I'm Selling The Rarest Car I Own - 1985 Mitsubishi Galant
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The time has come to sell the rarest car I own, my 1985 Mitsubishi Galant. This vehicle is certainly not rare in terms of worldwide production numbers, but there are likely only a handful of fifth generation Galants left in the United States. Come join me to learn more about what makes this "normal" 1980s sedan so special!
For sale listing for my Galant coming soon :)
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Finally, a UA-cam channel with respect for ordinary old cars. I really appreciate your effort to keep vehicles like this on the road.
It isn't the only one. HubNut is another.
Saturn SL2s. Still a few around which is a testament to how good they were (are!).
Had one for a few years in the 90's. Bought it then 7 years old for € 1.500. Spacious, comfortable and reliable. Good memories.
This and the probe are some of my favorite projects that you’ve done recently
Thanks! New Probe vid coming very soon!
Very nice. I agree. Good news more Probe videos are coming 👍👍
In Australia, this Mitsubishi was sold as the Magna from 1986 to 1991. Late ‘91 the next gen ( wide body) Magna , which Australia built and exported to the USA from about 1992 -2003 as the Mitsubishi Diamonte. The top-spec Mitsubishi equivalent was called the Verada , with the 3.5liter V6 in the last generation of these cars..
This Galant really have some neat features. Well before it's time.
I know right? Lots of cool little gems in this thing.
Please sell it on bat or carsandbids or stuff like these. Such a rare gem needs to be preserved.
Totally agree! It's going to be listed on radforsale.com when their site goes live. :)
Hello Road / Ethan Tufts nice!
The 1983 Sigma was still being sold as a 1987 model in the Philippines. My dad gave me his to drive to and from college by 1990. I miss that thing though it was woefully underpowered. The GL had the 1.6L 4G32 more suited for the Lancer GSR. The 4G63 Super Saloons were exceedingly rare.
Love this car, and it's an exotic in 2021. Hope it stays in a climate where it won't rust away. So, that means, it's not meant for my home in MI.
Yeah, I hope it stays in California, even if just so the new owner gets to keep the rad 1980s blue CA plates!
@@HelloRoad Hope so too- you might even get a chance to see it occasionally.
i have one!
This car was a big seller in Australia and it was called Mitsubishi Magna and was made in Australia as well. My brother stills owns a 98 model and and still going strong
I freakin love ‘80s cars more than any other. So ugly, so cool.
I should say so ugly they’re beautiful. It brings back my childhood too, I was six when this came out. I may have seen a few of these on my life but I definitely know the Eagle Premier.
That interior reminds me of the interior of my 86 Mazda 626LX. Maroon and all. This summer I'll be swapping the power train to the turbo/manual from my wrecked 87 gt couple. Even the oscillating vents still work on both
Привет из России.
Очень приятно видеть человека, так относящегося к автомобилям, особнно старым.
В таких машинах определенно оставляешь частичку своей души)
Сам занимаюсь тем же что и ты.
Удачи тебе))
Надеюсь , что эта машина была продана и находится в хороших руках))😊
i found an 88 galant v6 on fb $2500 it was fully sorted its white, maroon interior but it sold in 3 days!!! the interiors of these are awesome
Dude, I just gotta say you have great taste in cars. You always have interesting vehicles. Seems like every gen of galant sold here have been crushed by now. How common are volvo 740s over there. You should get one if you can even find one
Growing up we had a 1987 Galant fully loaded with infiniti sound system with 10 band graphic equalizer, auto suspension, steering wheel audio controls, white with brown leather and a sunroof on top of all the features you present on your 85. What a tech marvel, but unfortunately ahead of its time due to 80s electronics, bad transmission, burning oil, and failing cv joints as chronic issues. Still loved the car and have been trying to find one forever.
IIRC Mitsubishi’s has a silent shaft motors. My friends Cordia in the day was so smooth, you coun’t tell the motor was on.
