Mitsubishi Sapporo restoration project (ongoing)

[carsos00]

Mine is still in bits, one tricky bit left to weld, as far as I can see there are only a hand full left in the UK.

[syka2210]

nice... i have one too but not in such good shape as yours... btw, how much does it consumes? mine is a gsr 2000 cm3 engine from 79 with left steering wheel.

[Chochan89]

So? how is it now?

great proyect.

[leviathon74]

Sapporo?

Dont u meen a Scorpion?

[joh2]

@leviathon74 Sapporo (in this case a Colt Sapporo) - for reasons known to Mitsubishi, this car was sold under a variety of names. In Australia it was the Chrysler Scorpion, in Japan it was the Mitsubishi Lambda and in North America it was the Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Sapporo.

[iGSRVR]

hey CarsosOO's

Yes I know about the Sapporo I was wondering if there are any avilable in your area am looking for the GSR model to be exact.

[Cliffy78]

thanks... i have a mate that will do me a deal. full body rust cut and weld repair and a new spray job for 1500. so i think i will just go to him. thanks for the heads up on price and good luck on the restoration will be a very nice car once finished.

[Cliffy78]

How much has it cost you to do all this... i own a 1978 chrysler sigma and im looking to restore it and i am trying to fiund out how much im looking at

[carsos00]

It could cost a few thou or a few hundred, it al depends on the level you want to go and the condition of the car, the more you do your self the cheaper. My Sapporo now has complete new front and rear suspenion, fuel tank.....etc the list goes on but the biggest thing to do is a quality repray, I still have that one difficult bit to weld, a bit that I may have to get someone to do for me, once thats done the respray is not far away. At the end of the day your restore will cost what U can afford

[MADEINAUSTRALIA76]

@carsos00 A big thumbs up.

I had one of these when I was 20. Bolted on a Garrett T25 turbo.

Flew like the wind.

Hope she does you proud.

Miss mine!!

[alernest]

The first generation had so much more spirit, so much nicer!

However, I would still try to mount the independent rear suspension of Mk II...

[carsos00]

Totaly agree now, but back in 1984 I always though the Mk II was better but as time moved on the Mk I now I think has much better defining lines and character.

To find a decent rear diff now would be hard, just going to keep the car as close to the day it rolled out the factory.....may be better !

[mgrella63]

wow one of my all time favorite cars!!! You never see any on the road,yours is the first ive seen in years.I would love to get one but they are impossible to find

[akiolavi]

Very nice! I have Sapporo 2000 GSR -79 in Finland and I'm trying to restorate it... Can't find right carburetor repair kit anywhere..

[carsos00]

One place worth looking is Australia (ebay au) down under as its called in the UK has a big mitsubishi following and that would be the best place to look, look under mitsubishi scorpion, there are loads of mods for scorpions/sapporos down under so you should find something.

[iGSRVR]

Yo CarsosOO

Can you find me a Sapporo GSr any where near you. I see the motor mounts are th same as the Starion I planning to do a Sapporo with a2.6 Turbo Charged with the MPI Conversion. PM me.

[carsos00]

Firstly, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. The Starion was a Sapporo with a new top and uprated suspention. In Australia both cars had lots of mods that could be bought of the shelf. I know that there are 4 mk1 Sapporos located in a farm yard in England somewere but these are cars that are getting harder to get spares for in the UK.

[tastyorange]

Through the 80's, Mitsubishi continued to make cars that were more sophisticated than Toyota and Honda, with features like a reclining rear seat on the Galant, etc...

Now Mitsubishi is just an ordinary car company with nothing special as far as I'm concerned.

[tastyorange]

Power mirrors, rear windows rolled down... the plaid seats with integral head rests... the colors and styling...

Unfortunately these cars got SEVERE premature rust just like many 1970's Japanese cars.

I had to give up on mine in 1988 as the rear shocks were about to break through the wheel wells and the transmission support rusted!

[tastyorange]

I had a nice, used orange 1978 Challenger by Mitsubishi which was a little more outlandish than the Sapporo. What made these cars different than say a Mustang... was all the little features and details that made Mitsubishi so different from all the other cars at the time.

[ElQuesoGuapo]

What's the attraction of the Sapporo? I'm not trying to put it down. I don't know anything about it, and am wondering what made you choose it for a project, or what makes it a car worthy of restoration.

[carsos00]

Good question,

Firstly I owned one trough most of the 80s and of all the cars Ive owned it was the one I liked the most. Compared with other cars of the time there was nothing like it and a fairly uncommon car at the time. Not a particularly fast car but fast enough. The slopping rear, pillar-less widows, pointed front end with its for square lights (great full beam but crap dipped) the unusual interior design, dash, carpets etc made for something that bit different.

[carsos00]

Today its a very rare car on the road (in the UK anyway) and thats what makes it so appealing ..hope that answered your question.

[grucu]

how long it took you?

[carsos00]

still ongoing at June 2009 and I got the car in 2002.... I just do bits at a time when I'm in the mood...

[grucu]

yes. I've got 79 Blazer K5 and stiill not finished

[jdlempi]

I had an 83 Plymouth Sapporo. One of my favorite cars ever! I see that it wasn't only mine that was worked over by rust. I can't wait to see your finished product. Good Luck!

[Lmilgiar]

CLAP CLAP CLAP i have one of this too, and is in this way too.

Congrats!

Cheers

[Kuahmel]

I imagine a lot of fabrication had to be done, as new parts and donor cars simply aren't readily available.

So what's up with the finished product? Or is it not done yet?

[carsos00]

Hi, you'r right fabrication of parts is the only way, I,m on my last welding part (rear left near supp/arm fixing) this is quite a big part to fix. There's a few stories I could tell (and will when I get a chance) but most of the body work is done. I have 100s of pictures ove the last 6 years, and the last few mins of the video are only from last June/July.

[portales32]

You´r job is my dream. Regards (miscg4)