I respect a guy who puts big amounts of time & energy to preserve such a nice, exclusive, different & demanding car. People like him preserve the not so well known classic cars that deserves to be preserved.
I was just telling my girlfriend about this car, about my 1975 Mitsubishi Galant GRS GTO that I had when I was stationed in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first car I bought there and it was MINT! I only paid $500 for it in 1983 from another USAF G.I. who was shipping out back to the US. He let me pay him $100 a month for 5 monhts!!! LOL! That car was in-cred-ible!!! Amazing fast! loved that car!!!
+NSXTypeRGTRLM To be fair, they have done quite few great episodes featuring Japanese cars. It surprised me how some of the early Japanese cars are so revered around the world and have really fanatical followings. Datsun510 etc etc
Truly admire this mans dedication to his car, it's honestly such a beautiful thing to see when you see someone connect so much with their car... I gotta say, some of these Americans with the older imported Japanese cars are some of the most passionate petrol heads I've ever seen! Simply amazing, can't wait for the next video!
Nice ride! This is just one reason why I like Mitsubishi. They're cars are in a class by itself. Stands out from the rest. From 3000GT, Starion, Galant VR4, all the Evos, Eclipse and many others. Always a little different but reminds you of something else you've seen before but not exactly, and this makes it captivating. Up to today a lot of people see my 1g Eclipse and wonder what is that. Some say old Evo or 240sx.
I've just found this channel and I'm so happy that there is a channel like this. Petrolicious isn't like so many other car-channels on TH-cam. It doesn't try to assimilate to what the average TH-cam consumer wants, it's just classy and very well made. Therefore I really enjoy your your films and I'm glad there are so many more to discover!
Beautiful, awesome car... I love it!! Japanese cars from this era are so creative and all over the place. Some American styling influence, some Italian, some German, already some homegrown styling cues from the still-young Japanese industry... and the engine sounds (and looks) INCREDIBLE too!
as a boy growing up, my dad's daily driver was a 1980 mitsubishi galant sigma sedan. it served the family faithfully for several years and this vid made me miss it
My absolute favourite old car, love the Galant. Especially the GTO MR in orange with black stripe. Here in Australia it was known as the Mitsubishi Galant....The colt was a small hatchback like the civic back then. There were a lot of Galants on the roads here before but I think they have been snapped up by enthusiasts within the past 15 years as they are rarely seen anymore. Unfortunately this absolute beauty of a coupe slantback wasn't imported here we did have the 4 door sedan, I think a 2 door sedan and the station wagon as they were manufactured here in Australia by Chrysler/Mitsubishi. A lot of the Galants had a Chrysler and a Mitsubishi badge on them, the later models were also manufactured here but they were called Mitsubishi Sigma. These were just about the most common cheap secondhand car around back a decade and a half, but I rarely see them anymore. I was interested in getting one just recently because I had enough of front wheel drive shitboxes and wanted a rear wheel drive four cylinder, but to my dismay they are very rare and expensive now.....SHIT. The next "Galant" was built here too, but here in Australia we altered it to be wider than the Japanese variant that had a four cylinder efi hemi in it. Here it was called the Mitsubishi Magna. These were ok, but they are front wheel drive shit so I'm not that interested in them.
Wow, I can't believe I stumbled on this video. I owned this model in this very colour in the UK in the early 80's. What trip down memory lane. I swapped my very 1st car an MGB Roadster for it with a friend as I needed a "proper" 4 seater. To be honest I was lucky to keep my licence it seemed so easily quick for its day, fortunately speed detection was less sophisticated then. One of my oldest friends still talks about it. One of if not my very favorite car that I ever owned. Thanks so much for the video.
What a stunning thing! An incredible piece of Japanese automotive history, such a rare one at that. Props to you for your dedication towards this car it is done perfect! Love nostalgic Japanese cars keep more of them coming Petrolicious!
I remember when 1960s Japanese cars were poor novelty copies of the 'real cars' made in the USA, Germany and England. Thin rusting sheet metal, thin chrome, under-powered, blown headgaskets, oil leaks, plastic and vinyl interiors that would fall apart in a year. (Like the faux cars made in China today) Then out came the 240Z and the Celica.........the world changed.
+thepro08 japanese cars are not faster und definitly are not cheaper. there was a time in the 90th, when they were more advanced, but that is over. german cars have a different philisophy then japanes cars. a bmw or audi always drives like one, not depending on the model and engine (at least before this new 2 series van). japanese cars tend to be either pretty good are just a means of transportation.
