On the 4runner: Get a fluid film treatment every fall. It is imperative. That truck is a survivor, but northeast/midwest salt is a killer. Fluid film is the best salt shield they make!
Nah just save your oil from your oil change and spray it through a pump sprayer on your undercarriage before winter starts and you'll have no rust issues. No reason to pay for something you can do yourself for free. My grandfather swore by it, then my father and now me.
15:38 "It feels like car enthusiasts have gone from idolizing expensive 'dream' cars that come preloaded with spectacle in favor of creating a dream car themselves, even if that means just bringing it back to a functioning level." Your best quote ever, hands down.
@@sdc303 I can relate too. I think we all can! I've got a lil 1980 Mazda Capella (early RWD 626) that I've turned into a mostly-period-correct sport/rally package build with a cyberpunk twist and a 1989 Buick Electra Park Avenue Ultra I've modded up to make an even more luxurious barge. He's said the words but I'm already living by them!
My mom's boyfriend had a Colt Turbo. He added an intercooler and raised the boost. It was fast. His son was racing (and beating) a C4 Corvette when - surprise - the engine blew.
My 3rd gen saved my life at 170k mi... Hit by an 18 wheeler on an NY thruway in a snowstorm in midnight- flipped it, rolled, climbed UP out of the passenger door. The only real injury was 5 stitches from falling into the shattered driver side window after unbuckling. Funny enough, it was a UPS truck I just helped load on my shift.
"Furrowing their eyebrows in a vain attempt to understand the situation" When Mr. Regular talks about teachers/authority figures from his youth, I imagine them as Simpsons characters, so this was perfect reinforcement of that.
As I got older, i switched from dreaming about high end cars to these type. One of my favorite cars I own right now, an all original 1985 GTI. It’s a pile, 300k miles, no clear on the paint, but boy I love that car and always will
I can relate to this, have an 83, bought it wrecked and it's been all expenses spared. did a 288 cam & a 38DGES among other bits, you realize that going fast is cool in its own respect, and while the other urS4 does that part reasonably well, hucking a jalopy half the size/weight and less than a quarter of the horsepower is just as enjoyable in its own way. sprinkle in a little bit of "this car should technically be dead" still trying to decide how i feel about freeway traffic in aircooled stuff. merging into traffic, steering slop, hot oil, cant quite figure out if its thrill or terror.
My girlfriend back then had a black 1984 GTS turbo. With gold trim. Her 1984 Fiero (she was a hairdresser) died and picked up one of these in 1988 used with 16K miles. Put the 1985 gts wheels on which were larger. Removed the gold accents and it looked like a regular black dodge colt. It would smoke GTI's all day. 2nd and 3rd gear pulls were great. Back when turbos were fun.
The 1984-1/2 Dodge Colt Turbo was my first car. It was sort of a hand me down from my cousin. My dad gave me the choice between this and a 1980 Ford Fairmont. I chose this. It was white like this car, but had alloys and louvers over the rear glass. It was so much fun! I miss it. I heard tale this model was derived from the old Mitsu Super 1600 rally cars. I wish I still had it. First mod would be an LSD. Also this car called for 20W50 motor oil. The turbo had no coolant jacket, and this was pre-synthetic so I guess it needed that extra film strength. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Besides the obvious, you made the right choice. My friend took his driver's test on his family's then-two-year-old Ford Fairmont with a manual. The car stalled EIGHT times during the test, and it wasn't because my friend didn't know manual. Luckily the DMV guy took pity on him and gave him his license. My friend never bought American again.
You will probably never read this post. This Colt Turbo was exactly like mine. I had it for 11.5 years, until 1995. 122k plus miles. But mine had a sticker on the bottom of the hatchback window stating, "Don't step on the gas unless you really mean it." My heart is beating out of my chest right now. It was my first car. It got me through high school, a lot a beach runs, the Marine Corps and college. I felt I had to trade it in when I bought a used '94 Mustang Cobra. But I never stopped loving and missing my first car ever. I wish I could have it back again.
12:38 that's kind of how I feel about my 80s car. Nobody, other than weirdos and enthusiasts care about them anymore, so there isn't much buzz around them. But to me it's perfect. I was afraid it would be a "never meet your heroes" type deal, especially because there was a ton of nostalgic and rose "tinted glasses type" memories, but it ended up being perfect. EDIT: I write an entire comment about a car without even mentioning it. It's a Citroen BX, old french family hatchback.
I feel exactly the same about my car. I drive an '89 Volkswagen Fox GL, which almost nobody here remembers - except Brazilians. Funny how a completely forgotten VW in the US is one of the most beloved & legendary cars in Brazil. 81hp, 2006 lbs, no power steering, and a 5-speed manual make it one of those "slow-but-ridiculously-fun-to-drive" gems.
"...it can be every bit as rewarding to realize that you're the reason this car is still on the road." I have a theory that you never own a car, you're just its curator for a time. And you can be a great curator, making the car better. Or a terrible one, grinding it into the ground. It's a point of pride to be the former.
Same feeling here - I restored a 1984 VW Jetta GLi coupe that otherwise would've gone to the scrapper. I see people giving thumbs up every time I drive. I hope it turns as many heads 30 years from now.
I own a 1991 Lancer GTI 16V. And while it does have some lifter tick, and the roof supports have died to rust at least more than 15 years ago, the car is great! Fixed most stuff, repainted black. Got it for 1300€ off well, not the greatest owner. I love the damned thing, and if I could id drop a 4G63Turbo EVO engine in there. And AWD. The JDM Cyborg trim (very late 80s name lol) had just that, full time AWD with 160hp 1.6L turbo engine. Thanks to that I have a transmission tunel, so I CAN fit AWD in there.
Woohoo 4Runner!! Also, that Colt has almost the same miles as the camera car, lol. God, I love small hatchbacks. This reminds me of my AWD 323 I used to daily until someone decided it should be even smaller while I was in it.
God yeah my old Subaru GL (which was already dying at the pinch welds) got stolen and terminally joyridden into a creek a few years ago, miss that little suicide machine
They made a wagon/microvan version too, my buddy drove one back in the early 2000s. Insanely fun little cars and third row seating in something smaller than a crv!
@@IRBork - there were 2 US-spec generations of what internationally was known as the Mitsubishi Chariot (later also RVR). OG (1984-90) was only available as a 3-row in Mitsubishi (Space Wagon), Dodge / Plymouth (Colt Vista) and Eagle (Vista in Canada only) flavors. 2G (1991-97) was available in 2-row in Mitsubishi (Expo LRV), Dodge / Plymouth (2G Colt Vista) and Eagle (Summit Wagon) flavors and in a 3-row as a Mitsubishi exclusive (Expo). The 2G have been further updated and are still in Mitsubishi's lineup as the Outlander* (Expo) and Outlander Sport (Expo LRV), but transformed from minivans to crossovers. * up to '21, as the '22 is made on the same platform as the Nissan Rogue / Xtrail
@@2LaneTraveler That's exactly what it is. Ford dropped their hot hatches in the US specifically because of this ... only to replace them with sport SUVs.
And my brother had a four-door that he delivered papers with. It was a simple, happy little car with no pretensions (in non-turbo form). He later drove three more Colts from later generations, and all were very good value and reliable.
