig's car in Qld. ex Pakistarionjd, ex Vulpes. Silver with maroon trim. D60 optioned. Undergoing full resto!
40.JD7X24????000040 Redzone's old car. Gold with black trim. D60 optioned from factory. LSD missing atm? 3/87 Complied. Owned by PG.
41.JD7X24????000041 Currently on #0043 rego papers BUT was this unit ever released by MMAL??
42.JD7X24????000042
43.JD7X24TA31000043 Recently purchased supposed 'twin cam' JD! Red with black trim. D60 optioned.
44.JD7X24????000044
45.JD7X24TC04000045 My ex JD. Somewhere in SA I think? White with black trim. No LSD option from factory but installed!
46.JD7X24????000046
47.JD7X24????000047 ex Juice 2. Presumeably gold with black trim. LSD ? Wrecked and parted out.
48.JD7X24????000048 ex Noddy. White with black trim. No LSD.
49.JD7X24????000049
50.JD7X24TG14000050 JD Brendan...Nth Qld. White with black trim. D60 optioned? Dead & parted out.
51.JD7X24????000051 Glutenous Gloop. Burgundy with maroon interior. D60 optioned. 1/1987 complied!

Other JD's I'm aware of but have no detail is Silver/maroon ex Vulpes ex Pakistarionjd now in Qld.
The other is Skip's white JD with black trim in SA.
Redzone has mentioned a couple in Qld as well with one wrecked and another that has been turned into a track car.

As mentioned please add by posting any further information on the above JD's released in Oz or TXT me on 0416 254 145 if you are not on the forum.

:beer Mal

Craig from gympie has vulpes' old one, I have him on fb so I'll send him a message asking for the details on his car :)

Whose was that gold shell in Perth that got parted out about 3 years ago?

The one rolled & wrecked on the Gold Coast in the early 2000's was parted by my brother & Jack, I'll see if my bro remembers the number.

Thanks Dave for chasing up those details.
The Perth JD wreck I believe is the car acquired by Juice 2, No#0047! Got that info from the registry.

So far, we can account for 30-odd percent of JD's! It'll be interesting if we can get over 50%. And I'll freak if the No#0041 shows up!
I've got to say, when I bought my JD #0045 back in 1999, I was reliably informed that 49 JD units were sold.
Could this STAMPING stuff up be the reason why there are Vin's #0050 and #0051??
And I have been told there was a special import of an automatic of this model?? Who knows?

Many years ago here in SA I saw a white JD starion in a car yard on Port road......was not a GSV model and had a SOHC 63 with an auto box!

Craig's car is number 39 he thinks. It's silver with maroon interior, it's getting a full resto at the moment. He's pretty sure it is a D60.

ps mine is a 12/85 build, 3/87 compliance! Yes originally D60 but some ass bandit lifted the diff inbetween when we saw it in march 2012 and when we got it in early 2013.

I'm assuming that you have gone through my Aus Starion Registry thread, Mal?

From that VIN pic I would have suggested that it was an error from the factory when they hand stamped the VIN as both numbers are the same stamping characters.

Well done on persevering with it, Mal. You are an absolute legendary Starion enthusiast! :beer :pimp

From the info I have and which hasn't been covered above:

JD #001 was/is owned by Chris Collier in Melb.
JD #006 has colour code HD (Charcoal/Grey)
JD #010 has compliance date Oct-85 colour/trim: PL/R4 Options: E59, D26, D60, V02

JD #029 owned by jdstaz Options: E59, D26, D60
JD #038 Sydney-based car

Thanks for those details Charlie.
I have a feeling the #0038 car might be the car that headed up north to Qld undergoing full resto, ie, Craig's car.

Jdstaz details I will add to the list.

I had a lot of knock backs from Mitsubishi Australia (MMAL) in trying to find the history of the red JD #0043 saying records were too old.
(Funny how it was registered as JD #0041)!
It was actually through their WARRANTY records where they were able to confirm that the car was released in Australia with all the correct details....

:beer

Bump for some updates. More to come when I find my notes.