Hey I’m from the U.K. , I love your videos. can’t wait to see the probe video. it’s so rare to find an actually relatable car youtuber who doesn’t throw 10s of thousands around as if it’s nothing . Keep it up:)
Thank you!! Glad you're enjoying my vids! New vid on the Probe coming soon!! :)
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The Probe videos are my favorite also. Ethan found a gem in his Probe, 5-speed manual GT that runs great. Awesome. 👍👍👍
You did a good job getting that one ready for another owner to enjoy. On to the next one...or ten... or however many projects you have!
Thanks!!
Currently saving a 1984 Chrysler Le Baron convertible from becoming scrap. Previous owner kinda neglected it so the thousands of dollars you pour into 'ordinary' old cars is very relatable to me haha.
I remember my teacher in high school in late 90s driving a white Galant exactly like this one. My first car was an 8th gen Galant that I enjoyed for 9 years. Great cars. Thanks for showing these quirky gem.
Immigrated in 84 and grew up in Northridge. Good memories. Hope you find the right buyer.
Nice! And thank you!! :)
The car I would love to save from the junkyard would be the Saab 99 Combi Coupe.
I dunno what it was called in the US but on the right side of the Atlantic it was called "Combi Coupe". Only a few were produced in the late 70ies.
Most 99s were sedans or two-door-saloons, all of the classic three-box-design of the 60ies. But the "Combi Coupe" was a two-door-coupe with the massive tailgate that became common with the Saab 900 just a few years later.
It was basically a big cool hatchback.
It's hard to believe, but it looked really cool. In a way it was the blueprint for the 900, but it look less massive, more sporty, more elegant. And it looked unique.
The interior was unique as well, with the ignition between the front seats and the strange system for the seat bealts, that totaly made sense. I still want to have these seat belt locks. It was a way smarter solution then the common buckle, we're all used to.
The Saab 99 was decently fast for the time with a good 100 bhp. And it handled amazing. In it's days the 99 was one of the best handling cars on loose or wet or snowy or frozen ground. It was a pretty successful rally-car.
Try to google the "Saab 99 Combi Coupe". It's worth a look.
Ethan, you always knock it out of the park. The work and style you put into this video is something I can only dream of achieving on my channel. With every upload, you get better and better. I am happy to be here for the early stages of what is going to become a monster channel.
The suspension geometry on this car makes it a superb ride. The 2.0l 115hp version was super nice as well.
Gonna miss this one!
This is my very 1st car when I enter college in 1998 ! Bring me a lots of memory it's great car easy to drive and nice interior ! Thank you for upload this video :)
Gorgeous Galant. In Australia we have a widened version of the Galant named the Magna with 4G54 engine (Astron II 2555cc), 5 speed manual (KM164 KM210) or 4 speed ELC auto transmission (KM175 KM177 KM177-6). You have the sedan and the Australian designed wagon. There were 4 trim levels and the top of the range model the Elite had the digital dash, velour interior, etc. There were also a few limited edition versions too.
See that it sold for $2200 at auction.Congrats on bringing it back to life for the next generation to enjoy!
I just brought home a 1987 Nissan Van XE 5spd, one of my good friends in california picked it up for me and a month later I brought it home to Oregon.
Oh nice! Rare find!!!
My Dad was a mechanic in the 90s and I remember him working on a Galant. I thought it was the coolest interior ever. It felt like I was in a spaceship.
Maybe this has just snuck up on me but been noticing how awesome your entire graphics package has gotten over the past few months!
As for junkyard save...I nominate the early 90s Chrysler LH sedans.
Those were HUGE when they hit to automotive world back then, and a quantum leap for Chrysler, but you NEVER see clean ones anymore.
They're a great example of a "normal" car thats oh-so-90s, but reliability concerns really let them down.
Loving your channel. I thought I was the only one fascinated by cars of this era.
This is the kind of car collecting I’ve always wanted to do! I literally thought I was the only one but your channel has led me to an entire world of people who love and appreciate them
I just discovered your channel and i love it. I love that you save old cars. Keep up the great work
Love the freaky 80s color combination. Mine is beige inside and gold outside. I hope yours will last in the hands of the new owner
Sad to see it go from the channel. I definitely respect & admire the discipline of being willing & able to part ways with a special car!