+Mr. Johnson I don't know if I'd say 1960s Japanese cars were poorly made. Remember the nation had technologies and industrial capabilities to build war machines like tanks, battleships, and fighter planes in 1930s. China started opposite way, they started making poor quality goods for the world and now they make war machines for themselves.
+amduser86 they are faster and cheaper than german cars by a mille, you cant refute facts and straight numbers, also german cars are made to brake and vw group make at least half of their money with the maintenance, i remember seeing reports that bmw are one of the most expensive cars ever to maintain... toyota , nissan or honda on the other hand, were by a long time made to last... they bankrupt american cars... the only thing is that people are stupid and go for the german propaganda marketing machine is very dificult to go to any magazine and not to see german ads and reviews clearly paid for good results... I am a marketing executive and i know what i am talking about.period.
I have this car, it's standing in the shed since it's engine seized 3 years ago, i don't have the money to fix my car but seeing this video brought a tear to my eye, Thankyou Petrolicious and if you can, please deliver this message to Mr. Matt de Mangos as well
I like stories like these. Someone with genuine passion and an unorthodox car which he is loyal to, not someone who went through 10 Stratoses or something.
"its not an exotic if theres no cult following" thats such a powerful line and truth in the car world. its like no one would bother to pay attention to a car that is thought to have no history and no following, but when people start taking notice, its like theres "history" all of a sudden and a demand. this is what is exactly happening right now to all the 70s japanese cars.
Huge respect to you gentlemen who've gone the route and come out on the other side of the mountain of learning and understanding and managing and dealing with the pain of bringing such masterpieces back to life especially in the way that You want them. I was wondering how you drove with the steering on the wrong side of the car for America. After a few seconds I figured: I won't overtake! ...I don't need to. The sheer joy of just experiencing it by itself is heaven enough, I'm sure. Beautiful! Thank you for completing this car. Would love to see your other cars featured here too. Petrolicious, stay awesome! You guys bring me great joy. johny
I had a buddy in high school who was fixing up colts. He had a 73 I think. We all had Celicas, 510s and Zs but his car was just as nice and more rare. Very nice car. Keep it up. I'm resto/modding a 74 Celica right now.
I got my license in 73 my friends dad was Sales manager for local Mitsi dealership we went with him to Manfield track to test drive this Colt was the coolest awesome car loved them ever since.
How do you go about putting these videos together? I have a TVR 420 SEAC, 1 of only 37 built by TVR.. Another fantastic video though, keep them coming!
+waynester71 The 420/450 SEAC were some of my all time favourites - used to pass the factory on my way to school (the only perk of being brought up in blackpool?)
Absolutely wonderful. I like the part about how it is not a daily driver and it needs to run free and have a blast. That goes for almost all of the japanese youngtimers, the cars are awesome to "have a blast" with! :)
A+ to this guy! I love these videos and most of the people...their stories are inspiration for me to one day get a classic and fix it up. Currently I have a BRZ but I used to have a 84 300ZX Turbo GL that I regret selling. There's something about older cars that modern cars don't have.
What a lovely car and how much love put into it!! It's the first attempt By Mitsubishi to built a sports cars which eventually brought us such fantastic cars such as the Starion, Gallant VR4 and the legend of the Lancer evolutions
The car is definitely very beautiful. You can't find such distinctive looks in any of the modern day cars. Today, most of the manufacturers are making soulless cars.
I was just enjoying the video and thinking about how much I'd love driving this and then incredibly watched you drive by where I grew up and out on to sunrise highway where I used to drive my first car... Man that was surreal.
Gabriel Aquino the problem is company investing and also the sales. Rich people think it as cheap and very rare people like us buy them and keep them as masterpiece.
damn.. what a piece of art. this speaks to me because im currently building a 84 nissan bluebird trx and i feel what drew me to it was the uniqueness and rarity of the car so its the same reason he's drawn to the gto. i loved this video and again, what a beautiful ride. props.
Since Mitsubishi has stopped to sell Galants in Germany in the early 2000s, the sight of a sedan from Mitsubishi has become a really rare thing, especially since they stopped selling the Lancer Series in 2015. Galant always was an impressive car like an audi a4 or BMW 3 Series.
Good job by Petrolicious as always, finding an unusual and desirable old car. And for those thinking there is a ripoff of a Toyota Celica, the Galant was in production a year earlier than the Toyota.
That car is unique. I want one of those. One that is rare like it, but not many people lay their eyes on, until they actually see them in the road. The sound of that engine is just stunning.
