Description
A rare piece of Subaru history - a genuine Version 1 STi, 033/ 200 from Aug 1994.
Imported in 2004, I acquired this car from a private seller in 2007, and after enjoying it for a couple of years it then spent the rest of the time in dry storage.
It is now MOT'ed (end May 27) and back on the road.
Amongst all the usual service bits, it has recently had thousands of pounds worth of work including:
- New timing belt.
- All new brake discs, calipers and pads.
- New fuel pump (imported OEM part) and seals.
- New tyres.
- New exhaust, including O2 sensor.
This car has not been messed around with and is pretty much original - although if you were a purist then the front indicators were orange at one point!
(And I assume it was set up with a UK dash from when it was imported in 2004, since it reads in mph.)
Interior: As seen from the photos the interior is in very good condition for a 32 year old car. The carpets and upholstery look practically new, the radio works (and picks up well far more stations than is usual with an older radio nowadays). The only bad point inside is that the bonnet pull has been fixed in a functional, but less than tidy way.
Exterior: The paintwork is generally good, but does reflect a car of this age, that has never had any restorative work done - with the odd small corrosion spot from stone chips and a few tiny spots around the fuel flap and drivers door.
There's also some bumper damage and a marked windscreen (from an errant wiper blade).
Original gold wheels, also showing signs of a car that has been driven, but again not in too bad a condition for age/ mileage.
Fitted with a Toad immobiliser, that I still have all the paperwork for, including a never used spare keypad (might need a battery!) with spare key.
Also still have some of the original import paperwork I was given from the previous owner.
Full disclosure - the gear box has developed a slight intermittent whine since it was in storage. Gear changes are still smooth and problem free, so it could be as simple as needing more driving to circulate the system, or it might benefit from a fluid change. Edited to add: I've only been pottered around in it a couple of times over the past few weeks and this does seem to have improved.
Also had the air con re-filled 14/ 07/ 26.
This car isn't a project, it's functional, driving nicely and I had forgotten quite how amazing the handling is!
It's ready to be driven and enjoyed as it is, or titivated into a show car worth thousands more.
This sites valuations have been added to pictures.
This is a sad sale for me, and I wouldn't be considering moving it on if I could afford to run two cars, but my sensible head has decided to put it up for sale.
Near offers considered.
HISTORY OF VERSION 1:
Most Subaru enthusiasts will know the story of the version 1 STi being selected WRX's taken off the production line and given the STi treatment with various additions and hand-tuning.
If not a search will throw up a couple of websites that explain better than I can.
There seems to be no agreement as to how many were made, (100 / 200 a month over about a period of a year), and these models were never available new in the UK. Hence they were only available as imports, usually coming here or going to Australia, when they reached the 10 year Japanese cut off.
That was 22 years ago so remaining examples are rare, and ones like this that haven't been modified even rarer.