Thank you, Ethan for all you did to give the Galant some more time & for doing what you can for it to go on to another appreciative owner.
I wish I still had my 1991 Mercury Capri XR2.(Jokingly called the Crapi because of all the inherent issues with those cars.)
I had so many associated collectables & added nearly every option available. I also corrected everything broken, except for paint. But life hits below the belt sometimes & I made the, I feel, wrong decision to sell.
Totally awesome channel! 👍
I've never seen one before yours,it just may be the last one left. We share the interest of rescuing these cars we have loved even at our own expense.
Turbo design wheels reminds me of the era when Turbo was timeless, sick ride bro..
Who are the two jack asses that didn’t like this video??? This is great content. He’s possibly taking a loss just to see this classic survive! Hats off to you brother. This is more of a labor of love than anything else.
My Grandmother owned one of these cars in Queens NY a long time ago. It sat for years in the yard until she got it moved. Great video 😂.
They are rare on the roads now. Considered just a car, they were destined for the scrapper, like the Falcon, Fairmont, Fairlane and LTD (I had a 1987 Fairmont, dad had a 1986 Fairlane). In the last 5 years they are now worth money now the plant's have shut and nothing is being exported from Australia anymore. Was the first car Australia produced with climate control. This was an early early car as it doesn't have the electronic dash introduced in 1986. Also rare is it being monotone as most had dual tone paint. Yes the trans in the TM were bad. Fixed in 1991 on the TP my dad had. Same with the cracked blocks.
I'll be sad to see this one go! It is good that you have gotten it to a state where it is back on the road.
I own the Australian version of these, a 1985 Mitsubishi Magna, which is a widened 5th generation Galant with a 2.6l 4cyl.
Mine is in similar condition to yours, needing a bit of mechanical work and some rust repairs to keep it on the road.
It has been great to see something like this on the channel and hope to see something like it again in the future.
This should be something for cars and bids :D
You're right! I will be listing it on radforsale.com (which is an auction site for 80s/90s cars). Their site is going live March 1, so it should be up there soon :)
@@HelloRoad very cool!
You could replace this thing with sth like a Mitsubishi Diamante (wagon). They are also very rad and cool
That's a rad car. I've got a '86 Mazda Familia with brown interion but more orangish but here burgundy is soo stylish.
I think the reason for selling a car like this is to let somebody else enjoy it as much as you do.
I'll definitely be bidding on it. Would look good next to the galant vr4 and my early evos and would have a good home here ❤
Dang! if only i had more room to add this to my 80s mitsubishi fleet! heck, i would even be able to keep on using the blue california plates. hope it goes to a good home and best of luck with the sale!
I was working as a mechanic at my dads shop back in the 80's and you are right, the Galant was like a spaceship compared to what was on the market. Think Chevy Citation, Ford Tempo, the K car .
Was hoping you would say this is being sold in some way that would be accessible and marketable to the collector market - the radforsale site looks terrific, best of luck with it!
As for junkyard rescue mission - my older brother had a mid-late 80’s Nissan Pulsar when I was a little (under 7) kid, and even then before I knew anything about cars I thought it was cool and quirky. And has perhaps the most rad tail lights of any car ever
I think this a lot has a beautiful design. The front end is so thin and the lights in front. I have such a nice proportional look to them..
If I remember correctly, my '86 Colt had the same headlight and wiper knobs. If you were closer to me, this would be of interest to me. By the way, the passion you have for your cars really shines through in your videos. Great job!
Great vid, great presentation and great way to memorialize your time with the Galant. But..., sad to see her go too. On the bright side, I guess once the Mitsu goes that will open up a parking space for something else!
Thanks man! Haha yeah you get it! One car out means another one in!
great to see this car saved, the new owner will be happy, its a neat and interesting daily driver
It’s been good knowing you 1985 galant
I would own this car in a heartbeat! Mitsubishi is a brand that is underrated and is a quality car. The Galant was ahead of its time.