I had Plymouth (Mitsubishi) Arrows that seemed like a later version of this maybe. ? They were good cars, a little awkward looking but still I liked the way they looked but they weren't nearly as good looking as this model. This car sounds really good too.
+Dethmeister the arrow is a different model....in manila the arrow was called celeste.....the years when there were celestes, there were also galants...so they are different :D
+Dethmeister Yeah, a bit confusing as Mitsubishi called it's Lancer "Colt" when Chrysler started importing them in early 70s, but the Japanese "Colt" is based on the Gallant platform which is a bit larger than the Lancer, which the later "Arrow" was based on. So this car is Gallant based and the Arrow was Lancer based, two different cars that just happen to share a hatchback/fastback design that were similar in proportions.
+05gtdriver Oh yeah, I looked it up after I posted. I wish I had kept my old cars. I also had 2 early 70's Opel Manta A's, 1 after the other. That's a car I really wish I had kept. My brother had a first gen Mercury Capri and later a first gen Celica Coupe. Oh yeah and my sister had an early 70's Corona Hardtop Coupe (US).
+Dethmeister Don't we all regret letting go of a car that at the time was "just a car"? I've owned 10 Capris from 1981 to 2005 (although they stopped being daily drivers in the mid 90s. Amazing what all these "mini" pony cars go for nowadays. A clean example will fetch $6-8,000 easily and aren't going to be getting cheaper :-( Cheers!
Galant's have always been my favorite car, and particularly the 1st generation GTO's and FTO's even though each generation has it's merits. Some people don't understand how we can love these cars that have transitioned from RWD to AWD to FWD, but there's just something about the experience driving a Galant with a 4/5 speed on a twisting road that's really hard to match personally. A classmate of mine asked me the other day what car I would buy if I had a million dollars so I showed him this video and said "A Gally GTO with the Astron 1600 in Bright Orange", I made him a fan of these and he's the biggest Mustang fan I know :D
Beautiful car. Beautiful induction and exhaust notes. This channel just keeps finding eccentric middle age guys and their absolute devotion to one make.
Nice ride, and footage... but the overhyped commentary should be taken with a grain of salt. I know plenty of vintage/classic Mitsubishi owners and we do not have an issue finding parts and keeping our cars running, because there IS a cult following and many forums where we do not need to learn Japanese... LOL! Even so, many of our fellow Mitsubishi owners, whom are Japanese, communicate with us in plain English. BTW the engine in this car is not original to what the GS-R came with, the larger Mitsu Astron 2.6l has been swapped in. Great engine, especially with the twin side drafts.
Back in 1980 in Kiwi land my father brought my mother one of these. I was two years away from getting my drivers license and already a ragging petrol head, sooooo I was relegated to learning to drive in my Fathers Company Ford Escort Van though on the odd occasion I got to drive the GTO and for a 15 year old this was quiet frankly an amazing car for that time!...
Brian Sipe. Doesnt exactly count when its a government vehicle. You couldnt sell of buy a postal van in the private sector because it lacks required features. The common Grummans used in the US and Canada lack safety features that were requirex of retail vehicles even back when they were sold.
You sir, are my inspiration. I too am a Mitsubishi fan and I have been keeping my 99 Montero alive with 470,xxx miles. And I also have a 99 Mitsubishi Eclipse the last year of the AWD turboed version
The close ups are nice dont get me wrong, but i want an actual 360 of the car, a full view of the out and in of the car, i wish this channel would focuse less on the cinematic point of view and at least actually show the car o.o
Looks like a mix between the end of a 70 Shelby GT350 and the front of a 72 skyline. Best part of both world if you ask me, and that's a full win seeing how beautiful it is now fully restored. Nice work.
This is is by-far the best channel, it always chooses Iconic cars and does everything correctly .. Petrolicious has actually caused me to go on a hunt for a 1970s Toyota Celica for a while now and that is purely because my father once owned one .. Am looking for that RetroMotive bond between me and the paps, u get my Drift ... ?
A very, very sweet car... and an even sweeter engine note! Fantastic work, this is car enthusiasm for you. It's not the colour of the shape of the badge, it's the love and attention spent to make it right, to make it good, make it sweet.
I owned this car back in the 80s. it handled like a dream and had amazing power to weight ratio for its time. This made me love mitsubishi more than toyota even now. Before this, I had a newer 78 toyota corona 2000.
Actually I am not really sure he is quite correct saying the brand is a Colt, that actually is simply the model name along with the Gallant name. The brand is who made the car, and that is Mitsubishi. Pity about those horrid and stupid front guard mounted (Japanese style) mirrors. It sure sounds great but hey it does have a lovely set of side draught carbies and ram tubes. It is always going to sound great with that kind of set up.