Test drove one of these when I was in high school. Pretty sure it was an automatic, but it went like stink, and I really wanted it. Unfortunately, my parents were in the car, and they said absolutely not.
A friend had one of these full of CB equipment. We would go up to the television towers and talk to people in Australia on the skip at 2am. What's your 20? It was funner than a 1983 Charger 2.2.
Nice Rig! NH Oil undercoat that beauty (or some equivalent product)! Cover the fuel and brake lines in marine grease and make sure you fill the frame with oil as well (make sure you get the sand out first with a shopvac and pex line). Also, reach up over the rear shock mounts and make sure the drain holes aren't clogged with pebbles, then completely cover them in marine grease (they rot out from wet mud sitting up there). Open up that hood and fog the entire engine bay in Boeshield. Finally, take a 360 degree sprayer and fill all of the body panels with NH oil. I have 440,000 miles on my 96 here in New England and it would have died years ago without the yearly oil undercoat I spray. Oh the rust belt.....
This video and the comments do not give the respect this car deserves. I had two of them and it was the quickest car on the road from 0-50 at the time. (Yes that includes porsche's and corvette's) 35 miles per gallon and it cost 7500.00 brand new. I am just glad I had the privilege of owning them. The most fun car to drive I ever had.
Had the 85 non turbo. With the twin stick, power and economy. 5k out the door. Very fun car, i bought a 91 colt vista wagon. And still have it in Florida. Zero rust automatic and a.c. love it.
@@TheGameGetterKuzuri Trust me this had nothing to do with the Evo. That was meant as a homologation WRC car, which the Turbo Colt had nothing to do with.
@@buckorooster This car has a lot to do with the evo / vr4. The colt, mirage, and lancer were basically the same car from 1978 to 2003 (evo 6). It was the platform for testing front wheel drive, turbo, and later AWD, without significant expense as Mitsubishi cars never sold as well as their Japanese contemporaries (corolla, civic etc). The research fed into the galant (went FWD in 1983), giving us the vr4, which then fed down into the 4 door lancer GSR to give us the lancer GSR evolution (evo 1). The 4 door was chosen over the 2 door GSR as more people brought 4 door cars in general, and the 4 door GSR was already a turbo AWD car, so swapping would be easy. If this colt, turbo or not, did not sell, then there was a very good chance Mitsubishi would stop selling compact cars, or have no research in making good turbo or AWD cars. Tldr: colt turbo is the reason why the evo is a front wheel drive based turbo AWD car, and exists in the first place.
I had the exact same car!! Dropped the exhaust... Gutted the cat.. K&n filter.. 15 psi boost with no intercooler.. It was a complete hoot to drive with insane torque steer.. Ran 15.8 at 88mph on street tires.. with a slightly slipping clutch... Lol.. loved that car!
We had Colts in Australia, under the Mitsubishi brand. Chrysler was phased out in Aus and replaced by Mitsubishi. We had other cars like the Nissan Pulsar, Ford Laser/Meteor and Mazda equivalents as well in this class. Kinda good times really.
My mother had a 1984 Mitsubishi Colt, it was a 1.4L NA engine. In Australia, only the Mitsubishi Cordia GSR turbo, was the only edition ( other than the Mitsubishi Starion) that came with a Turbo.
Our honeymoon was spent in her parents pre turbo Colt twin stick. The amount of fun I had driving that speaks volumes on the giggles per mile a turbo would give.
I test drove one of these when I was in high school, either in '86 or '87. Had 44K on the clock and was exactly like this one. She was a sweet little rocket!
I had a carburetor'd '82 Colt when I lived in Germany in the 80's. It was the cheapest, flimsiest, slowest car I'd ever owned. I blame it for being so bad that it kept me from owning another Japanese car for 20 years. Imagine the torment of having a car that can do no more than 75 mph on the Autobahn when Sciroccos are zipping by you like you're standing still. It seems to me that the reason there were so few of these turbos sold is because previous Colt owners could not believe ad's claims.
My dad has owned 3 of these. One when he was younger in 1984. One he rebuilt in 2004 and I totaled in 2006 (I was 16) and one we completely rebuilt and is in his garage now. I got to make the argument that he has the cleanest one in existence. Can’t believe another one exists to be honest with you haha
@RegularCars I was a teenager when these were sold new, and they were a hoot to drive! Very underrated and most didn't understand what this car could do, a huge bargin!
My dad had a “Cream Yellow” ‘81 Dodge Colt and on that car, the twin stick had a “P” and “E” on it for “power” and “economy” …did the same thing though and it was naturally aspirated.
3rd Gen 4Runners are one of my dream cars. My aunt has had one since I was about 4 and 2 kids, a broken winsheild and nearly 150,000 -200,000 later she still daily drives that beast and it runs mint. Great to see one so clean and to be used for the new camera car. May she survive the Pennyvania weather for a long time.
Well according to our fuzzy frien it's going to be a mild winter. As most Pennsylvanians know that, in addition to Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow marks 6 more weeks of winter, a brown and black fuzzy frien means a mild winter is ahead. An all black fuzzy frien means it's going to be 2010 all over again and we'll you on the other side.
First car I have memory of is an 84 colt turbo my parents had it when I was a kid, I remember the bungee cord that held the transfer case in high range. after it finally died it sat in the driveway for a few years as a play car for me and my sister, was a cool little car up until it ended up in the scrap yard. It is also the reason I only buy 80s project cars. My Celica Supra and Ae86 would probably not be in my driveway if not for the little colt turbo.
The moment he said Beach Boys in DC I immediately thought of the horror of the John Stamos years and the band playing Summer In Paradise in its entirety. You know that’s the era Mr. Regular is referring to and Mike Love is gonna rap to his ever aging audience.
When RCR visits upper Bucks County 🤘 Loved ripping up & down 563 & taking photogenic picture files at Lake Nockamixon. Its a nice area to take a drive around in. Saw you passed the Wagon Wheel too on 313, they had great wings 🤙
My Grandma lived atop Polos Verdes tall bluff in the 80's and had an ordinary gold Dodge Colt as her runabout. I remember the tiny motor struggling to build momentum back up the mountain on our way back home from the library at the bottom. I can still smell the vinyl if I close my eyes.
I had one of these. It was a blast and a rather shocking & abrupt way to be introduced to "torque steer!" Before I killed myself, after 8 months I traded it in for a CRX. Thanks for bringing back some fond memories.
Beautiful car. No, really, look at it. Clean, harmonious, with just the right amount of round to recall the best of days gone by and preview themes of the next decade.
My dad used to drive this car (same color scheme) as an 8-speed. He was a great driver. Using it that way, he got 0-60 in the mid-sevens and did the quarter in the mid to high fifteens. Crazy torque steer. It was one of the most fun cars to ride in, much less drive. He beat me in this when I was driving his 1987 Starion ESI-R.
I had an '84 (not turbo) Colt. Great little car, would hold an unbelievable amount of stuff. One thing RCR didn't mention was how light and accurate the steering was.
Many thanks for posting this video! My father had a 1984 Dodge Colt Custom, which was one notch below the Turbo. The custom came in nearly glow-in-the-dark fire engine red paint with silver pinstripes. It was a sweet looking little car. I can attest that it was a fun little car to drive, with the twin stick providing needed power when going uphill from a stop. The non-turbo versions were fairly underpowered, really dogging down when the AC came on. You guys found a cherry version of the Turbo. I wish that I'd had to money to buy one back then. Thanks for bringing back a lot of good memories!
