Miracle liquids and magic pastes are usually sources of great skepticism for us here at Clunkbucket. While there are some things that might work, there are a lot more that don't. When the folks from Rescue Tape handed us a roll of this promising tape-like stuff at the big SEMA Show last year, we already had a test for it in mind. One of heater bypass hoses in the Starlet had … [Read more...]
Economy Seat Covers
The dry climate and salt free roads of California are kind to older cars like the Starlet. The same warm California sun has detrimental effects on vinyl interiors. Throw in twenty plus years of sitting and sunbathing, and it's a good bet that even the rich Corinthian leather in those 1981 Cordoba seats has seen better days. Drivers seats take the biggest beating. While the foam … [Read more...]
Detroit Spotlight 1966
The best part about having musty old car magazines from the '60s is reading press releases about how by 1971, we would all be driving electric cars that ran on batteries comprised of then futuristic exotic materials. In the Detroit Spotlight department of a December 1966 issue of Motor Trend magazine is a small photo of a 1931 Detroit Electric Model 99, accompanied by the news … [Read more...]
Starlet and Starion Conquest
While seeing a Starion and a Starlet together in the same driveway may be something we're used to around here at Clunkbucket, rarely are the two cars ever seen together in the field. Andrew Layman is the only other person we know of that has not only a Starlet, but also a Starion. In this case the Mitsubishi is a 1986 Conquest-by-Dodge version Starion, and the 1982 Starlet … [Read more...]
Global Economy! Starlet in Poland
From the worldwide economic trends department comes the news that the Toyota Starlet is still a reasonably priced car. Piotr from Poland sent in these shots of this new-to-him 1982 Toyota Starlet in white. The KP61 is all original, and according to the rear deck lid window sticker, a totally fantastic Toyota. With 300,000 kilometers on the clock the K-series engine should be … [Read more...]