Man that engine sounds exactly how an engine should sound. To me real car enthusiasts are guys like this. A lot of people mistakenly call themselves car enthusiasts when really they only care for a specific type of car. When a real enthusiast finds appreciation in every time. Even as something as obscure as a Galant. Even though Galants have unironically influenced the JDM scene by being a lot of big names first car.
This channel is magic.
+Elian Hasanaga there must be a Oscar-Price for vids
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I respect a guy who puts big amounts of time & energy to preserve such a nice, exclusive, different & demanding car. People like him preserve the not so well known classic cars that deserves to be preserved.
I was just telling my girlfriend about this car, about my 1975 Mitsubishi Galant GRS GTO that I had when I was stationed in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first car I bought there and it was MINT! I only paid $500 for it in 1983 from another USAF G.I. who was shipping out back to the US. He let me pay him $100 a month for 5 monhts!!! LOL! That car was in-cred-ible!!! Amazing fast! loved that car!!!
"I had to learn Japanese" - Tells everything about efforts you had put into this.
Fascinating... You are an Inspiration to lot many like me...
wow the mechanical sound of that engine is just music.
I wish you guys cover more Japanese cars in the future!
Love this channel!
Your Name has more JDM then my Subaru o.O
+NSXTypeRGTRLM To be fair, they have done quite few great episodes featuring Japanese cars. It surprised me how some of the early Japanese cars are so revered around the world and have really fanatical followings. Datsun510 etc etc
+NSXTypeRGTRLM I hope they eventually get the chance to cover the Honda S600/800. Love those little machines!
+NSXTypeRGTRLM I hope they eventually get the chance to cover the Honda S600/800. Love those little machines!
I hope you cover more Japanese cars too
The shape and the sound of the induction is so beautiful on this car. Love it.
Those individual throttle bodies, paired with the velocity stacks sound unbelievable :)
I think petrolicious covered a pair of early datsun skylines which had a similiar sound if you're interested
+Paul T Haha yeah I love that episode with the 2 Skylines. Those two are screamers!
DJ MotoVlogs
One of my favourite episodes, nothing sounds quite like an old straight six
Paul T Yes sir!
He went above and beyond to restore this beauty. I pray it never gets damaged
I love these old 70's imports I think they have so much personality and uniqueness
This is in the top 5 best looking vintage Japanese cars for sure
Wow she's a beauty. That condition of that car is well preserved.
Truly admire this mans dedication to his car, it's honestly such a beautiful thing to see when you see someone connect so much with their car... I gotta say, some of these Americans with the older imported Japanese cars are some of the most passionate petrol heads I've ever seen! Simply amazing, can't wait for the next video!
Nice ride! This is just one reason why I like Mitsubishi. They're cars are in a class by itself. Stands out from the rest. From 3000GT, Starion, Galant VR4, all the Evos, Eclipse and many others. Always a little different but reminds you of something else you've seen before but not exactly, and this makes it captivating. Up to today a lot of people see my 1g Eclipse and wonder what is that. Some say old Evo or 240sx.
I've just found this channel and I'm so happy that there is a channel like this. Petrolicious isn't like so many other car-channels on TH-cam. It doesn't try to assimilate to what the average TH-cam consumer wants, it's just classy and very well made.
Therefore I really enjoy your your films and I'm glad there are so many more to discover!
I think Mitsubishi was trying to compete with the Skyline GTR during that period. No wonder the shape of the car seemed familiar. Great UNIQUE car!!
asdjfnljn3 the C10 of Mitsubishi
more close to ta22 celica lb
Yes the Celica had the look for me. The second gen just copied the Mustang, but the first 1970 car was even better.
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You should see the Isuzu Bellett GT-R
Another great piece of work and oh boy, what a beautiful car. Did you catch the way he inserts the key? Now that's love :)
Ever so gently, but yet, decisively. That is love!
You could easily scratch up the steering column barrel fumbling around for the key hole...like my car :(
+0YouCanCallMeAl0 I love how he takes great care of it, yet not forgetting it is meant to be driven.
+0YouCanCallMeAl0 I thought he couldn't see and used his fingers to find the slot. LOLHe also got into the car in a strange manner, too.
+hulkhatepunybanner Not sure but I'm guessing he got in like that to not damage the seats
I love the sound this car makes. Great video!