I had the next gen of this car.. the 1989 Dodge Colt Turbo. Went from a Honda Civic hatch to the Colt. Had the 1.6 version of the 2.0 from the Diamond Star turbo. 135 hp and was so stinking fast at the time and no one knew what it was.
@@appallingacceleration1134 Yeah Ziebart and any other tar-like coatings are a crime against humanity. My heart would sink if I ever saw a RCR video with the 4Runners bottom all gunked up.
@@dr.samsung_8855 My hoodie still smells like bar and chain oil even after washing. Yup, spent Sunday under the F150 with a gallon of "extra tacky" and a paintbrush.
My girlfriend, now wife, bought one of these brand new, same color and interior. Believe it had silver gray wheels, no trim rings. First time I saw it she was removing the windshield banner to keep down the attention. I remember driving it with a college buddy riding shotgun. Rang it up to over 100 on a two lane blacktop, looked over at him cringing, said "doesn't feel like 110 does it" stabbed the brakes to scuff off speed, grabbed the emergency brake and put it sideways at 50 on the crowned road. Drop to second/power and smoking the tires going the other direction in a very short span. He never rode with me again. Ruined it by putting wider tires on, upset the light and lovely balance. Her GLH turbo wasn't as much pure fun. Good friend had a red one, he drove it to Car Craft Street Machine Nationals in '84. While asleep on the way home, co-driver took a picture with owners camera of the speedo well over 100. Suggest you put on a bigger remote oil filter, factory one is the size of a juice glass.
YES! Finally someone reviewed my favorite Plymouth from my dealership mechanic days!! These things are proof a two speed final drive axle can be done in a fully synchronized car. I don't remember how these things worked, but they had 8 FWD gears. You could shift into and out of any 8 on the fly. They were not very practicable but man they were fun to drive!
Bought mine in Dec.'83. It was silver and red interior. Picked it up from Casler Motors. Pompton Lakes,N.J. Very fond memories of that car. Thanks for sharing
I can't believe this car still exists, I haven't seen one on the road, or anywhere else for that matter, since the 90's. A friend's family bought the Plymouth Champ, no turbo, twin stick manual. It served the family well for all the years they had it. Honestly unlike most 80's small cars, these didn't look so bad. Also being a mitsubishi, usually they're really seriously cheap inside, but these cars weren't so that way. My memory of the turbo model when some moron passed me from the wrong lane trying to get on the freeway in San Jose and managed to flip the car over when they lost control. I went around the mess and kept driving.
I was in automotive design. Ford. Had my 73 mach and 88 5.0 LX. The wife went through 5 Omni glh turbos. Best one put down @ 200 at the wheels. Back then, nothing could touch it. The 2.2 and 2.5 had famously stout bottom ends. First FWD car in the 10's was a Foward Motion shadow. Stock bottom 2.5 with a big 60 turbo, auto T555. Built same setup for myself in the early 00's. Now in my favorite car ever, Kia Forte GT. Unreal value and performance, not to mention the looks. See how hard the civic is trying to be a Forte?
Can't believe RCR hasn't ever had a proper GLH-T or GLH-S to review. Back in the early 90's me and my friend group owned all the late 80's Dodge/Shelby turbo cars. One of my buddies still has his 86 Turbo Caravan he futzes around with.
My first new, new car was a 1985 DODGE COLT Turbo. Purchased at Keene Dodge in Jarrettsville, Maryland. It was a 5 Speed Manual and a blast to drive. In the Summer of '88 while driving back to Baltimore from Rockport, Maine we cracked 115 mph on I-495 in Massachusetts.
Wow, I owned two Colts while in college in the early 90s. They were excellent vehicles and very reliable. They got very little attention though as they were sandwiched among Chryslers K-car and Horizon. I owned both and they were nothing compared to the Colts. I think a Colt GT earned Car and Drivers top- ten in the early 90s. Thanks.
Nice! That 1984 Plymouth Cold GTS Turbo is totally the kind of car I would have bought in 1984 if I was in my late teens or early 20s. When you peeled out and said "this is what happened" I thought you were going to get pulled over for speeding or squealing the tires.
I love these kind of 4 speed + overdrive deals from around the time FWD came popular Mitsubishi Tredia with the supershift was a lot of fun, since it was proper mechanical you could use it in all gears, not just 3rd and 4th, so you had two gears in reverse too ;) Tho I think I preferred the electric overdrive some cars had, where there's a lil switch in the gearstick and you just flick and and half a sec later your revs just drop, don't need to push the clutch in or anything It was great for accelerating, rev it up in 3rd, flick the switch, don't even lift up your right foot, you just keep flooring it as you change up! It's cool as
this is probably the car that paved the road for chrysler to put up a myriad of cars powered by the Turbo I, II and III engines in the 80s and 90s, those were pretty fucking fast for what they were and it all started here
That twin stick colt back in the 80's drag racers used to modify the engine and use that tranny as a close ratio with a very tricky way of shift pattern. Ex. On 1st gear star then shift to E then the tricky part at the same time shift to star and 2nd using your thumb to push to star and your other fingers to 2nd gear.. takes alot of practice back then when these cars and spares was abundant..
One of these was my first new car purchase, during the test drive, it scorched the tires in all 4 gears in power (*) position..I actually got good enough to go through all 8 available gears in sequence.. I later took it with me when I was stationed in the UK, and had massive fun with it.. tossing it around British "B" roads. When I returned to the US, It was severely damaged in a West Texas hailstorm and I traded it in for a '89 Mirage Turbo. Been looking for one for a long time..just to drive and feel God's own torque steer again..
I owned the non turbo Colt. Couldn't kill it with a sledgehammer. Couldn't find the Turbo anywhere, this guy got a gem! It looks like he cares about it too, so someone else down the road will someday feel what a great car this actually was.
I got to drive one of these in High School in the mid-80s. It was a friend's car. My car was a...1978 Ford Fiesta Sport. The Colt was a ROCKETSHIP compared to my own ride. I was absolutely head over heals for the Dodge Omni GLH, the RX-7, and the VW Rabbit GTI
A friend of mine had one (I think in silver) between Omni GLH and a Shelby GLHS - this was a complete blast to drive - little embarrassing in those days (86-88) but even then with about 12,000 miles on the odo you could pay less than 2 1/2 grand - later sell it for about what you paid and perhaps move on to a Renault GTA which was slower but a better in Solo II.
I am living and loving the current '80s/'90s car craze. It inspired me to get my '88 200SX back to a functioning state, and to start up a local Rad-era car club, to which the response has been much greater than I anticipated. I've had some crazy stuff show up for my meets, from sunburned Mercury Tracers to BMW 850's, Civic Wagovans to TVR's, V6 MX-3s to Jason Torchinsky's Yugo. I've had the opportunity to see things like a Honda Today parked next to the first Polo Harlekin to be titled in the United States. Then there was the Celebrity Eurosport wagon next to the '93 Lumina, and both were in showroom condition!! I'm having a blast and I hope rad-mania never ends.
