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When I get back on my Willys Wagon project, one of the possibilities is importing a Mitsubishi four door wagon and putting new running gear under it. Paul Barry has a two door Mitsubishi wagon up at Willys America. I want to get up there to take a look at it before proceeding. He says it is noticibly smaller than the US spec since it is built on the CJ3B frame and it isn't all that well made. I'd also want to replace the flat grille with the later pointed style so have to figure out what work that would entail.
You will notice several variations in the Mitsubishi four door wagon from the US spec model:
Barker's 4 Door MitsubishiDean Barker sent me some info and pics on his nice four door Mitsubishi wagon and this is what he had to say about it:
The vehicle has about 15K original kilometers, (about 9,300 miles). This is not the original paint, the original owner painted it. The bumpers, wheels, and interior panels are not original. The upholstery and headliner are original. I've completely gone thru the entire brake system. New master cylinder, wheel cylinders, brake shoes, power brake booster, hard and soft lines. The brakes are unique to the Mitsubishi versions, and feature power boost to 9.5" steel lined with cast aluminum finned drums. The vehicle had been sitting in a field for about 4 years before I got it. This body style follows the American versions of about 1948 to 1953. So it looks a lot older than it really is. The axles are Dana 30 and 44 instead of the American versions that had Of the entire production run by Mitsubishi (from early 1950s to late 1990s) only 5% were of this body style, and only 1% of those had the gasoline engines. The standard engine was a Nissan produced 4cyl turbo diesel rated at 35 mpg."
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