Did he say "I had to learn Japanese"? FFS, now that is dedication. Never heard nor seen one of these before - looks awesome, I want one!
Beautiful, awesome car... I love it!! Japanese cars from this era are so creative and all over the place. Some American styling influence, some Italian, some German, already some homegrown styling cues from the still-young Japanese industry... and the engine sounds (and looks) INCREDIBLE too!
as a boy growing up, my dad's daily driver was a 1980 mitsubishi galant sigma sedan. it served the family faithfully for several years and this vid made me miss it
My absolute favourite old car, love the Galant. Especially the GTO MR in orange with black stripe.
Here in Australia it was known as the Mitsubishi Galant....The colt was a small hatchback like the civic back then.
There were a lot of Galants on the roads here before but I think they have been snapped up by enthusiasts within the past 15 years as they are rarely seen anymore.
Unfortunately this absolute beauty of a coupe slantback wasn't imported here we did have the 4 door sedan, I think a 2 door sedan and the station wagon as they were manufactured here in Australia by Chrysler/Mitsubishi.
A lot of the Galants had a Chrysler and a Mitsubishi badge on them, the later models were also manufactured here but they were called Mitsubishi Sigma. These were just about the most common cheap secondhand car around back a decade and a half, but I rarely see them anymore.
I was interested in getting one just recently because I had enough of front wheel drive shitboxes and wanted a rear wheel drive four cylinder, but to my dismay they are very rare and expensive now.....SHIT.
The next "Galant" was built here too, but here in Australia we altered it to be wider than the Japanese variant that had a four cylinder efi hemi in it. Here it was called the Mitsubishi Magna. These were ok, but they are front wheel drive shit so I'm not that interested in them.
Wow, I can't believe I stumbled on this video. I owned this model in this very colour in the UK in the early 80's. What trip down memory lane. I swapped my very 1st car an MGB Roadster for it with a friend as I needed a "proper" 4 seater. To be honest I was lucky to keep my licence it seemed so easily quick for its day, fortunately speed detection was less sophisticated then. One of my oldest friends still talks about it.
One of if not my very favorite car that I ever owned. Thanks so much for the video.
What a stunning thing! An incredible piece of Japanese automotive history, such a rare one at that. Props to you for your dedication towards this car it is done perfect! Love nostalgic Japanese cars keep more of them coming Petrolicious!
The Colt has very classic proportion and a design that will last decades. It's amazing restoration, and the wheels look really awesome.
I remember when 1960s Japanese cars were poor novelty copies of the 'real cars' made in the USA, Germany and England.
Thin rusting sheet metal, thin chrome, under-powered, blown headgaskets, oil leaks, plastic and vinyl interiors that would fall apart in a year. (Like the faux cars made in China today)
Then out came the 240Z and the Celica.........the world changed.
+Mr. Johnson I'm a Celica owner. :)
Exactly, and they outperformed sports cars that were a lot more money, won at the track, and helped put the British sports cars out of business.
+thepro08
japanese cars are not faster und definitly are not cheaper. there was a time in the 90th, when they were more advanced, but that is over. german cars have a different philisophy then japanes cars. a bmw or audi always drives like one, not depending on the model and engine (at least before this new 2 series van). japanese cars tend to be either pretty good are just a means of transportation.
+Mr. Johnson I don't know if I'd say 1960s Japanese cars were poorly made. Remember the nation had technologies and industrial capabilities to build war machines like tanks, battleships, and fighter planes in 1930s. China started opposite way, they started making poor quality goods for the world and now they make war machines for themselves.
+amduser86 they are faster and cheaper than german cars by a mille, you cant refute facts and straight numbers, also german cars are made to brake and vw group make at least half of their money with the maintenance, i remember seeing reports that bmw are one of the most expensive cars ever to maintain... toyota , nissan or honda on the other hand, were by a long time made to last... they bankrupt american cars... the only thing is that people are stupid and go for the german propaganda marketing machine is very dificult to go to any magazine and not to see german ads and reviews clearly paid for good results... I am a marketing executive and i know what i am talking about.period.
Own a later variant of the Galant and thankfully, they've retained some of that old school charm that brings in waves of smiles on a curvy road.
Siiiiiiiiiiickkk. What a gorgeous car! Looks like the old celicas, but even better.
I have this car, it's standing in the shed since it's engine seized 3 years ago, i don't have the money to fix my car
but seeing this video brought a tear to my eye, Thankyou Petrolicious
and if you can, please deliver this message to Mr. Matt de Mangos as well
beatiful, i realy like the cars of this channel, thanks you guys
I like stories like these. Someone with genuine passion and an unorthodox car which he is loyal to, not someone who went through 10 Stratoses or something.