Not surprising to me. In addition to its other virtues the Colt was a cute little car with proper proportions. Aside from the clunky bumpers I always admired its design.
I owned one of these and autocrossed it for years. Best thing you could do was to change out the exhaust for an open pipe with no muffler. It made no more noise but damn the drivability went up my an order of magnitude and got s bit faster as well. Midwest rust started to to eat alive as Japanese sheet metal was thin as heck. The Plymouth model was only offered in '84. It was all Dodge after that. A good driver could shift both levers with one motion. The was never a corner I didn't have the right gear for.
15:38 This is absolutely accurate, and what I'm all about. I am the reason this car is on the road, it screams my personality, and it's mine alone. That can't truly be bought, only built. It's why I have junky vehicles and I love them more than any super car I can't afford anyways lol
Same way I feel driving around in my old VW Bug I put a turbo on. Expensive? No. Fancy, flashy, exotic? Not at all. Perfect? Absolutely not. Fast? Not really. But it's attainable, it's mine, I built it myself, I'm proud of it, and it's a lot of fun to drive.
Same with my 99 Nissan Frontier base model. Got the 4 cylinder, RWD, and manual stick, 159k miles and ready for another 250k if my back would put up with it. Became a new truck when I swapped the tiny Chinese tires for largest Firestones it could handle without mods.
I bought a new 1979 Plymouth Champ with that transfer case. It was a hoot.... and got great mileage! I also had a 1987 Chevy Sprint Turbo. I think it was a three cylinder. It was surprisingly quick.
Congrats on the 3rd gen! I am an owner of a 2001 3rd gen 4Runner and I love this truck. Currently has 202k miles and runs beautifully, and is getting ready to go in for a full paint job. I intend to keep this until it completely falls apart, which I think will be quite awhile. Do all the proper rust maintenance, as Toyota sucked at rustproofing in the 80s and 90s, and many of these trucks that are otherwise in good condition have been consumed by rust on the frame. Can't wait to see a 3rd gen making appearances in future videos!
I had one in Australia it was called the Colt 45 Mitsubishi with the duel shifters spitter which gave me overdrive which gave me 8 speeds it was awesome
Those final thoughts had me with a silly smile on my face. Something so similar to a way I live for a long time. Had the same car but non turbo. Still lots of fun and cost me $300 in 2003, it was a 81 car. Had a powerful v8 Camaro pushing almost 400 foot pounds of torque and yet I found myself driving the cheap box more often than not.
Man I loved the final thoughts on this one, so applicable to not only the type of car in the video but the car industry as a whole with the way enthusiasts approach it
I had the Dodge Colt in the 90's I picked up from a tow auction for $300, sold it to my friend for $400. Had the same red seats. It used to stall every time it rained and the points would get wet and wouldn't start until they dried....
That thing is awesome!!! i recently got myself a 1991 Suzuki Swift GTi. I´m pretty confident that these things drive similar, altough my swift has very hard suspension and was made to party on curvy mountainroads. Please review a Swift GTi!!!
My second car was an 84 Dodge Colt Turbo... that thing was awwwesome... the only time I lost a race in high school was from drivers error. My shifter had P and E though
My brother had a lightly modded 79 Plymouth Champ. It would run bumpers with the later GTS turbo at sea level but would outrun it if you caught the GTS off boost. We also put high pressure gas struts on all four corners and the ride and handling went way up.
Very entertaining. I had a non- turbo though and the power / economy stick could be used simultaneously with the 4 speed. Take off in 1 power / 1 economy/ 2 power / 2 economy and so on. It was a riot to drive. Thanks for the memories.
On the 4runner: Get a fluid film treatment every fall. It is imperative. That truck is a survivor, but northeast/midwest salt is a killer. Fluid film is the best salt shield they make!
I recommend a Line-X undercoating.
What is the fluid treatment?
Nah just save your oil from your oil change and spray it through a pump sprayer on your undercarriage before winter starts and you'll have no rust issues. No reason to pay for something you can do yourself for free. My grandfather swore by it, then my father and now me.
Andrew Laszyn it’s a parafin based treatment …best stuff ever
Yeah just get the fluid film and don't do the permanent treatment because that traps in moisture sometimes and makes things worse
15:38 "It feels like car enthusiasts have gone from idolizing expensive 'dream' cars that come preloaded with spectacle in favor of creating a dream car themselves, even if that means just bringing it back to a functioning level." Your best quote ever, hands down.
I agree and even relate to that. My dream car is a classic muscle car, but not a stock one: A heavily modified, almost pro-touring one.
@@sdc303 I can relate too. I think we all can!
I've got a lil 1980 Mazda Capella (early RWD 626) that I've turned into a mostly-period-correct sport/rally package build with a cyberpunk twist and a 1989 Buick Electra Park Avenue Ultra I've modded up to make an even more luxurious barge. He's said the words but I'm already living by them!
@@Doctor_Robert Nice!
My mom's boyfriend had a Colt Turbo. He added an intercooler and raised the boost. It was fast. His son was racing (and beating) a C4 Corvette when - surprise - the engine blew.
Legendary. I couldn’t imagine being the dude in a C4 back in the 80s-90s getting my doors blown off by a little Plymouth Colt.
AAAAHHH YES THE CORVETTE C4 i'twas fancy but now my tastes have........maturedddddd
@@BrownSofaGamer yes the mighty low 200 hp C4 Corvette
@@papa_pt Doesn’t mean a douche back in the 80s didn’t think he was the shit in that car.
I had a 89 BMW in high-school. I lost to a hot rodded Colt.
My 3rd gen saved my life at 170k mi... Hit by an 18 wheeler on an NY thruway in a snowstorm in midnight- flipped it, rolled, climbed UP out of the passenger door. The only real injury was 5 stitches from falling into the shattered driver side window after unbuckling. Funny enough, it was a UPS truck I just helped load on my shift.
"Furrowing their eyebrows in a vain attempt to understand the situation"
When Mr. Regular talks about teachers/authority figures from his youth, I imagine them as Simpsons characters, so this was perfect reinforcement of that.
As I got older, i switched from dreaming about high end cars to these type. One of my favorite cars I own right now, an all original 1985 GTI. It’s a pile, 300k miles, no clear on the paint, but boy I love that car and always will
I work with high end cars but I’m happier hopping into the Colt at the end of the day.
Some high end cars depreciate and never appreciate.
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Those are the best. If you have a collector worthy one you won't enjoy it. That you know you can drive whenever you please.
I can relate to this, have an 83, bought it wrecked and it's been all expenses spared. did a 288 cam & a 38DGES among other bits, you realize that going fast is cool in its own respect, and while the other urS4 does that part reasonably well, hucking a jalopy half the size/weight and less than a quarter of the horsepower is just as enjoyable in its own way. sprinkle in a little bit of "this car should technically be dead"
still trying to decide how i feel about freeway traffic in aircooled stuff. merging into traffic, steering slop, hot oil, cant quite figure out if its thrill or terror.
I had the non-turbo version with the twin stick. It was a blast. There's nothing like upshifting in reverse.
I never thought about doing that with mine.
Holy shit 😂😂😂 that sounds scary lmao
"We want the finest twin sticks available to humanity, we want them here and we want them now!"
