While Ford and General Motors rolled out their own subcompact cars in the 1970s, Chrysler opted for badge-engineered imports instead. One example was the Plymouth Arrow, which was a Japanese Mitsubishi Celeste in disguise, sold in Canada as the… more»
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1980 Plymouth Arrow Sport 4×4 Pickup 5-Speed
UPDATE – This 1980 Plymouth Arrow 4×4 pickup is listed for sale again, a month after the listing was deleted, and we thought it had been sold. The odd part is that it’s listed at the same exact price,… more»
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Under 50K Miles: 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4
The Mitsubishi 3000GT is an iconic 90s sports car. It’s a bold statement to call a car iconic, but even though values haven’t been skyrocketing, it is instantly recognizable as peak 90s Japanese sports / GT car manufacturing, with… more»
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4×4 Survivor: 1991 Mitsubishi Montero
There are vehicles that are enormously cool but with limited parts support that make you question the wisdom in preserving one long-term; I struggle with this challenge often with my 1989 Isuzu Trooper RS two-door. The truck itself is… more»
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Rare Captive Import: 1981 Dodge Challenger
The concept of a captive import is demonstrated perhaps no more perfectly than buy Chrysler Corporation, which used a cozy relationship with Mitsubishi throughout the 80s and 90s to bolster its entry-level vehicle game. The Dodge Challenger was a… more»
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Rare Spyder: 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4
The Mitsubishi 3000GT remains stuck in sports car Limbo, a place where vehicles with great resumes seem to languish, neither cast off as undesirable by enthusiasts but also never quite desirable enough to become valuable. On paper, the 3000GT… more»
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No Rust: 1989 Dodge Raider 4×4 V6 5-Speed
Our own senior writer, Jeff Lavery, showed us a nice Dodge Raider a few months ago here on Barn Finds, and here’s another one to add to the mix. This 1989 Dodge Raider appears unmodified, and the seller says… more»
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Incredible Restoration! 1986 Dodge Power Ram 50
I thought we had seen this 1986 Dodge Power Ram 4×4 pickup before here on Barn Finds, but I did a search and didn’t see it in the archives. This incredible museum piece can be found posted here on… more»
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Nicest One Left? 1988 Mitsubishi Cordia L
When was the last time you saw a Mitsubishi Cordia? A decade ago? Two decades ago? Never? We’ve only seen one here on Barn Finds, and it was almost a decade ago. This 1988 Mitsubishi Cordia L is listed… more»
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Nicest One Left? 1984 Plymouth Conquest Turbo
When I think of “captive imports,” I don’t normally think of staid, sometimes stodgy Plymouth. They usually made cars for practical people who didn’t want to appear too showy or flashy, anything that screams, “Look at me!” It’s hard… more»
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Over Sand Ready: 1989 Dodge Raider
There’s a segment of vehicles that has been relatively sleepy for some time; what I mean by this is the collector car market hasn’t been exceedingly hot for genuine SUVs that were sold by Japanese manufacturers in the 80s… more»
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31K-Mile Survivor: 1991 Mitsubishi Mighty Max
It’s unusual that we’ve only seen about a half-dozen Mitsubishi pickups here on Barn Finds over the last decade or more, out of the thousands of vehicles that have rolled through the cyber doors here. Maybe it isn’t that… more»
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27k-Mile Original: 1990 Mitsubishi Mighty Max
Growing up in Michigan, I was indoctrinated into the Big Three lifestyle from a young age, so growing up, I had little firsthand experience with foreign cars. It would have been a rare day to see a 1990 Mitsubishi… more»
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Overland Ready: 1992 Mitsubishi Delica
One of the more interesting trends over the last few years is how the world of JDM imports evolved to include funky 4WD vans that made it possible to go overlanding – and in doing so, spurred an entire… more»
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42K-Mile Survivor: 1980 Dodge D-50 Pickup
We’ve seen a few of these little rebadged Mitsubishi pickups before here on Barn Finds. I’m partial to these little gems that were sold under the Dodge and Plymouth name in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This 1980… more»
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Hatchback Survivor: 1980 Dodge Colt Twin-Stick
A Dodge Colt brochure calls this car “the eight-speed wonder of the world”, a clever take on “the eighth wonder of the world.” They’re referring to the famous Twin-Stick manual transmission, a unique two-range (power and economy) four-speed, effectively… more»