"its not an exotic if theres no cult following"
thats such a powerful line and truth in the car world. its like no one would bother to pay attention to a car that is thought to have no history and no following, but when people start taking notice, its like theres "history" all of a sudden and a demand. this is what is exactly happening right now to all the 70s japanese cars.
Huge respect to you gentlemen who've gone the route and come out on the other side of the mountain of learning and understanding and managing and dealing with the pain of bringing such masterpieces back to life especially in the way that You want them.
I was wondering how you drove with the steering on the wrong side of the car for America. After a few seconds I figured: I won't overtake! ...I don't need to. The sheer joy of just experiencing it by itself is heaven enough, I'm sure.
Beautiful! Thank you for completing this car. Would love to see your other cars featured here too. Petrolicious, stay awesome! You guys bring me great joy. johny
i love my 3000gt... but this car is drop dead gorgeous! 😍
isn't that the same as a dodge stealth?
@@toffeerado Yes
@@検閲 also known mitsubishi gto in japan not 3000gt
I had a buddy in high school who was fixing up colts. He had a 73 I think. We all had Celicas, 510s and Zs but his car was just as nice and more rare. Very nice car. Keep it up. I'm resto/modding a 74 Celica right now.
Requirement for Petrolicious to film your ride:
Must wear driving gloves
haha
I got my license in 73 my friends dad was Sales manager for local Mitsi dealership we went with him to Manfield track to test drive this Colt was the coolest awesome car loved them ever since.
thumbs up for the sound!
One of the best sounding cars I ever heard. Nothing like the sound of old Japanese cars
There's no... colt following?
I see what you did there....
@@DarnellReid2007That was a "Galant" effort, if you ask me!
Wow, it looks amazing. Always happy to see Japanese cars here on this channel
How do you go about putting these videos together? I have a TVR 420 SEAC, 1 of only 37 built by TVR..
Another fantastic video though, keep them coming!
+waynester71 Cool car
+11094DEREK Thanks DEREK
+waynester71 i want your car more than my next breath!!!! Was it the one in the car throttle video?
+Harry Dowle Thanks mate, yep that's the one. Did the film with Car Throttle last year.
+waynester71 The 420/450 SEAC were some of my all time favourites - used to pass the factory on my way to school (the only perk of being brought up in blackpool?)
Absolutely wonderful. I like the part about how it is not a daily driver and it needs to run free and have a blast. That goes for almost all of the japanese youngtimers, the cars are awesome to "have a blast" with! :)
That is a very very very pretty car, it's beautiful!
A+ to this guy! I love these videos and most of the people...their stories are inspiration for me to one day get a classic and fix it up. Currently I have a BRZ but I used to have a 84 300ZX Turbo GL that I regret selling. There's something about older cars that modern cars don't have.
Just when I thought I was in love with a car this silent monster shows up.
What a lovely car and how much love put into it!!
It's the first attempt By Mitsubishi to built a sports cars which eventually brought us such fantastic cars such as the Starion, Gallant VR4 and the legend of the Lancer evolutions
"Gran Turismo Omologato (Italian for 'Grand Touring Homologated'), a model name used on several grand tourer automobiles.
GTO means.
The filming, the Car, the Sound, the colour makes this my dream car
The car is definitely very beautiful. You can't find such distinctive looks in any of the modern day cars. Today, most of the manufacturers are making soulless cars.
I was just enjoying the video and thinking about how much I'd love driving this and then incredibly watched you drive by where I grew up and out on to sunrise highway where I used to drive my first car... Man that was surreal.
Mitsubishi needs to step up their game! bring back some old sports car
with the GTR and the NSX and now the FT1 they need to bring back the 3000GTO
Gabriel Aquino the problem is company investing and also the sales. Rich people think it as cheap and very rare people like us buy them and keep them as masterpiece.
I have owned 12 cars so far. The first one I bought was the Galant GTO.It's beautiful, powerful and one of my favorite cars.
as a mitsu lover :) i love this car :D
damn.. what a piece of art. this speaks to me because im currently building a 84 nissan bluebird trx and i feel what drew me to it was the uniqueness and rarity of the car so its the same reason he's drawn to the gto. i loved this video and again, what a beautiful ride. props.
4k now? SWEET!
Thank you for this video it brought back some great memories. As an 18year old kid this was my very first car. Lots of street cred and great fun.
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looks like a tiny mustang
Exactly.
