@@ko9446 Correct. I'm from Aus, I had a 2004 AWD Magna. Great car! Until a phone user hit it whilst checking porn or something @ 80KM/H. I was stationary and unhurt.
I enjoy the plain Jane run of the mill car projects. Something the average viewer may encounter. The Diamonte was an awesome car and if you look up the Acura Vigor it was produced around the same time. Thanks for the trip down car memory lane.
had a rental Challenger once.. there were proximity switches in the door handles which pulled the window down 1/4 inch as soon as you touched them so that the glass didn't get caught in the seals as you opened the door.. lol
My parents had a diamante wagon back when I was a kid. It was an incredible car, and my mom always told me it drove like a dream. It had a premium Bose sound system that I still remember sounding incredible and the rear was so big we'd go to the drive in and fit my parents, younger sister and I comfortably laying in the back. Unfortunately the transmission started acting up and because there were no parts available to fix it they ended up scrapping it. That was a very emotional day. My mom still mentions that car from time to time and how much she misses it.
I think I need a “shine bright like a Diamante” t-shirt! As a guy your age that’s owned two Mitsubishi vehicles, I appreciate the love for this lost ride!
You are right, most of the junk yards crushed these back around 2010. I did find a front grille/headlight assembly, but I figured it was more than you wanted to do to get it running.
I had a 97 Montero sport few years ago and I had to get a new tail light assembly. Not a single junk yard within a 100 miles had a Montero sport. I ended up soldering the brake light bulb directly to the wiring harness. When that bulb died I sent it to a junk yard where I'm sure it was crushed. Loved that thing but it had too many issues too be worth keeping.
@@paspax Finding someone who will export to US is difficult and when you do by the time you include international shipping to the price it's not worth it. Most mitsubishi cars here are worthless so it's fairly easy to need a repair that costs more than the car is worth.
I empathize on this one....it took 8 hours to replace the rear window regulator in a '93 MBZ 300e...the interior door was almost all metal with access ports.....a bloody hard job this is...and don't forget to lube the regulator and gear teeth!!!!
16:55 Leaking injector perhaps. Fuel pressure bled down, multiple attempts to start reprimed the fuel system, starts normally again but with black smoke from exhaust, possible excess fuel in crankcase.
When I was a bar tender in North K.C. a part timer that was a used car salesman drove one of these. He had a lot of cars to choose from and he preferred the Mitsubishi Diamante. He said it rode like a dream and had plenty of power and got real good gas mileage. So I think these are pretty good cars. He got it on a trade in so I know he paid hardly anything for it. Happy New Year JR.
When watching that new window glass going down a little strange, I was just wondering: why not check the right side rear door and let that window go up and down a few times? Might be different, might be the same. Might even make less scraping noise.
Love this kind of series, everyone trying to do super expensive cars or something like racing stuff, this is a lot harder than riping everything and put an LS just to do burnouts
These cars used be very common in Australia back in the day , the Diamante was known as the Mitsubishi Verada. They had a more stripped doen version which they mainly sold to fleets called the Magna executive (still had wind up windows until the early 2000's) then they had the Magna glx , which by '02-'03 had standard power windows . The Diamante was the spec equivalent of a Buick for the USA. We also got wagon version's of the base model & Diamante model.
For any old cars its a good idea to cut a new piece of clear plastic and silicone it in place. This plastic is what stops air from drafting though the cracks.
Great review. As a former owner of two Mitsubishi Galants (1996 and 2002), keep this car. The Mitsubishi Diamanté are extremely rare today. Can’t wait to see the finished product
In 1998 My 1st car was a 96 galant. My mom went with me to buy it. It was the first time we brought a car from the dealer. I loved that car and tricked it out with led lights, 17 inch chrome rims, a pioneer system, sub and amps. Wish I could go back in time.
In 1998 My 1st car was a 96 galant. My mom went with me to buy it. It was the first time we brought a car from the dealer. I loved that car and tricked it out with led lights, 17 inch chrome rims, a pioneer system, sub and amps. Wish I could go back in time.
I had a chuckle at the beginning since I also had pizza for Christmas dinner. I love pizza and it's becoming kind of a tradition for me. Any holiday I'm not visiting family I have pizza at home.
The Mitsubishi Diamante was a gorgeous, well engineered car. It represents the awesome company that they were along with the Eclipse, 3000GT, Montero, and Mirage/Plymouth Colt. It is remarkable to be able to buy one for such a low price when you appreciate it for what it is on regards to engineering. I don't think many of the commentors on here grew up loving or wanting Mitsubishi vehicles.
Cool find. A friend in high school found a Diamonte in this same spec and similar condition in the middle of nowhere northern Wisconsin! This was back in 2007; very well optioned, cool car at the time but full of tons of electrical gremlins and needed a pwr steering rack. I don't think i've seen another one since until this video.
Well, it can be saved.... But I agree that it would be be too costly. Hence my idea of just small fixes so the car is ready to roll, then find a person who likes cars with stories behind them.
I keep thinking Shelby Chassis 2307 - "Dirtbag", the unrestored 1964 289 powered Cobra that has quite the all original patina. This could be that, only it's not a super highly desirable collectors car of course...
fyi , if you are searching for parts , the car was called a magna , in australian and japanese markets. and aussie mitsubishi parts wreckers have lots of parts .
every car can be saved !!!..... just depends on your financial commitment to the car !!! or emotional attachment !!! but i get it ...still a long term fan love the content awesome variety of repairs
Love how JR is like “woah this car is so rare!”. These were built and sold as ‘Magnas’ in Australia. They’re still everywhere where and have become a cult joke / legend car. #stuffedmagnas
If I could help Watch JR Goes work on the Mitsubishi Diamante I would drink the shot of whiskey and the cold Bartle Skeets and pack up the Hash Pipe with Rocky and get all schmoked up.
