Starion_Kid696's JA starion NUMBER 2

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what woudl you do?

fix it and regester it
6
50%
parts car
4
33%
bush basher
2
17%
 
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Starion_Kid696
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Starion_Kid696's JA starion NUMBER 2

Post by Starion_Kid696 »

Hey i bought another starion today, 82 JA
pretty much stock but it has:

cheapo headunit
sweet looking turbo timer with 1 minute, 3 minutes or 5 minutes and a STOP button
excessivly storng rear gas struts... neally broke the rear glass when i unlocked the hatch :(
custom dead rat under the seat.. well just its skeliton
rear hatch spoiler
drivign lights

paid $400 for it it ran but the turbo intake pipe is ripped so leaks hardcore and it also needs a battery.

unsure what to do with it yet... parts car or bush basher or fix it up and get it regestered

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Post by FST4RD »

From the pictures it looks to be quite a straight car. Fix it up and sell it for a profit or fix it up and keep it for yourself :)
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Post by JD_Stazza_Brendan »

Profit and Starion in the same sentence, Your crazy. Starions dont sell in North QLD. Phil had my JA for sale for ages before i bought it and i got it quite cheap.

If you keep it you will have,
-3 regos/insurance
-3 cars to maintain
Not like your going to have alot of money on 1st year apprenticship wages.

I think put all the good bits into your MPI car and part this one out keeping important bits (gearbox, diff, etc) for personal spares then strip the shell.
-JA Starion with JD bits , Forged engine, Heaps of mods (parked up)
-BFII XR6 Turbo Ute , Here comes 400hp for 2k :p
-77 Mazda 323 drag car. 13bt rotary project.

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Post by Alspos »

Fix.
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Post by WANTSOM »

Its hard enough keeping one Starion in working order. I am with JD_Stazza. Its a parts car for things you will need and better to have them on hand than to have to source from the rest of the world.

I am basing that comment on what appears to be some rust issues in the photos.

Good buy though, even offloading some of the things will get you back the $400 and then you have a free source of spare parts which you WILL need.
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Post by Starion_Kid696 »

bit of an update... i now know what im goign to do with it... lads at work said demolition derby car but its no competition against that old solid as a rock volvo :(, cant afford 3 regos and also cant drive 3 cars at once so not practical. Im parting the car out and selling the engine to a mate to put into his L300 van. We took the car to a long gravel road to test it... goes pretty hard for stock... it had a good hour and a half drive but yeh keep an eye out as some parts will be up for sale on here and ebay
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Post by redzone »

yep that one had parts car written all over it!

starions should never be in demo derbies though lol every panel is precious!
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Post by groupAralliart »

redzone wrote:starions should never be in demo derbies though lol every panel is precious!
Too right, would you demo a 'classic' with Bathurst pedigree and unparalleled production car history - no it would be almost criminal not to mention degrading! Sounds similar to the stories I have heard about E38 Chargers and Pacers being wrecked and scraped for beer money not 20 years ago - now how many cartons of VB would you get for a rough E34 Pacer or Big Tank RT?
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Post by NXTIME »

That rear hatch upper spoiler is rare and is definitely worth keeping ;)
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Post by JD_Stazza_Brendan »

Ive already got my name on that.....
-JA Starion with JD bits , Forged engine, Heaps of mods (parked up)
-BFII XR6 Turbo Ute , Here comes 400hp for 2k :p
-77 Mazda 323 drag car. 13bt rotary project.

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Post by Vulpes »

This is what I dont get about how retarded people are. How does a car that was way ahead of its time, that cost $25,000 when you could buy a top of the range SE sigma for $8,000, that had leather seats, fuel injection, turbo, 125kw etc etc etc end up like this ? Where the hell did the people go wrong who bought this baby as a beautiful shiny new supercar ?
This kind of thing annoys me :x
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