My girlfriend back then had a black 1984 GTS turbo. With gold trim. Her 1984 Fiero (she was a hairdresser) died and picked up one of these in 1988 used with 16K miles. Put the 1985 gts wheels on which were larger. Removed the gold accents and it looked like a regular black dodge colt. It would smoke GTI's all day. 2nd and 3rd gear pulls were great. Back when turbos were fun.
The 1984-1/2 Dodge Colt Turbo was my first car. It was sort of a hand me down from my cousin. My dad gave me the choice between this and a 1980 Ford Fairmont. I chose this. It was white like this car, but had alloys and louvers over the rear glass. It was so much fun! I miss it. I heard tale this model was derived from the old Mitsu Super 1600 rally cars. I wish I still had it. First mod would be an LSD. Also this car called for 20W50 motor oil. The turbo had no coolant jacket, and this was pre-synthetic so I guess it needed that extra film strength. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Besides the obvious, you made the right choice. My friend took his driver's test on his family's then-two-year-old Ford Fairmont with a manual. The car stalled EIGHT times during the test, and it wasn't because my friend didn't know manual. Luckily the DMV guy took pity on him and gave him his license. My friend never bought American again.
You will probably never read this post. This Colt Turbo was exactly like mine. I had it for 11.5 years, until 1995. 122k plus miles. But mine had a sticker on the bottom of the hatchback window stating, "Don't step on the gas unless you really mean it." My heart is beating out of my chest right now. It was my first car. It got me through high school, a lot a beach runs, the Marine Corps and college. I felt I had to trade it in when I bought a used '94 Mustang Cobra. But I never stopped loving and missing my first car ever. I wish I could have it back again.
@@defconmarine316 I read it! Those cars were really unique. I'm glad it was my first car. I'd get mine back if I could. 102bhp was never so much fun!
Louvers! 😄 Haven't heard that in a while
12:38 that's kind of how I feel about my 80s car. Nobody, other than weirdos and enthusiasts care about them anymore, so there isn't much buzz around them. But to me it's perfect. I was afraid it would be a "never meet your heroes" type deal, especially because there was a ton of nostalgic and rose "tinted glasses type" memories, but it ended up being perfect.
EDIT: I write an entire comment about a car without even mentioning it. It's a Citroen BX, old french family hatchback.
Old cars are time machines man. I get in my 90s Corvette or my 70s Skylark and feel like I'm a million miles away from covid 2021
I feel exactly the same about my car. I drive an '89 Volkswagen Fox GL, which almost nobody here remembers - except Brazilians. Funny how a completely forgotten VW in the US is one of the most beloved & legendary cars in Brazil.
81hp, 2006 lbs, no power steering, and a 5-speed manual make it one of those "slow-but-ridiculously-fun-to-drive" gems.
I had a 1.7 turbo diesel BX for a few years, I loved it and had to sold it due to important health issues..
Gotta appreciate a BX! I drive a PSA voiture as well, a ‘94 205
That said, that BX looks rad as hell. Def, even. I like it.
“And then I drive it…and then this happens…”
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@@vincedibona4687 Anyone still getting ads in 2021 is a moron. Fuck 'em.
"...it can be every bit as rewarding to realize that you're the reason this car is still on the road."
I have a theory that you never own a car, you're just its curator for a time. And you can be a great curator, making the car better. Or a terrible one, grinding it into the ground. It's a point of pride to be the former.
Same feeling here - I restored a 1984 VW Jetta GLi coupe that otherwise would've gone to the scrapper. I see people giving thumbs up every time I drive. I hope it turns as many heads 30 years from now.
There's a certain feeling when you buy an old car that was taken care of well and you want to make sure it continues to stay that way.
I own a 1991 Lancer GTI 16V. And while it does have some lifter tick, and the roof supports have died to rust at least more than 15 years ago, the car is great! Fixed most stuff, repainted black. Got it for 1300€ off well, not the greatest owner.
I love the damned thing, and if I could id drop a 4G63Turbo EVO engine in there. And AWD. The JDM Cyborg trim (very late 80s name lol) had just that, full time AWD with 160hp 1.6L turbo engine. Thanks to that I have a transmission tunel, so I CAN fit AWD in there.
Woohoo 4Runner!!
Also, that Colt has almost the same miles as the camera car, lol. God, I love small hatchbacks. This reminds me of my AWD 323 I used to daily until someone decided it should be even smaller while I was in it.
God yeah my old Subaru GL (which was already dying at the pinch welds) got stolen and terminally joyridden into a creek a few years ago, miss that little suicide machine
I’ve been wanting a 323 GTX but they’re impossible to find, they’re so cool though, maybe someday.
I had a regular 323 and always lusted after the GTX. Until one day mine decided it didn't want to have 4 wheels any more.
As soon as my eyes were graced with the 4runner:
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes."
With affirmative 'clicks'...
Yes yes yes yes
You gotta add some pepper on that, add some PEPPER on that
Oh man, this thing looks radical. The US is missing out on modern Hatch backs, these things are fast!
They made a wagon/microvan version too, my buddy drove one back in the early 2000s. Insanely fun little cars and third row seating in something smaller than a crv!
@@IRBork - there were 2 US-spec generations of what internationally was known as the Mitsubishi Chariot (later also RVR).
OG (1984-90) was only available as a 3-row in Mitsubishi (Space Wagon), Dodge / Plymouth (Colt Vista) and Eagle (Vista in Canada only) flavors.
2G (1991-97) was available in 2-row in Mitsubishi (Expo LRV), Dodge / Plymouth (2G Colt Vista) and Eagle (Summit Wagon) flavors and in a 3-row as a Mitsubishi exclusive (Expo).
The 2G have been further updated and are still in Mitsubishi's lineup as the Outlander* (Expo) and Outlander Sport (Expo LRV), but transformed from minivans to crossovers.
* up to '21, as the '22 is made on the same platform as the Nissan Rogue / Xtrail
Americans like ridiculously big cars though, so we can look down on everyone else.
@@2LaneTraveler That's exactly what it is. Ford dropped their hot hatches in the US specifically because of this ... only to replace them with sport SUVs.
@@orangejjay You mean 'sport' SUVs since even this nearly 40 year old car can outslalom most SUVs today.
My mom drove a base model, green, 3-door 1980 Dodge Colt the first 6 or so years of my life. This car unlocked those memories.
And my brother had a four-door that he delivered papers with. It was a simple, happy little car with no pretensions (in non-turbo form). He later drove three more Colts from later generations, and all were very good value and reliable.
Test drove one of these when I was in high school. Pretty sure it was an automatic, but it went like stink, and I really wanted it. Unfortunately, my parents were in the car, and they said absolutely not.
I remember these! All it needs is the "Don't Step On The Gas Unless You Really Mean It" sticker on the back window!
A friend had one of these full of CB equipment. We would go up to the television towers and talk to people in Australia on the skip at 2am. What's your 20? It was funner than a 1983 Charger 2.2.
Add 70% more horsepower to that car, and you've got the Omni GLH-S.
The little compact that could run with the GN's, Vettes, and Mustang of its day.
I wish I had the money to dump on a GLH-S. Would love ragging on one of those for all it's worth.
Or just do a 4G63 swap.
