Popular Post fuel Posted January 13, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2016 Right so I thought I would chuck this up here in case there are other weirdos out there like me who like these piles of crap. It's a 1987 TM Magna Elite Auto so top of the range for its day with mostly all electrics, four wheel discs, digital dash, air con etc Found it on Gumtree after the owner for the last 20 years went into a rest home and her neighbour was selling it off on her behalf. He went through the trouble of organising a roadworthy certificate (like a WOF, you need before you can transfer ownership) of which it passed, but then it had to remind us that it is a Mitsubishi and then proceeded to lose forward drive from the transmission. I happened to know where another identical model was with a good trans but stuffed engine and bought them both for cheap. I guess this is a thread mostly to document what is bound to go wrong with it and what I've ended up fixing.. starting with the transmission... Old (previously rebuilt) trans out, 120,000kms donor trans lurking behind it mounted back together and finally legal with club reg Stay tuned for the next failure... 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighLUX Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 This is amazingly gross 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0R10N Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Fuck yeah. Also, I want that Astron II logo on a T-shirt. If this were NZ it could have a DASH turbo engine and 5spd by now and no one would bat an eyelid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I approve, but not as much as V3000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 it's a shame they didn't get the V6 in the early shape over here, instead because of local content regulations and strong need to alter the original Japanese car for the Australian market they widened it by 65mm and continued to use the locally made Astron 2.6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Oh true, I just assumed the Aussies would be all over old Mr big block V3000. Sweet stuff though, what kind of benefits/advantages are there of club reg? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSM Garage Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 That handbrake adjustment 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Brown on brown on brown, I like it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Oh true, I just assumed the Aussies would be all over old Mr big block V3000. Sweet stuff though, what kind of benefits/advantages are there of club reg? They got the V6 in the next shape Magna. The NZ V3000 was basically a clone of the lesser known Galant Duke V3000 which was sold in very few numbers in Japan due to its displacement and extra tax. Everything came in a complete knock down kit and only stuff like the interior, wiring looms and glass was manufactured in NZ, while in Aus the Magna has PBR brakes, Aussie made Bosch alternator, Aussie made engine and driveshafts etc. Club reg allows you to drive it for 45 or 90 days of the year for a reduced price. You just fill in the dates you drive it in a log book and once you run out of your allocated entries that's it for the year. Costs $70/140 as opposed to $770+ for a years rego otherwise. Obviously is better suited to project cars and not daily drivers. The car must be 25+ years old, modifications approved and you have to be a financial member of a club. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Brown on brown on brown, I like it Parts car has a sweet maroon interior which is in much better condition which I'll probably swap over when I can be bothered - I have to retrim the roof lining as it's dropping down so wondering what sort of crazy fabric I can get away with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Bro, gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0R10N Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 in Aus the Magna has PBR brakes, Aussie made Bosch alternator, Aussie made engine and driveshafts etc. Oh yuck, just like the horrific Aussie assembled R31 Pintara/Skyline. I nearly once bought a two-tone brown Starion GSR-III with maroon interior. Pine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Not much they could do, they had to have a % of local products in the cars to be able to sell them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam-B Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Haha, glad old mate hooked you up with reg. Thats you, me and camel now with the same club reg dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoBro Jesus Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Is it wrong that I really really like the colour scheme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebrand Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 This is great/terrible, I counted about 7 different shades of brown/beige. That digital dash is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Yeah I'm wondering if throwing maroon into the mix is a good thing or not? The brown interior has heavily faded and while it looks good in the photos there are broken bits of plastic trim and the door cards are pulling away from the door (broken mounting tabs etc). The maroon interior is in much better condition and my parts car is identical to the one in this ad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Speaking of the digital dash - I noticed after a couple days of getting it that the volt and oil pressure indicators were very faint compared to the rest. The parts car came with its original digital dash along with one other spare. As the parts car had nearly half the kms as mine I wanted to see how close the other spare dash was to my milage - it was sitting at 219,000kms which was great... if only the odometer and the clock were the same brightness as the rest of the cluster.. So in went the 124,000kms cluster which everything is all working fine. I just have to sort out bringing the kms back up to around 236,000kms or repair the original cluster. I has all of the warning lights I swapped in the bread bin pocket of the TN/TP Magna so now I have some space to shove a phone or something. Still has original radio/cassette with equaliser 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Hah. the bread bin rules. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thousand Dollar Supercar Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 The digital dash rules. I wish there was a go-fast Galant / Magna of this era that was manual and either turbo or V6 and had a digital dashboard, but from what I've seen, Mitsubishi failed to make such a car. Models like the GSR-X seemed to only come with analogue gauges? Please get louvres for yours, but don't paint them brown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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