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Garnet Red '93 Ty #1579
I picked up this Typhoon in the evening of March 27th, 2014. It was the first of three Typhoons I would end up buying over the next 8 months, but at the time I did not know that, I was just excited to have another Typhoon in another color besides white. I still have a White/White that I've owned for 18 years and I previously had a White/Gray that I fixed and later resold.
I'll upload pictures another time after I find and sort through them, but for now I'll give you the details of the project that was on my trailer, ready to come to its new permanent home.
For those who don't know, the 1993 Garnet Red/Argent Gray is the rarest production color any Typhoon had been painted, with a total of 24 examples rolling off the Pontiac, MI assembly line before heading to PAS Inc. to be turned into finished Typhoons. Those 24 Garnets can be broken down further by their "options" at the time, being (U1C) CD Player w/ 5-Band EQ and (V54) Roof Luggage Carrier. There could be four possible combinations with those options, trucks that had a tape deck and no luggage carrier, trucks that had a CD player and no luggage carrier, trucks that had a tape deck and a luggage carrier and lastly, trucks that had bother the CD player and the luggage carrier. The production breakdown is as follows;
#1579 has both the CD Player and the Luggage Carrier, however the original CD Player was missing when I got it, in fact there was no radio in the truck at all, along with a ton of other parts that were missing, but we'll get into that later. From what I have been able to determine, this truck was dealer ordered truck for it's original owner in Long Island, NY. It lived there from 1993 - 1995 then changed hands and came to New Jersey from 1995 - 1998. I can only guess that it just stayed in NJ but wasn't on the road for the following 6 years because there are no registration records until it was titled in Florida in 2005. If it went for sale publicly, I don't know how I would have missed it as I was heavy into the SyTy game at that point in time. Nevertheless, it stayed in FL from 2005 - 2009, then it was sold in 2010 and stayed with that owner until 2014 when I purchased it. I know it sat stationary for a number of years and probably more than owner had it parked for a considerable amount of time, including myself since I've had it for over 4 years and haven't put a single mile on it, but hopefully that will change in 2019.
So for the nitty gritty details, along with the radio being missing when i got it, the front fender cladding was missing on both sides, the turbo was also missing, it had an engine in it but it had never been started. The main engine harness was missing, the entire front body harness was missing, some of the ABS wiring was there and the small harness for the fuel injectors was there, that was it for wiring under the hood. The core support had one bolt in it and no nut on the bottom. I believe the radiator, hoses, belts, pulleys, upper intake, transmission inspection cover and a bunch of other assorted parts and brackets were all in the back of the truck or rear seat floor. The body cladding had been pulled off and painted Garnet Red to match the body at some point (looks horrible), so that needed to be removed and brought back to the original Argent Gray. The body, frame and suspension were all clean and rust free, however the paint was super chalky from years of sitting untouched, and it appears the tailgate my have been painted or clear coated at some point, as was the drivers door, but only from the body line up and around the window, the middle of the door looked as the rest of the body did.
Project Goals. Being such a rare color, the only proper way to handle this basket case of a truck was to restore it back to stock as humanly possible. It will have some reliability upgrades such as fuel pump, plug wires, and some other undetectable bits here and there. I have the original transmission for the truck, that was supposedly rebuilt, but I am going to install a known good trans out of another Typhoon I had and keep that one clean and safe in my basement. If I do ever sell the truck, I will install or include that transmission with the sale. The plastic crossover tubes for the intake setup are known to crack and kill turbos, and even though I have 3 good crossovers, I'm hoping to swap those out with a more reliable fiberglass or carbon fiber reproduction. I have obtained an original, correct CD Player w/ EQ a couple of years ago, along with a few other bits and pieces that were needed on the interior.
I'll upload pictures another time after I find and sort through them, but for now I'll give you the details of the project that was on my trailer, ready to come to its new permanent home.
For those who don't know, the 1993 Garnet Red/Argent Gray is the rarest production color any Typhoon had been painted, with a total of 24 examples rolling off the Pontiac, MI assembly line before heading to PAS Inc. to be turned into finished Typhoons. Those 24 Garnets can be broken down further by their "options" at the time, being (U1C) CD Player w/ 5-Band EQ and (V54) Roof Luggage Carrier. There could be four possible combinations with those options, trucks that had a tape deck and no luggage carrier, trucks that had a CD player and no luggage carrier, trucks that had a tape deck and a luggage carrier and lastly, trucks that had bother the CD player and the luggage carrier. The production breakdown is as follows;
| Tape Deck / No Luggage Carrier | 3 |
| Tape Deck / Luggage Carrier | 6 |
| CD Player / No Luggage Carrier | 5 |
| CD Player / Luggage Carrier | 10 |
#1579 has both the CD Player and the Luggage Carrier, however the original CD Player was missing when I got it, in fact there was no radio in the truck at all, along with a ton of other parts that were missing, but we'll get into that later. From what I have been able to determine, this truck was dealer ordered truck for it's original owner in Long Island, NY. It lived there from 1993 - 1995 then changed hands and came to New Jersey from 1995 - 1998. I can only guess that it just stayed in NJ but wasn't on the road for the following 6 years because there are no registration records until it was titled in Florida in 2005. If it went for sale publicly, I don't know how I would have missed it as I was heavy into the SyTy game at that point in time. Nevertheless, it stayed in FL from 2005 - 2009, then it was sold in 2010 and stayed with that owner until 2014 when I purchased it. I know it sat stationary for a number of years and probably more than owner had it parked for a considerable amount of time, including myself since I've had it for over 4 years and haven't put a single mile on it, but hopefully that will change in 2019.
So for the nitty gritty details, along with the radio being missing when i got it, the front fender cladding was missing on both sides, the turbo was also missing, it had an engine in it but it had never been started. The main engine harness was missing, the entire front body harness was missing, some of the ABS wiring was there and the small harness for the fuel injectors was there, that was it for wiring under the hood. The core support had one bolt in it and no nut on the bottom. I believe the radiator, hoses, belts, pulleys, upper intake, transmission inspection cover and a bunch of other assorted parts and brackets were all in the back of the truck or rear seat floor. The body cladding had been pulled off and painted Garnet Red to match the body at some point (looks horrible), so that needed to be removed and brought back to the original Argent Gray. The body, frame and suspension were all clean and rust free, however the paint was super chalky from years of sitting untouched, and it appears the tailgate my have been painted or clear coated at some point, as was the drivers door, but only from the body line up and around the window, the middle of the door looked as the rest of the body did.
Project Goals. Being such a rare color, the only proper way to handle this basket case of a truck was to restore it back to stock as humanly possible. It will have some reliability upgrades such as fuel pump, plug wires, and some other undetectable bits here and there. I have the original transmission for the truck, that was supposedly rebuilt, but I am going to install a known good trans out of another Typhoon I had and keep that one clean and safe in my basement. If I do ever sell the truck, I will install or include that transmission with the sale. The plastic crossover tubes for the intake setup are known to crack and kill turbos, and even though I have 3 good crossovers, I'm hoping to swap those out with a more reliable fiberglass or carbon fiber reproduction. I have obtained an original, correct CD Player w/ EQ a couple of years ago, along with a few other bits and pieces that were needed on the interior.
After months of waiting due to delays from the pandemic, my Super Stocks from Sportmachines finally arrived! More to come on this in the next couple of months... #carlisleprep21
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