@@ZerotheWanderer GLH= goes like hell
Nice Rig! NH Oil undercoat that beauty (or some equivalent product)! Cover the fuel and brake lines in marine grease and make sure you fill the frame with oil as well (make sure you get the sand out first with a shopvac and pex line). Also, reach up over the rear shock mounts and make sure the drain holes aren't clogged with pebbles, then completely cover them in marine grease (they rot out from wet mud sitting up there). Open up that hood and fog the entire engine bay in Boeshield. Finally, take a 360 degree sprayer and fill all of the body panels with NH oil. I have 440,000 miles on my 96 here in New England and it would have died years ago without the yearly oil undercoat I spray. Oh the rust belt.....
This video and the comments do not give the respect this car deserves. I had two of them and it was the quickest car on the road from 0-50 at the time. (Yes that includes porsche's and corvette's) 35 miles per gallon and it cost 7500.00 brand new. I am just glad I had the privilege of owning them. The most fun car to drive I ever had.
Had the 85 non turbo. With the twin stick, power and economy. 5k out the door. Very fun car, i bought a 91 colt vista wagon. And still have it in Florida. Zero rust automatic and a.c. love it.
Honestly, we wouldn't really have stuff like the Evo without this car.
Yeah, probably makes more sense to think of this as the Evo's predecessor than the SRT4's.
Don’t think this has much to do with the EVO. There was a turbo lancer during this time period.
@@ajpowers7842 it's a Mitsubishi power plant in there
@@TheGameGetterKuzuri Trust me this had nothing to do with the Evo. That was meant as a homologation WRC car, which the Turbo Colt had nothing to do with.
@@buckorooster This car has a lot to do with the evo / vr4.
The colt, mirage, and lancer were basically the same car from 1978 to 2003 (evo 6).
It was the platform for testing front wheel drive, turbo, and later AWD, without significant expense as Mitsubishi cars never sold as well as their Japanese contemporaries (corolla, civic etc).
The research fed into the galant (went FWD in 1983), giving us the vr4, which then fed down into the 4 door lancer GSR to give us the lancer GSR evolution (evo 1). The 4 door was chosen over the 2 door GSR as more people brought 4 door cars in general, and the 4 door GSR was already a turbo AWD car, so swapping would be easy.
If this colt, turbo or not, did not sell, then there was a very good chance Mitsubishi would stop selling compact cars, or have no research in making good turbo or AWD cars.
Tldr: colt turbo is the reason why the evo is a front wheel drive based turbo AWD car, and exists in the first place.
Hats (wigs?) off to this dedicated owner. He did an amazing job restoring this little gem! 🤘
I had the exact same car!!
Dropped the exhaust...
Gutted the cat..
K&n filter..
15 psi boost with no intercooler..
It was a complete hoot to drive with insane torque steer..
Ran 15.8 at 88mph on street tires.. with a slightly slipping clutch... Lol.. loved that car!
That’s awesome! I wish I could mod it to see what it’s capable of but it’s best to keep it stock given the rarity.
We had Colts in Australia, under the Mitsubishi brand. Chrysler was phased out in Aus and replaced by Mitsubishi. We had other cars like the Nissan Pulsar, Ford Laser/Meteor and Mazda equivalents as well in this class.
Kinda good times really.
Similar to the UK
My mother had a 1984 Mitsubishi Colt, it was a 1.4L NA engine. In Australia, only the Mitsubishi Cordia GSR turbo, was the only edition ( other than the Mitsubishi Starion) that came with a Turbo.
Our honeymoon was spent in her parents pre turbo Colt twin stick. The amount of fun I had driving that speaks volumes on the giggles per mile a turbo would give.
I test drove one of these when I was in high school, either in '86 or '87. Had 44K on the clock and was exactly like this one. She was a sweet little rocket!
The rhetoric of the narration is truly an art. Well done, gentlemen. Well done.
I had a carburetor'd '82 Colt when I lived in Germany in the 80's. It was the cheapest, flimsiest, slowest car I'd ever owned. I blame it for being so bad that it kept me from owning another Japanese car for 20 years. Imagine the torment of having a car that can do no more than 75 mph on the Autobahn when Sciroccos are zipping by you like you're standing still. It seems to me that the reason there were so few of these turbos sold is because previous Colt owners could not believe ad's claims.
My dad has owned 3 of these. One when he was younger in 1984. One he rebuilt in 2004 and I totaled in 2006 (I was 16) and one we completely rebuilt and is in his garage now. I got to make the argument that he has the cleanest one in existence. Can’t believe another one exists to be honest with you haha
Multiple "Thunder in Paradise" references in one episode? I never thought I'd live to see the day
@RegularCars
I was a teenager when these were sold new, and they were a hoot to drive! Very underrated and most didn't understand what this car could do, a huge bargin!
My dad had a “Cream Yellow” ‘81 Dodge Colt and on that car, the twin stick had a “P” and “E” on it for “power” and “economy” …did the same thing though and it was naturally aspirated.
3rd Gen 4Runners are one of my dream cars. My aunt has had one since I was about 4 and 2 kids, a broken winsheild and nearly 150,000 -200,000 later she still daily drives that beast and it runs mint. Great to see one so clean and to be used for the new camera car. May she survive the Pennyvania weather for a long time.
For the 80's 0-60 in 8 sec. Was really good.
Still a 1 on the Doug Score meter, though. lol
I had a non-turbo Colt in the early 1990's with the 2 stick. Good to see one still around.
Well according to our fuzzy frien it's going to be a mild winter. As most Pennsylvanians know that, in addition to Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow marks 6 more weeks of winter, a brown and black fuzzy frien means a mild winter is ahead. An all black fuzzy frien means it's going to be 2010 all over again and we'll you on the other side.
First car I have memory of is an 84 colt turbo my parents had it when I was a kid, I remember the bungee cord that held the transfer case in high range. after it finally died it sat in the driveway for a few years as a play car for me and my sister, was a cool little car up until it ended up in the scrap yard. It is also the reason I only buy 80s project cars. My Celica Supra and Ae86 would probably not be in my driveway if not for the little colt turbo.
The moment he said Beach Boys in DC I immediately thought of the horror of the John Stamos years and the band playing Summer In Paradise in its entirety. You know that’s the era Mr. Regular is referring to and Mike Love is gonna rap to his ever aging audience.
When RCR visits upper Bucks County 🤘
Loved ripping up & down 563 & taking photogenic picture files at Lake Nockamixon. Its a nice area to take a drive around in. Saw you passed the Wagon Wheel too on 313, they had great wings 🤙
My Grandma lived atop Polos Verdes tall bluff in the 80's and had an ordinary gold Dodge Colt as her runabout. I remember the tiny motor struggling to build momentum back up the mountain on our way back home from the library at the bottom. I can still smell the vinyl if I close my eyes.
I had one of these. It was a blast and a rather shocking & abrupt way to be introduced to "torque steer!" Before I killed myself, after 8 months I traded it in for a CRX.
Thanks for bringing back some fond memories.
Beautiful car. No, really, look at it. Clean, harmonious, with just the right amount of round to recall the best of days gone by and preview themes of the next decade.
My dad used to drive this car (same color scheme) as an 8-speed. He was a great driver. Using it that way, he got 0-60 in the mid-sevens and did the quarter in the mid to high fifteens. Crazy torque steer. It was one of the most fun cars to ride in, much less drive. He beat me in this when I was driving his 1987 Starion ESI-R.
