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 Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:34 am Post subject: The Mitsubishi Hall of Fame! [Gallery] |
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Presenting!... The  Hall of Fame!
Find rare pix of your favorite "sweetie" right here.
Add new stuff to your collection of video favorites.
Just post your favorite pix and clips here and I'll collate them into various categories (pages)
with brief introductory footnotes... Model / Description / Specifications etc. etc.
Now here's your Gallery in one convenient place. 
Enjoy! 
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zodiaque
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject: Re: The Mitsubishi Hall of Fame! [Gallery] |
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| Sanctifier wrote: |
Find rare pix of your favorite "sweetie" right here.
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Uh... would that make this a NWS thread? 
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zodiaque
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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Let's start at the very beginging, a very good place to start...
From Wikipedia
| Quote: | The Mitsubishi Model A was the first car built by the Mitsubishi keiretsu which would eventually evolve into Mitsubishi Motors, and also the first series production automobile manufactured in Japan. Based on the Fiat Tipo 3, it was a four-door seven-seater powered by a 2.8 L straight-4 engine, and was capable of speeds up to 20 mph. 22 were built at the Kobe shipyard of Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., including prototypes, between 1917 and 1921.
Because it was expensive to produce (it was built entirely by hand, with a cab made of lacquered white cypress) it could not compete with cheaper American and European competition, and Mitsubishi halted production after four years. Concentrating instead on its successful commercial vehicles, the Model A would be the company's last passenger car until the Mitsubishi 500 of 1960.
At Mitsubishi's Auto Gallery (a museum of the company's most historically significant vehicles, established at their R&D Center in Okazaki in 1989) there is a replica on display, assembled in 1972 using materials of the time. It has a slightly shorter wheelbase, and uses a water-cooled 977 cc four-cylinder OHV engine instead of the larger 2.8 L original.
Technical specifications
* Layout - Front engine, rear-wheel drive
* Bodywork - Four door, seven-seat sedan
* Dimensions (L/W/H/WB) - 3830 mm/1620 mm/2070 mm/2640 mm
* Curb weight - 1315 kg
* Engine type - four-cylinder
* Bore x stroke - 79.4 � 139.7 mm
* Engine displacement - 2765 cc
* Peak power - 26 kW (35 hp) |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Great opening post. Thanks zodiaque.
BTW No... this wouldn't be classified as NWS. 
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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The Mitsubishi 500
From Mitsubishi Motors
| Quote: | In 1960, after a long period of development and testing, the first Mitsubishi passenger car was produced. The "Mitsubishi 500" as it was called, was given a boost in engine size for the next year of production (1961) and the 594 cc unit gave improved acceleration and durability.
It was this vehicle which became the base for the very first of Mitsubishi's motorsport competition machines, the "Mitsubishi 500 Super Deluxe", several of which were entered in the Macau Grand Prix held in November of 1962. Competing in the under 750 cc class, not only did the example driven by Kazuo Togawa win the category but Super Deluxe took the first four places in the class in an incredible debut result.
A crushing victory in the very first race, with the very first racing car the company had ever made! It was in this way that Mitsubishi's motorsport activities started, and a new era in motorsport dawned. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:28 am Post subject: |
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Nice pix (Humm that info looks familiar.)
Keep them coming zodiaque
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Hmmm.... I thought i'd give a chance to someone else to ad one. Anyone??
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