I couldn't afford a Starion so this is what I have..

Station · Post by **Station** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:19 am

That's an awesome car.
How much do Starions go for over there?

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 5:38 am

it varies, you can usually get a tidy flatbody 2L import GSR for about NZ$3000 (1000 pounds) or a nice NZ-new (same as a Euro spec flatbody) 2L with leather, LSD, mph speedo etc for $5000. As for widebodies, the only running condition one I have seen for sale was for $16000, but it had been completely stripped down and restored to pristine condition. It was an import from the UK, an '88 2L model. I recently lost out on a widebody going for sale with the engine out in the boot in pieces, no rego plates and a bit of rust in the radiator support panel - I was leading the bidding at $2000 but in the last seconds it esculated up to $3200!

You could probably import a widebody from Japan (as long as it's over 20 years old) for approx $10-15k, that is if you can find one for sale in Japan.

It's not that I couldn't really afford one, it's just this came up and it's probably alot rarer than a Starion (I like quirky things) but has all the same Starion running gear in it. I got it for $1600.

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 4:29 pm

Scorpion with factory boost........ cool! means i might not have to engineer mine! :D

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:24 pm

yeah it's called heaps of different things all over the world.

In Oz it's either a Chrysler or Mitsubishi Scorpion, in NZ it was either a Galant Lambda (early models) or Sapporo (late models), in the UK and Europe it was a Colt Sapporo, in Japan it was the Galant A or Eterna A (A being the lambda symbol), in the States it can be a Dodge Challenger II, Plymouth Sapporo.

www.msapporo.com has more info on each model

JayME · Post by **JayME** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:52 am

Cool car - looks like its coming along nicely

I had one a few years back - cant remember if it was badged Sapporo or Eterna now but it was a 1980, Jap import GSR turbo - Black with the red stripes exactly the same as the one on the front page of www.msapporo.com. Very cool - loved the pillarless windows and the look of the twin headlight model. That car is a big part of why I own a starion now.

Wish I had never sold it . . . .

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:15 am

yeah they are a pretty cool car alright. ProZac also in ChCh had one in black, but his didn't have the red stripes down the side so maybe is yet another one down there:

JayME · Post by **JayME** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:59 pm

Im pretty sure thats the one - It come up on trademe a while ago and I went and had a look - had been repainted with those wheels put on but the interior was real rough. Recognized it cause of a dent in the bonnet and my rangi exhaust I had put on it

It didnt happen to run a bearing did it?

Junkers · Post by **Junkers** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:07 pm

JayME wrote:
It didnt happen to run a bearing did it?

Yes it had, think Zac rebuilt the engine and got it running sweetly again until someone else bought it off him and free boosted it and either blew a piston or a head gasket. They bought some pistons off me recently but I think it's just sitting around for the meantime.

There is another gold one here in Christchurch but is currently parked up until Brad finds a few parts for it.

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:41 pm

There's also another white one in the south island somewhere with some euro-mesh style 15" wheels, guy wanted something like $2500 for it at the time. Was a Galant GT facelift model.

What parts is that guy needing Junkers?

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:31 pm

a quick update

replaced the boots and cleaned up the half-shafts and fitted them along with diff back into subframe, painted up the prop shaft too:

and put the subframe back in:

a powdercoated rocker cover arrived:

front end has had a paint up and bushes replaced too:

and a quick sneak peak at the struts - the original spring perches have been cut off and the rear struts have been opened up and will be shortened to suit SW20 MR2 rear inserts:

Junkers · Post by **Junkers** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:23 pm

dirtygalant wrote:
What parts is that guy needing Junkers?

Engine, box and a starion bumper.

Wow that's coming along nicely

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:31 pm

All the coilover bits

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:48 pm

Ok with huge thanks to wayne (vvega) the coilovers are together and now fitted

At the current setting it sits with the tyres (factory 195/70 balloons) even with the tops of the guards, and about 70mm ground clearance to the front crossmember. It still has a further inch lower it can go, or two inches higher. I can take out the keeper springs for a further 40mm drop.

More pics to come later

RXCORP · Post by **RXCORP** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:00 pm

Nice work man!!

they look similar to mine, just a different color car. Its so trippy

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:44 pm

Mate! Yours was my inspiration!

more pics as promised

front calipers back on

and dropped.. excuse the shitty pics from my camera, the flash fails at night

a bit of clearance, but it's goin on 205/50 R15s soon so will drop down even more

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I couldn't afford a Starion so this is what I have..

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