I had an '84 (not turbo) Colt. Great little car, would hold an unbelievable amount of stuff. One thing RCR didn't mention was how light and accurate the steering was.
Probably because the Turbo has huge torque steer. When the turbo lights up the car changes lanes whether you intended to or not :-)
I replaced all four tires for 99 dollars. Windows constantly fogged up had to drive with windows cracked.
Many thanks for posting this video! My father had a 1984 Dodge Colt Custom, which was one notch below the Turbo. The custom came in nearly glow-in-the-dark fire engine red paint with silver pinstripes. It was a sweet looking little car. I can attest that it was a fun little car to drive, with the twin stick providing needed power when going uphill from a stop. The non-turbo versions were fairly underpowered, really dogging down when the AC came on. You guys found a cherry version of the Turbo. I wish that I'd had to money to buy one back then. Thanks for bringing back a lot of good memories!
Gotta love Mitsubishi and their funky drivetrains. I have a 93 Pajero with "Super Select" 4WD.
I had the next gen of this car.. the 1989 Dodge Colt Turbo. Went from a Honda Civic hatch to the Colt. Had the 1.6 version of the 2.0 from the Diamond Star turbo. 135 hp and was so stinking fast at the time and no one knew what it was.
Patience definitely pays off, that 4runner is mint!! Are you getting an undercoating done to help prevent severe rust?
Congrats guys! 💙
They definitely need to undercoat it.
It’s literally looks museum worthy
@@racermigs1 he should do fluid film, aftermarket undercoating just traps moisture and rots things out.
@@appallingacceleration1134 Yeah Ziebart and any other tar-like coatings are a crime against humanity. My heart would sink if I ever saw a RCR video with the 4Runners bottom all gunked up.
@@dr.samsung_8855 My hoodie still smells like bar and chain oil even after washing. Yup, spent Sunday under the F150 with a gallon of "extra tacky" and a paintbrush.
My girlfriend, now wife, bought one of these brand new, same color and interior. Believe it had silver gray wheels, no trim rings. First time I saw it she was removing the windshield banner to keep down the attention. I remember driving it with a college buddy riding shotgun. Rang it up to over 100 on a two lane blacktop, looked over at him cringing, said "doesn't feel like 110 does it" stabbed the brakes to scuff off speed, grabbed the emergency brake and put it sideways at 50 on the crowned road. Drop to second/power and smoking the tires going the other direction in a very short span. He never rode with me again. Ruined it by putting wider tires on, upset the light and lovely balance. Her GLH turbo wasn't as much pure fun.
Good friend had a red one, he drove it to Car Craft Street Machine Nationals in '84. While asleep on the way home, co-driver took a picture with owners camera of the speedo well over 100. Suggest you put on a bigger remote oil filter, factory one is the size of a juice glass.
Probably one of the best cars on your channel, it's just so rare and simple.
YES! Finally someone reviewed my favorite Plymouth from my dealership mechanic days!!
These things are proof a two speed final drive axle can be done in a fully synchronized car. I don't remember how these things worked, but they had 8 FWD gears. You could shift into and out of any 8 on the fly. They were not very practicable but man they were fun to drive!
"Colt: It's all the Japanese you need to know."
(Actual Chrysler ad campaign back in the day)
Yup. I remember that oh so well.
Bought mine in Dec.'83.
It was silver and red interior.
Picked it up from Casler Motors. Pompton Lakes,N.J. Very fond memories of that car.
Thanks for sharing
I can't believe this car still exists, I haven't seen one on the road, or anywhere else for that matter, since the 90's. A friend's family bought the Plymouth Champ, no turbo, twin stick manual. It served the family well for all the years they had it. Honestly unlike most 80's small cars, these didn't look so bad. Also being a mitsubishi, usually they're really seriously cheap inside, but these cars weren't so that way. My memory of the turbo model when some moron passed me from the wrong lane trying to get on the freeway in San Jose and managed to flip the car over when they lost control. I went around the mess and kept driving.
I was in automotive design. Ford. Had my 73 mach and 88 5.0 LX. The wife went through 5 Omni glh turbos. Best one put down @ 200 at the wheels. Back then, nothing could touch it.
The 2.2 and 2.5 had famously stout bottom ends. First FWD car in the 10's was a Foward Motion shadow. Stock bottom 2.5 with a big 60 turbo, auto T555. Built same setup for myself in the early 00's. Now in my favorite car ever, Kia Forte GT. Unreal value and performance, not to mention the looks. See how hard the civic is trying to be a Forte?
Can't believe RCR hasn't ever had a proper GLH-T or GLH-S to review. Back in the early 90's me and my friend group owned all the late 80's Dodge/Shelby turbo cars. One of my buddies still has his 86 Turbo Caravan he futzes around with.
I have an '86 Daytona Turbo Z and an '89 Shadow ES with the full Super 60 Turbo Package. I still love the 80's Mopar Turbo cars.
Had a GLH-S, GLH, 4 Shelby Chargers & Turismos.
@@Fuckyoutubeass I always wanted a GLHS. They're still out there but people want stupid money for them.
My first new, new car was a 1985 DODGE COLT Turbo. Purchased at Keene Dodge in Jarrettsville, Maryland. It was a 5 Speed Manual and a blast to drive. In the Summer of '88 while driving back to Baltimore from Rockport, Maine we cracked 115 mph on I-495 in Massachusetts.
Wow, I owned two Colts while in college in the early 90s. They were excellent vehicles and very reliable. They got very little attention though as they were sandwiched among Chryslers K-car and Horizon. I owned both and they were nothing compared to the Colts. I think a Colt GT earned Car and Drivers top- ten in the early 90s. Thanks.
Nice! That 1984 Plymouth Cold GTS Turbo is totally the kind of car I would have bought in 1984 if I was in my late teens or early 20s. When you peeled out and said "this is what happened" I thought you were going to get pulled over for speeding or squealing the tires.
And this is why we watch RCR. Mini tangent on using a vcr that is relevant somehow to the video as a hole... thunder in paradise.
Had one of these at the end of high school. Was a great car. Stoked to see one still alive in this shape!
The lever was power!! I enjoyed driving my Colt Turbo.
Had one in 87 Black with gold trim and rear window louver from the factory love to have one again .she's awesome
I love these kind of 4 speed + overdrive deals from around the time FWD came popular
Mitsubishi Tredia with the supershift was a lot of fun, since it was proper mechanical you could use it in all gears, not just 3rd and 4th, so you had two gears in reverse too ;)
Tho I think I preferred the electric overdrive some cars had, where there's a lil switch in the gearstick and you just flick and and half a sec later your revs just drop, don't need to push the clutch in or anything
It was great for accelerating, rev it up in 3rd, flick the switch, don't even lift up your right foot, you just keep flooring it as you change up! It's cool as
this is probably the car that paved the road for chrysler to put up a myriad of cars powered by the Turbo I, II and III engines in the 80s and 90s, those were pretty fucking fast for what they were
and it all started here
That twin stick colt back in the 80's drag racers used to modify the engine and use that tranny as a close ratio with a very tricky way of shift pattern. Ex. On 1st gear star then shift to E then the tricky part at the same time shift to star and 2nd using your thumb to push to star and your other fingers to 2nd gear.. takes alot of practice back then when these cars and spares was abundant..
