Went fishing for a cheap starter to enable compression testing on 2 pre 85 om617 engines i have.

That's when i first became aware of a few places that didn't include 85 with the rest.

Finally checked with rock auto, who also show a 1 year starter common only to the 85 126sd

Ebay is all over & often contradictory (some include 85, others don't) i find.

I googled this deal & came up empty so posted, dunno what the bottom line is.

Therefor any discussion of 1985 California-specific starters is irrelevant!