Sometimes good things happen to those who wait long enough.......

http://www.nlclassifieds.com/classified ... les/382292

Only 3 KM's from my workplace....

I haven't got an answer on the phone yet,but I've been to look at the car already.Its rough,but everything seems to be there.

Could this be the beginning......?

that's certainly a piece of history ... canadian spec with unique grill and tail lights

Thats gonna be a real shame when I do this to it then......



If I can get it,I'll be building it for Targa Newfoundland......

no, a real shame would be if you crash it on it's first race

lol, is that gonna be your beast? Nice find.

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What are the odds of that happening twice?

Only j/k'ing.I backed my car in the ditch in Targa '09,but it was a "soft off"

I'm hoping to make it mine....its a very very rare find around here,but it would look perfect in my driveway done up for historic rally.

haha, we'd like to see you in the j-tin raced in anger thread, so if you do go out with a BANG, be sure to have a friend take pics

When I first saw the title, I thought it was a US model Cricket (I believe that was British built). I did not know the US Colt was called a Cricket in Canada. Nothing like confusion.

Mark

There's a thread for raced in anger?

When ever you go off.....there is always someone there taking pics.....

From what I have read so far,looks like here in Canada we had the Plymouth Cricket and the Dodge Colt starting in 1974.Both are the same car except for trim items(I think).Up to that date the Cricket was the British built Hillman just rebadged.Maybe someone else can confirm that as I'm new at this.

So....what would this Cricket have been badged as if it was sold by Mitsubishi......a Lancer?

PS still no answer from the phone listed in the ad or sign of anyone at the house.

viewtopic.php?t=3738

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2966052

Yeah, it would have been badged as a Lancer, looks like an LA.
Then again, it sort of looks like a GC/GD Galant hardtop as well, so I'm not totally sure lol

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definitely not a lancer. take another look

Yeah, it would be a Galant.

Mark

It's not a lancer.
It's a GEN 2 Galant Hardtop GC/GD (in Australia and Asia) or Dodge Colt Hardtop (in USA).

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If you are into early Mitsu products, have a look at http://www.sigma-galant.com/index.php

yeah definately a gen 2 hardtop. quite a bit bigger car than the lancer.

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31 3000gt vr4
88 starion x2, 83 starion
88 cordia turbo
87 Montero swb turbo, 1987 Minicab van Supercharged
86 mighty max 4x4
84, 85, and 86 lancer ex1800 turbo
78 lancer
73 galant coupe
65 Debonair Deluxe
80's Hero

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'81 Scorpion- Daily thrasher/track project. 4G52, 4.6:1 rear end, suspension work etc.
'00 Magna- 6G74, 5spd. Sensible, reliable daily, gets along pretty well though.
'79 Suzuki GS550- 580cc overbore, rejetted carbs.

Damn.....too rusty.....way too rusty!

dang that stinks ... see how misleading photos can be

They had it patched up with bondo then covered with fresh paint and a heavy coating of underguard.I would sooner have seen it before patched so I would know the extent of the rust.

The original Plymouth Crickets from 1971-early '73 were British built Hillman Avengers. Then around mid '73 Chrysler rebadged a Dodge Colt as the Plymouth Cricket... a much wiser decision.



Original 1971-73 British built, Plymouth Cricket
<img src="http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/4870/81/24672540001_large.jpg">

1973 Japanese built, Plymouth Cricket
<img src="http://mclellansautomotive.com/photos/B25196.jpg">

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