$2,800 – Phoenix, AZ:
“Dodge fanatic? Mitsubishi Fanatic? Not sure?
Here’s your chance to go either way, you can run this dodge as-is, take it to domestic car shows, listen to the old timers tell you about the glory days of tossing this 4 cylinder gas sipper engine in the scrap bin and bolting a HEMI under the hood. It’s true, this chassis was built by mitsubishi and imported under the dodge name back in the 70’s. Dodge wanted fuel effecient cars but didnt have the capacity to engineer or manufacture them. Their engineers just wanted to drag race with the ford and chevy guys on lunch.
Mitsubishi was chomping at the bit to get into the states, Datsun/nissan, Toyota and Honda were already here, mitsu had been missing out, so they did a slick move and plugged into the existing dealer network of Dodge. This worked decent but dodge tried to slow their sales and favor their product line over the mitsu line, so by the start of the 80’s Mitsu was in the states on their own… which bring us to the other side of the coin…
It’s a Mitsubishi manufactured vehicle, mitsubishi parts go into it. This chassis is an engine swap build kinda guys dream. Super clean chassis, ready for a boosted engine or a restomod fuel injected twin cam 1.6 to replace the carb single cam 1.6, the possibilities are endless with a chassis like this. Personally I’ve stuffed a turbo twin cam, fuel injected 4G63 2 liter under the hood of one of these, on another one I did a 2.6 liter from the trucks, power on tap! The engines available you could retrofit into this thing range from 1.6 liter up to 3.8 liter. I can’t guide you through swaps and I wont take on the task for you, so dont come to this post thinking you found some guy that will help you build a trick car. I’m selling the car because I do not have time for it, catch my drift?
Some specifics:
79 Mitsubishi Lancer sedan
Rear wheel drive…
Has a Narrow block 1.6 with 4 speed manual and air conditioning.
Clean Arizona title reads Dodge Colt, these things were made in japan and badged as dodge once they got to america, but it’s 100% a mitsu drivetrain and car. Has valid classic AZ plates so no emissions…Everything except the radio and AC work, dial on the radio to change the station doesnt do anything, volume goes up and down, thankfully it’s stuck on an actual station. The AC compressor kicks on with the switch. it needs a new condenser, a line and dryer, all vintage parts that are either universal, or at the least available in some manner. The important and hard to find interior bits are fully intact. Interior is in fantastic shape, but the driver seat has some tearing on the outer edge, easily repaired in a restoration shop.
The car was originally owned in San Diego, owned by one man for most of the cars lift, when he could no longer drive, he sold it to the family I bought it from, they owned it for the past 5 years and their daughter drove the car up the pacific coast highway to washington, went to school for a few years, then drove it back to san diego. It’s a good solid chassis and I’m the third owner of it, the first owner named it ‘Ocho’ after Kirby the VW (5+3=8), or maybe it was the family, i don’t quite recall, just passing on legacy info.
Asking price is $2800 – Car will need new tires in the near future. Comes with your choice of the factory silver 13″ wheels with chrome trim rings and center caps with old tires, or factory more aggressive 14″ wheels from the wagons, also in great shape, also with old tires. I’ve driven on these wheels and tires and been just fine, but you’re doing so at your own risk. The black 15” wheels do not come with the car. There’s a ton of aftermarket stuff available being 4×114.3 or, 4×4.5 bolt pattern. I’ll update with proper pictures soon.
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1979 Dodge Colt
condition: excellent
cylinders: 4 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
size: compact
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: sedan “
Source: https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/1979-colt-lancer-sedan/6553917042.html