Yeah, It's the Japanese Mustang.
I hate that. People say that about my 77 celica. If I wanted a mustang, I would have bought a mustang. ITS NOT A FUKN MUSTANG..
nick mcarr chill , it does look like it .
You say that as if your car having a strong semblance to a Mustang is a bad thing. It literally wouldn't exist without that car lol
Since Mitsubishi has stopped to sell Galants in Germany in the early 2000s, the sight of a sedan from Mitsubishi has become a really rare thing, especially since they stopped selling the Lancer Series in 2015. Galant always was an impressive car like an audi a4 or BMW 3 Series.
Would anybody know what the background music is? Great channel, by the way ;-)
im trying to find it too
Good job by Petrolicious as always, finding an unusual and desirable old car. And for those thinking there is a ripoff of a Toyota Celica, the Galant was in production a year earlier than the Toyota.
Beautiful MITSUBISHI
That car is unique. I want one of those. One that is rare like it, but not many people lay their eyes on, until they actually see them in the road. The sound of that engine is just stunning.
I had Plymouth (Mitsubishi) Arrows that seemed like a later version of this maybe. ? They were good cars, a little awkward looking but still I liked the way they looked but they weren't nearly as good looking as this model. This car sounds really good too.
+Dethmeister Remember the Sapporo?
+Dethmeister the arrow is a different model....in manila the arrow was called celeste.....the years when there were celestes, there were also galants...so they are different :D
+Dethmeister Yeah, a bit confusing as Mitsubishi called it's Lancer "Colt" when Chrysler started importing them in early 70s, but the Japanese "Colt" is based on the Gallant platform which is a bit larger than the Lancer, which the later "Arrow" was based on. So this car is Gallant based and the Arrow was Lancer based, two different cars that just happen to share a hatchback/fastback design that were similar in proportions.
+05gtdriver Oh yeah, I looked it up after I posted. I wish I had kept my old cars. I also had 2 early 70's Opel Manta A's, 1 after the other. That's a car I really wish I had kept. My brother had a first gen Mercury Capri and later a first gen Celica Coupe. Oh yeah and my sister had an early 70's Corona Hardtop Coupe (US).
+Dethmeister Don't we all regret letting go of a car that at the time was "just a car"?
I've owned 10 Capris from 1981 to 2005 (although they stopped being daily drivers in the mid 90s. Amazing what all these "mini" pony cars go for nowadays. A clean example will fetch $6-8,000 easily and aren't going to be getting cheaper :-(
Cheers!
Matt, now that's what i call dedication...looks and sounds awesome.
This was my first car. Biggest regret of my life was getting rid of it. There were plenty here in NZ
Damn what about parts? Can I get parts from New Zealand?
Galant's have always been my favorite car, and particularly the 1st generation GTO's and FTO's even though each generation has it's merits. Some people don't understand how we can love these cars that have transitioned from RWD to AWD to FWD, but there's just something about the experience driving a Galant with a 4/5 speed on a twisting road that's really hard to match personally. A classmate of mine asked me the other day what car I would buy if I had a million dollars so I showed him this video and said "A Gally GTO with the Astron 1600 in Bright Orange", I made him a fan of these and he's the biggest Mustang fan I know :D
Now do the American GTO! I vote for a Royal Bobcat.
These car is amazing! Thanks good for people like Matt for keeping old things on such a condition and passion!
nice work on the video, cool car
Miss my A57C Gto . Was my first car and it's been sitting in a shed for the past 12 years, just waiting for me to come home and show it some lovin.
Love that KPGC110 on his t-shirt. It would be amazing if Petrolicious could one day made a video on it.
+yellow6ird You can check it at San Francisco Skyline made by Petrolicious too :D
Thank you!
+yellow6ird No Worries, and I reckon its one of the best porn I watched it!
Beautiful car. Beautiful induction and exhaust notes. This channel just keeps finding eccentric middle age guys and their absolute devotion to one make.
Nice ride, and footage... but the overhyped commentary should be taken with a grain of salt. I know plenty of vintage/classic Mitsubishi owners and we do not have an issue finding parts and keeping our cars running, because there IS a cult following and many forums where we do not need to learn Japanese... LOL! Even so, many of our fellow Mitsubishi owners, whom are Japanese, communicate with us in plain English.