One of these was my first new car purchase, during the test drive, it scorched the tires in all 4 gears in power (*) position..I actually got good enough to go through all 8 available gears in sequence..
I later took it with me when I was stationed in the UK, and had massive fun with it.. tossing it around British "B" roads. When I returned to the US, It was severely damaged in a West Texas hailstorm and I traded it in for a '89 Mirage Turbo. Been looking for one for a long time..just to drive and feel God's own torque steer again..
Really good video on a very misunderstood and somewhat obscure car. The fall setting really set off all the shots.
I had a friend who had an 84 Dodge Colt Turbo hatchback, and he told of tale's about racing Porsche 944's on highway's in New Jersey.
I owned the non turbo Colt. Couldn't kill it with a sledgehammer. Couldn't find the Turbo anywhere, this guy got a gem! It looks like he cares about it too, so someone else down the road will someday feel what a great car this actually was.
Thank you! In a world where everything is disposable and churned out I think it’s important to keep what’s special intact and immortalized.
I got to drive one of these in High School in the mid-80s. It was a friend's car. My car was a...1978 Ford Fiesta Sport. The Colt was a ROCKETSHIP compared to my own ride. I was absolutely head over heals for the Dodge Omni GLH, the RX-7, and the VW Rabbit GTI
A friend of mine had one (I think in silver) between Omni GLH and a Shelby GLHS - this was a complete blast to drive - little embarrassing in those days (86-88) but even then with about 12,000 miles on the odo you could pay less than 2 1/2 grand - later sell it for about what you paid and perhaps move on to a Renault GTA which was slower but a better in Solo II.
My Grandfather had one back in the 80's he used as a tow behind car for his RV
I like how much passenger space it has, there's no giant center console.
I am living and loving the current '80s/'90s car craze. It inspired me to get my '88 200SX back to a functioning state, and to start up a local Rad-era car club, to which the response has been much greater than I anticipated. I've had some crazy stuff show up for my meets, from sunburned Mercury Tracers to BMW 850's, Civic Wagovans to TVR's, V6 MX-3s to Jason Torchinsky's Yugo. I've had the opportunity to see things like a Honda Today parked next to the first Polo Harlekin to be titled in the United States. Then there was the Celebrity Eurosport wagon next to the '93 Lumina, and both were in showroom condition!! I'm having a blast and I hope rad-mania never ends.
I've got a non-turbo colt, and I've never had more compliments from a wider variety of people.
Update: It will get a 1zz jammed into it.
Not surprising to me. In addition to its other virtues the Colt was a cute little car with proper proportions. Aside from the clunky bumpers I always admired its design.
I owned one of these and autocrossed it for years. Best thing you could do was to change out the exhaust for an open pipe with no muffler. It made no more noise but damn the drivability went up my an order of magnitude and got s bit faster as well. Midwest rust started to to eat alive as Japanese sheet metal was thin as heck. The Plymouth model was only offered in '84. It was all Dodge after that. A good driver could shift both levers with one motion. The was never a corner I didn't have the right gear for.
15:38 This is absolutely accurate, and what I'm all about. I am the reason this car is on the road, it screams my personality, and it's mine alone. That can't truly be bought, only built. It's why I have junky vehicles and I love them more than any super car I can't afford anyways lol
Same way I feel driving around in my old VW Bug I put a turbo on. Expensive? No. Fancy, flashy, exotic? Not at all. Perfect? Absolutely not. Fast? Not really. But it's attainable, it's mine, I built it myself, I'm proud of it, and it's a lot of fun to drive.
Same with my 99 Nissan Frontier base model. Got the 4 cylinder, RWD, and manual stick, 159k miles and ready for another 250k if my back would put up with it. Became a new truck when I swapped the tiny Chinese tires for largest Firestones it could handle without mods.
I feel exactly the same about my 88 200SX
@@christopherscott3120 I had an '88 SE V6. Blue/blue. Wish I still had it.
I bought a new 1979 Plymouth Champ with that transfer case. It was a hoot.... and got great mileage! I also had a 1987 Chevy Sprint Turbo. I think it was a three cylinder. It was surprisingly quick.
I think more remember the 1986 175HP Omni Shelby GLHS that was a real beast of a small car.
I was hunting for a GLHS or a Starion and stumbled upon this.
Congrats on the 3rd gen! I am an owner of a 2001 3rd gen 4Runner and I love this truck. Currently has 202k miles and runs beautifully, and is getting ready to go in for a full paint job. I intend to keep this until it completely falls apart, which I think will be quite awhile. Do all the proper rust maintenance, as Toyota sucked at rustproofing in the 80s and 90s, and many of these trucks that are otherwise in good condition have been consumed by rust on the frame.
Can't wait to see a 3rd gen making appearances in future videos!
I had one in Australia it was called the Colt 45 Mitsubishi with the duel shifters spitter which gave me overdrive which gave me 8 speeds it was awesome
Those final thoughts had me with a silly smile on my face. Something so similar to a way I live for a long time. Had the same car but non turbo. Still lots of fun and cost me $300 in 2003, it was a 81 car. Had a powerful v8 Camaro pushing almost 400 foot pounds of torque and yet I found myself driving the cheap box more often than not.
I loved these, spent a lot of time in them. Nothing like a lightweight car with good power. Will never be recreated.
I haven't seen one of these Colts in over 25 years. They didn't last very long on the salt-filled roads around here. Great little car!
I mean chirping the wheels like that and the way it looks, I really like this car. I would have a blast in it
I had a 1980 Dodge Colt no Turbo but was a fun little car.I loved the power economy stick. I had it for 2 years and used it up pretty well.
Man I loved the final thoughts on this one, so applicable to not only the type of car in the video but the car industry as a whole with the way enthusiasts approach it
I had the Dodge Colt in the 90's I picked up from a tow auction for $300, sold it to my friend for $400. Had the same red seats. It used to stall every time it rained and the points would get wet and wouldn't start until they dried....
That thing is awesome!!! i recently got myself a 1991 Suzuki Swift GTi. I´m pretty confident that these things drive similar, altough my swift has very hard suspension and was made to party on curvy mountainroads. Please review a Swift GTi!!!
My second car was an 84 Dodge Colt Turbo... that thing was awwwesome... the only time I lost a race in high school was from drivers error.
My shifter had P and E though
Awesome
Well hello!
Oh, i see you're man of culture as well.
Yo dude! Love your vids
This feels like seeing a video called "A Brief History Of: The Vagabond Falcon (Documentary)"
A classy man yes indeed.
Really do believe these 80s and 90s hatchbacks are the peak of automotive design. Utilitarian, angular, light.
God, that's a beautiful car. I don't care what anybody says. It's a museum piece.
My brother had a lightly modded 79 Plymouth Champ. It would run bumpers with the later GTS turbo at sea level but would outrun it if you caught the GTS off boost. We also put high pressure gas struts on all four corners and the ride and handling went way up.
I had a friend who had one in high school. That car was so much fun.
Very entertaining. I had a non- turbo though and the power / economy stick could be used simultaneously with the 4 speed. Take off in 1 power / 1 economy/ 2 power / 2 economy and so on. It was a riot to drive. Thanks for the memories.