I have a 1986 manual for sale
If I had a garage and more disposable income... In all seriousness, you did a fantastic job with this car. It is a pretty unique and fantastic piece of automotive history. As far as saving a car, it's why I'm trying to preserve my project 1984 Tercel Wagon. A car doesn't have to be fast or flashy to be worth saving.
When I was a child, I also liked this Mitsubishi car 🚘, and I also like the Mitsubishi brand very much.
Sad to see this Galant go, but it was fun to watch the videos about it. Maybe some other 80s car will appear in it's place? I too loved the coloured interior in 80's cars and find modern black interiors boring :)
Really good design analysis on this one, Ethan. I also see E30 lines here. Also, thanks for the editing throughout.
Good luck with the sale, brother.
Thank you! :)
I learnt how to drive on a manual version of this car in Australia back in 1987. I still remember the new car smell. They were pretty good cars, nice handling and decent brakes. The carb on ours wasn’t great though, it tended to surge now and then.
yours would have been the widened TM/TN Magna with 2.6 Astron engine. TM Magna was based on the 5th gen Galant but was widened to compete with the Falcon and Commodore, and also to fit in the longer usually longitudinal Astron engine.
I saved a Suzuki Samurai , i totally agree with you those rare cars are worthy to be preserve.
Mitsubishi had some awesome cars in their lineup back in the 80s, such a shame when you look at them today.
Maroon interiors, just say yes!
I would definitely save just about any 80s car
Can relate
It would be really hard for me to just pick one car to save. However, if I could save just one. I would save a 93-97 Ford Probe GT. I have a soft spot for those cars. Glad you still have yours.
Very nice!! Never knew there was a website for selling radwood vehicles 😯
Yeah! They've been working on the site for a while, looks like it will be going live March 1.
@@HelloRoad oh, so it hasn't even been released yet. Ok. Cool you'll be one of the 1st people to sell a car on there
I remember seeing an 88 Isuzu Impulse turbo hatchback coupe at a Kenny U-pull scrapyard a few years back, with a plaque on the glove box "Handling by Lotus" wow that was cool looking car. I remember thinking how sad that it ended up in a scrapyard, I actually thought of buying the whole car but in the end didn't...😢 now that would be a cool car to have! 😎
thank you for your vids I love your enthusiasm for these cars im looking for a project myself. currently scouring craigs list for some obscure gem. thanks for getting me eggcited lol about these cars again. btw if ya decide to part with that mclaren pontiac hit a brother up. thanks again
The interior is like a strange mix of Toyota MR2, Subaru XT, and Buick LeSabre. Very quirky and cool. Glad you saved it. I def want to save more 1st gen Subaru Legacy models as well as any 80s Subaru.
I'll be very sorry to see this one go Ethan - it's so YOU!!! Would that I could save an old car, assuming I could find either, I'd choose a Mitsubishi Colt Celeste (weren't they also Plymouth Arrows in your neck of the woods?) or a car I discovered and fell in love with at a motor show in 1986, the Isuzu Piazza...ah, dream on...
I love this channel..good memories..
Your nighttime driving scene is so Miami Vice
I think this had 101 hp! Love it. Man I want this car! 🚗
You're right!
I am keeping a 88 model e34 alive and away from those killing them off through abusing them. About to get another one I just found as well now.
I got a Mitsubishi ad while watching this 😂
The car I would save is the Geo Storm GSI, or a Geo Storm wagon. Such quirky unique cars that need to be preserved better.
Kinda surprised to see this one going so soon. Hope another SoCal Mitsu enthusiast gets it. On the luxury features: back when I was driving an 86 Temp with no power anything, this would have been a huge upgrade! What I really, really wanted though was a Maxima SE 5 speed. That, I would have told you with absolute sincerity, was a 3 series BMW beater for thousands less.
So in love with Mitsubishi designs 🙋🏻♂️✨💥⚡️ The careful rendition of straight lines morphing into gentle curves 😜😇😜 the great proportions compared to this generation s car designs
Ethan, I thought of a real challenge for you, or at least I think it would be. When I was with my parents when they bought the '87 Stanza Wagon, they traded in a 1982 Chevy Caprice Classic Wagon diesel. The original diesel-gate. THAT would be a great addition to the fleet.
