A chap on the JNC forums recently shared this find and purchase with the forums.
A rare Mitsubishi, in Oregon!?
How cool is that? Not only is the Debonair a rare car, even in Japan, but it’s also one of the coolest looking cars ever built and most certainly one of the coolest cars that Mitsubishi ever made. How odd for one to be kicking about (albeit in tatty condition) in the United States. I can only imagine the excitement that ‘city hunter‘ had when tracking it down was similar to mine when I found my S21 locally.
You can follow the project via JNC, here; city hunter’s 1965 Mitsubishi Debonair
I know I’ll be keeping a close eye on it.
-Michael
Cool to see some people talking about the car. I was just having a beer looking for debonair stuff and ran across this blog. I basically crapped myself when a datsun friend linked me to the auction. Then I missread it and thought it ha d2 days left when it was 2 hours left. Auctioned ended a few hours later and my friend text’d me and wa slike wtf how come you didnt bid on it like you said you would. I instantly send the guy a few messages on ebay asking about it and letting him know I was a big mitsubishi nut. Paul got back to me the next day mainly because I was a mitsubishi guy, and said it’s mine if I want it since I was the only mitsu guy that had messaged him. I went and picked it up the da after, 10 hour round trip. It’s nice seeing all the back story of the car. I will be talking to the daughter of the old buidnessman who originally imported it when they moved back tot eh states. She use to ride in it back when they were still in japan.
Anyhow, car is gonna get a completel and proper restoration, with maybe some minor upgrades like front disk brakes. SHe should be going to the media blaster for walnut blasting in the next month or so.