Archive for September 13th, 2010

External Projects; 1965 Mitsubishi Debonair

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September 13, 2010
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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

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Caning round Taupo in the DR30

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September 13, 2010
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Friend of mine finally ripped the footage from when he rode shotgun in squid around Taupo a couple of weeks back. His camera is ancient and the sound quality isn’t the best, but it gives you an idea of the track layout (as well as my dismal efforts at piloting the car around).

Need better brakes and some bigger cohones!

Right at the end of the video you can hear me say “It’s running a bit hot”… the radiator top sensor finally carked it, meaning the cooling fan wouldn’t switch on (great design guys!) and as a result the water temp started creeping past 100 deg C on the gauge. Fortunately I managed to get it back below 90 deg on the cooldown lap which followed.

Video credits: APESHIT/Rob.

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