Wow, haven't seen one of those in ages!!!
I remember when I was a kid and the Mitsubishi Magna was first released. It looked so cool and futuristic. Every model of the Magna sold like crazy in Australia 🇦🇺 and they were all on the roads for years so they lasted. Such a shame what Mitsubishi is today. I'd save any 80s Mitsubishi, Mazda or Honda .
What about the Toyota Camry’s of the day? I think they would have outsold the Magna’s back then. The wagons were popular with companies as company cars , and Budget car rentals had a few Magna’s as well...
My 2 favorite cars that I drove when I was a teenager were my parents 1983 Chrysler Lebaron and 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cierra. Those are 2 cars i wish I could save.
We had these in Australia, except they were made wider and called the Mitsubishi Magna.
These were awesome cars. Uncle had a new 86 with electronic suspension and unique alloys. They were too unconventional for the staid American market at the time. They added length, a V6 and a Sigma designation to distinguish it from the new 89 Galant.
BUT, the transmission issue was common (same for the Camrys at the time). It is what motivated my uncle to sell his Galant in 92 to buy the new Camry. Ahh, memories of a time when vehicles all didn't look like the same cross-over, cookie-cutter nonsense that passes for transportation today.
Gosh man I'd absolutely love to own this. BIG Mitsu fan here and the weirder, the better.
My blue one is for sale
Mitsubishi did offer the Starion and possibly other models in the US in 1983, that was their first year in the US. And you would have seen a very clean and very rad 5th gen Galant Sigma at Radwood LA in 2018 and 2019! :)
You're right, some were available in '83. But I think they were 1984 model year, right? And yes, I do remember seeing that Galant!
Afternoon Ethan 😎 . I'd livevto have this thing, bor another turbo Daytona 🙃🙃🙃
I wanna see that interior cleaned and detailed! Before and after.
Lovely....rear seat recline too...rear head rest can be adjusted left right foward backward ....rare
Love your channel!
Thank you so much!
Was thing thing more in the price bracket of a Camry, or a maxima? It reminds me a lot of the 1988 maxima I had in 2016. More than likely because of the wide squared off look and the cushy seats (Man I loved my dark blue valour). I didn't have reclining rear seats, or the sweet steering wheel setup. I did get a stereo with a graphic equalizer, though, so that was pretty cool.
If you ever sell that Integra though... I WANT!
Pulled my 86 Aries out of the junkyard. Had a blown motor, still have it 12 years later.
Kudos for saving it! I hope you find a Japanese car enthusiast who will fully restore it and keep it stock.
I want to see him find an old Chevy lumina next lol love your videos bro
Thanks!! Lumina Z34!!!
I can agree with your statement at 11:30 to 12:17 and stuff and I would buy it but I live on the other side of the country I’d love to use that as a highway cruiser for college
Looks like it has mid 80's Corvette rims on it, or at least very similar. Cool car!
Yeah looks a lot like them! Apparently these same wheel covers can be found on a base model 1st gen Mitsubishi Eclipse.
like the galant :D im saving a ford probe . it was left on the lot from 2012 , both it last year and started fixing it peace by peace .
There's a old 1991 galant manual that's tempting me as a work car. Very very few left
had one, loved it! nice car, would love to have another!
Nice! Mine will be for sale on radforsale.com when their site launches.
@@HelloRoad i will check it, but i'm really in the market for a Japanese compact van from the mid 80s to early 90s.
The first gen front drive Galant - I loved these cars when they came out in Barbados where I live, but the smaller Lancer (Colt) always outsold it and it wasn't quite big enough to compete with the likes of the Toyota Cressida and Nissan Laurel. I think there are only two on the road over here, a US spec one and a UK spec model, but I haven't seen either of them for at least six years now. Hope it goes to a good home; are parts still readily available for it?
My 1989 Nissan Sentra is a car worth saving.