1975-1995 Toyota Supra / Mark II / Mitsubishi Sapporo / GTO

Poor thing. At least it gives plenty of opportunity for guilt free modification.
You could replace the green flames with Dodge Firearrow graphics. MGB wheels on it?

That yellow celeste brings back some memories. My family had a 79 jannil yellow one from new until 2000 when it was sold. It was the first car I ever drove on the road. And it had the cream seats with the orange cloth inserts with the brown carpets. The chief difference is ours was a GSR which had twin carbs and an ammeter where your coin box is not that ammeter ever worked. It suffered from overheating a lot in later years. One ebay tip is the Plymouth Arrow in the states is the same thing as a Celeste.

An update on the hot rod. As feared water has trickled its way into the bores, sat there for a considerable time, corroded the pistons and done a fine job of fusing them together. With the throttle mechanism seized solid, carb beyond repair and alternator dead, this motor has had its day.

My skills and budget won't stretch to a fabricated setup with different running gear etc. With the considerable parts list to boot, my best option is going to be waiting for another Celeste to turn up, perhaps a runner with a rotten shell, and building one from two. In the mean time I'll moth ball this one. Frustrating really as it's the right time of year to start work on a big project.

Should anyone have any leads on a Celeste, you know where to find me

A 1982 Colt Galant 2000 estate has joined the Mitsubishi sanctuary...



Whoops...shouldn't have opened the passenger door!







By tomorrow it won't look this clean. Some more of the roof will have fallen off...







Elvis came as standard on GLX models I believe!



Under the seat was a millipede (released without harm), 1980's map, 3 blank cheques (ka-ching!), 28p, a pen, some sunglasses and a very old packet of Wrigleys.

I snapped this up as it has a lovely low mileage 4G63 2l engine. My plan is to remove it along with the gearbox, brakes and wheels and fit them on the Celeste. I bought the Galant 'blind' so to speak and assumed it'd be fairly rotten and rough. Was quite surprised when it turned up (thank you James!) to find it's fairly solid underneath for 32 years old. That said there's no inner front wing and much of the roof looks like the contents of the dustpan. It's merely held in place by the vinyl. Its' swapped paint with most of Shrewsbury and all 4 corners have been bumped.

And while we're at it, lets be honest - it's not a design classic. This is function over fantasy. No one right now is thinking "I really wish I could find an early 80's Galant estate".

However EVERYTHING works, right down to the wipers on the headlights - and for that I will put it in for an MOT and see what it needs to be saved. There are only 3 Galant 2000's still registered and in 2007 this was the only one on the road (of Galant 2000's - other Galants in this shape were out there). This was also the last time it was used. I'm not holding my breath as the seatbelt mounting point is very close to the rot in the roof. Max budget £150.

Watch this space!

P.S - Speedy I put a post up on ovalchat last week. Cheers for the idea!

Awesome cars! That Galant estate is a beaut, never seen one before and I know a fair few people had a lot of interest when it showed up!

Do what you did with the Sapporo's with the Galant/Celeste, get the 'spares car' on the road instead! Its awesome!

(Glad to see you saving these!)

mate in Bexhill has this one. may be for sale one day in the near future.

That Celeste looks beautiful and would be awesome, especially as it's literally around the corner from me. Good job!

Ah yes, mushrooms and fungi. That brings back memories of yesterday cleaning them out!

I *think* I'm right in saying this Galant probably came from Australia. Mitsubishi shipped them from there to circumvent import quotas at the time.

I didn't know it'd been up for sale before. When James, the chap selling it, dropped it off he did say he'd had it since then and had been unsure what to do/what to ask. He'd been asked to pick it up from a house clearance and scrap it. The wise man didn't do that fortunately.

Right - time to go and investigate that rot.

My first car was a Sapporo - NKL663W. No idea if it's still in existence. That was back in 1989. Wish i knew some of the things i know now back then....like don't px it against a Metro Turbo lol.

Liking your attempt to rescue every old Mitsi!