BTW the engine in this car is not original to what the GS-R came with, the larger Mitsu Astron 2.6l has been swapped in. Great engine, especially with the twin side drafts.
the sound of this car is so nice... and it looks so solid
That's like the Evo's grandfather
Back in 1980 in Kiwi land my father brought my mother one of these. I was two years away from getting my drivers license and already a ragging petrol head, sooooo I was relegated to learning to drive in my Fathers Company Ford Escort Van though on the odd occasion I got to drive the GTO and for a 15 year old this was quiet frankly an amazing car for that time!...
Is right hand drive legal in California?
yes
Ever see a postal delivery van?
Brian Sipe. Doesnt exactly count when its a government vehicle. You couldnt sell of buy a postal van in the private sector because it lacks required features. The common Grummans used in the US and Canada lack safety features that were requirex of retail vehicles even back when they were sold.
You sir, are my inspiration. I too am a Mitsubishi fan and I have been keeping my 99 Montero alive with 470,xxx miles. And I also have a 99 Mitsubishi Eclipse the last year of the AWD turboed version
One of the last useful channels
Oh god...this is one of the Japanese I had ever dreamed of and the sound,this is so awesome to even just see it running in the screen....
The close ups are nice dont get me wrong, but i want an actual 360 of the car, a full view of the out and in of the car, i wish this channel would focuse less on the cinematic point of view and at least actually show the car o.o
agree
yes i am agree too
I don't know, lots of channels do 360 non-cinematic videos but only petrolicious does videos like this and I'm glad that they do
+VideosAreDrugs it's not saabkyle
+VideosAreDrugs and more about the specs and mechanics of the car
One of the best sounding 4 cyl. I've ever heard! Really amazing :)
You've just created a cult following.
Looks like a mix between the end of a 70 Shelby GT350 and the front of a 72 skyline. Best part of both world if you ask me, and that's a full win seeing how beautiful it is now fully restored. Nice work.
this car with a 4g63 turbo would be magical
M would you really ruin a classic like that...
GDrift why does that matter? It doesn’t matter if u keep all original, or swap with a different engine (as long as u stick with the same brand).
This is is by-far the best channel, it always chooses Iconic cars and does everything correctly .. Petrolicious has actually caused me to go on a hunt for a 1970s Toyota Celica for a while now and that is purely because my father once owned one .. Am looking for that RetroMotive bond between me and the paps, u get my Drift ... ?
if you didnt show the engine, i wouldve thought it was subaru
+calvin smith sounds like boxer engine
+shahrul haqiemi thats what i was referring to, i wonder if it has unequal length headers for that sound
+calvin smith it is
If it was Subaru it would be ugly
+calvin smith It's the twin webber carbs that make that sound.
A very, very sweet car... and an even sweeter engine note! Fantastic work, this is car enthusiasm for you. It's not the colour of the shape of the badge, it's the love and attention spent to make it right, to make it good, make it sweet.
You deserve 15 minutes on jay Lenos garage
Doc you’d need more than 15 minutes to get a word in with Leno.
I love cars like these because they're unique and they're different...I like cars that stand out and this fits the bill perfectly
コルト最高！
I owned this car back in the 80s. it handled like a dream and had amazing power to weight ratio for its time. This made me love mitsubishi more than toyota even now. Before this, I had a newer 78 toyota corona 2000.
Actually I am not really sure he is quite correct saying the brand is a Colt, that actually is simply the model name along with the Gallant name. The brand is who made the car, and that is Mitsubishi. Pity about those horrid and stupid front guard mounted (Japanese style) mirrors. It sure sounds great but hey it does have a lovely set of side draught carbies and ram tubes. It is always going to sound great with that kind of set up.
Beautiful car, 8 years of restorations full of fun. Take care...
Cool car but the owner seems like he'd get on my nerves after 5 minutes.
he doesn't need to please you .....period
100%
well , your are not his wife , so he and most of us dont care about that :D
well he is a mitsubishi owner
How??
Man that engine sounds exactly how an engine should sound. To me real car enthusiasts are guys like this. A lot of people mistakenly call themselves car enthusiasts when really they only care for a specific type of car. When a real enthusiast finds appreciation in every time. Even as something as obscure as a Galant. Even though Galants have unironically influenced the JDM scene by being a lot of big names first car.
he doesn't say galant right
not the amerikan way gringo
2:51 Respect.
You can see how this guy loves his car. 😍
Cool car. Too bad the owner had to describe it.
LOL!
+1tdiaudi don't come here if you can't handle information
+Japanese Nostalgic Car. You can't handle the truth! -Jack Nicholson laughing his drunk ass off somewhere
He covered the key when he inserted it in the ignition. Smart dude!
why do you do that?
Boosted Fool so that nobody can copy the key from the video