Should I?

Saw this ad...hmm should i buy it?
http://www.mudah.my/mitsubishi-lancer-old-...8268.htm?ca=9_s

Well, you'd finally have a 1st gen again.
I'd be checking out what condition it's in first, might be a pain in the arse to fix up.

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Were all la lancers in the Philippines released with the L shaped taillights ?
I also noticed a slight variation from Australian models in the back bumper bar and rear beaver panel to accomadate larger lic plates. What is the grill on that yellow one in the add, was that another variation from Au models or from another vehicle?

I think you should buy it, imagine how happy it would be

Im from malaysia actually, and it is incredibly rare to see a L shaped taillights 1stgen here. I've seen like only 3 on the road including my own in my lifetime so far. The usual fare is the telephone shaped tailights aka EL model or the straight SL ones. BTW I've never seen a 2 door 1stgen in Malaysia b4 in my life as well..

Tempting tempting...u guys dont think the car has been invovled in a crash somehow? I mean the bonnet doesnt close properly and the chrome headlight cover is dinged..Speaking of which.. i never seen that kind of grill before..hmm

The grill looks non-OEM to me.

Yup, I agree with Phil. Looks like it crashed too.

Up to you... me? I'm skeptical about it.

Yeah not worth the journey me thinks..(4-6 hours) i might get this instead

http://www.mudah.my/ford-escot-gt-1972-kel...2655.htm?ca=9_s

Mmmm... Escort

That one has potential!

You really think it has potential? Wonder if it had a tach. cant see it from the pics..damn

Anyway Im looking for another oldskool..preferably one with a tacho dash and aged around 1stgens.. u probably know tachs are rare for the era of 1stgens..

Oh wait i got real gem right here..problem is theres no documents to transfer the owner
http://retrosyndicate.freeforums.org/fs-mi...eapo-t2570.html

escorts...the lancers arch nemesis (in rallies anyway)!

I'd certainly go for one, if I wasn't totally obsessed with Lancers, those MkI's and RS2000 are actually pretty good cars, and the Kent X-Flow engines were Fords motor engineers first steps in a logical direction... (if you've seen the amount of "fixit-jobs" in the smallblock 289 (with a 4 speed matchup) from the old Mustang/Falcons then you'd know what I mean)

Hmm guess i have to research abit on these escorts...but im sure you want the real deal like this one..cost a fortune too

http://retrosyndicate.freeforums.org/escor...vised-t178.html

Yeah...Research really is required when going for the "older" cars. I know very little about the Escort, except that they are a pretty solid, (semi)reliable car that seem to have spare parts jumping out of the ground.

The only reason I say semi reliable is from my one experience with them, at my rally club. I've seen the MkI catch fire twice now (once on a dyno, and once at a khanacross) and at that same khanacross, the two MkII's that were there, both went home broken. One snapped an axle on it's very first bump! and the other I think went into meltdown from inhaling so much soot. So none of them were capable of going home under their own steam!

Just for reference, at that Khanacross, the Beast suffered a blocked fuel line (which for future reference, was remedied by the club's car guru, just by sticking his hand over the carby and revving hard, *toot*ed the blockage straight out! ) As well as that she was suffering around about 90% radiator core blockage, which still didn't stop competing or from getting home! ...at 60km/h for a 250km drive!

Whoa how about this one guys? Got potential?

http://www.mudah.my/mitsubishi-celeste-1-6...5526.htm?ca=9_s

Something about the Euro Fords and Fire? We once had a MKIV Cortina and it caught fire while driving down our drive way... Semi-reliable... Yes! The Shifter also came off in my moms hand once and the fuel gauge was a stick that we would dip in the tank A buddy of mine had the same car and it too caught fire and the drive shaft broke catapulting the car up and over...

Celeste looks Sweet!!! Heavy though so you'll need a bigass engine to compensate!