I'll be waiting for you to experience their notorious stalling issues. I've known three people who onwed Diamantes and all three of them had issues with the car stalling at when coming to a stop. Mechanics replaced multiple parts and could never figure out the issue.
Best sounding car audio system I ever had was in a Mazda 626 and I will Pioneer 45 by 4 mosfet. With only Pioneer speakers. It would bump amazing. I still don't believe you can get a better head unit than an old school Pioneer if you're looking for good sound, maby and old kinwood
What a weird window, too big for the interior of the door.... Though that door looks so much easier to work on than 3rd gen Saturns, you have to pull out the metal rods connected to the lock and door handle (through tiny little spaces from flexing the rods) just to pull the inside door panel. But hey, I can make my Saturn shake with factory speakers with an old Pioneer head unit - didn't want to suffer the front door panels again after my first one was totaled by a flood. Got 90% of the benefit from just changing the head unit, and lost no blood to the car.
Today I was driving down a backroad, headed to the scrapyard, and a white Mitsubishi Diamante pulled out, and nearly hit me head on. Did I get mad, no. My stupid self was looking inside the car, and thinking, "hey that one has the rare tan interior."
Got a 07 Mitsubishi outlander love it look for one of those they don't have a CVT transmission 3.0 v6 my 93 Chrysler Lebanon has a Mitsubishi 3.0 v6 going strong
I thought you said you was going to clean it first, panel is dirty and glass has writing on it. Please keep the enthusiasm going, we love the older cars and the repairs. please please
I cobble together the sound system in my Ranger from old parts in family sheds and garages. Some old Infinity 6x8's in the rear, some old Alpines in the door, a Sony CDX-GT08 head unit. Has no business sounding as good as it does for a sound system that the newest part is from 13 years ago that were rode HARD.
Hi from Brisbane Australia . Australian version this car was called a Mitsubishi Verada or the base model a Magna . Thought this maybe of some interest 🙂
Hi from Australia. 🇦🇺.Over here,where I believe your car was designed and built,they are called Magna. I just sold a v6 recently,and if your car is anything like mine ,it will be fantastic. And happy holiday season 👍🍺
What a great old banger and it would be great if you used this thumping big 6 as your tow car to pick up your projects plus it sounds like it would be a lot more reliable than your pickup. This car is a true survivor and deserves a second chance and another 20 years of faithful service.
For some reason that’s why I kinda taking care of my Camry want it to preserve it because one day is going to be 30 year old car and is going to flash many memories to people looking at it lol
I remember the majority of the Diamantés had tan interior except the station wagons. We didn’t sell many at the dealership but I owned 2, both were probably the best cars for the money. I replaced them with a INFINITY M35, wife still liked the Mitsu better, shame they stopped making them for the US. Idle speed motors get eaten in them and cleaning the throttle bodies are a must at least yearly.
Once you get done with the car, it would be a good late Christmas present to give it away to someone in need like a single mother down on her luck... 🤔🤔🤔
Diamantes do love to be overcomplicated, on the 1st gen the alternator was mounted down low and you could just *almost* get it out from below. But no, you had to unbolt and lift that side of the engine to make room to get it out. (Not a big deal for car guys with his engine lifts and stuff but big trouble for just regular people.)
Cool window repair, I just wish you would have shown the other side to see if the alignment matches. I am sure it does... I think most car makers were not doing all the way down windows for the safety of the passengers.
That was real nice for that dude to come down from Topeka like that. Also it’s a shame thay Mitsubishi is the about the one Japanese car maker that is sketchy as the Detroit stuff. Like trying to work on a GMC Acadia.
I know I'm late but I have a Mitsubishi Diamante vr-x and I put a new stereo in and it does this loud static noise. I heard yours and it doesn't have that does anyone have any ideas. I even tried a ground loop isolator. Also great first car I love it.
I don’t get the purpose of purchasing the diamanté if you aren’t going to fix it up? Not suggesting a full restoration, but fix the mechanical issues and some of the interior issues so it’s sellable, right???
From the most unloved, auctioned disgusting $400 to selling it for $1500 in under 48 hours, is both a good critique of the current used car market, and also video content. We pay for what we get here.
There may be a community college in the area that teaches auto repair and painting. Perhaps you and AAR could donate the car. Students can do the work needed ( body work, welding, paint, upholstery). Just a thought.
Your killing me smalls.... The big black rubber flap rear top of the door, pop that off and the glass slides in through that hole. You did it the hard way, but success none the less..3rd gen camaro same way if you come across one. Just need to pull the top stops. good job though.
I’ll pick her up this week sir :) $250 right? She does look 100x better. I was going to just blow it up but now you have me wanting to take my time repairing it.
Had these cars for yonks in Australia. Was known as the Magna and 380 before Mitsubishi pulled the plug on local manufacturing. My dad had a 94 and a 01. No one looks after these things unfortunately.
Sounds like you pretty much have the same issue I ran into... I had a Saturn Astra and after it was rear ended in late 2015 discovered parts are basically impossible to source.
That is the exact same Pioneer hit unit that is in my 05 impala and and it doesn't sound like good maybe I need to change out my speakers for some good old pioneers
Love the $400 cars....extremely satisfying to see them come back to decent running quality.
As a huge fan of 1990's Japanese econoboxes and oddball cars like that Diamante I highly approve of these repairs to keep yours on the road.
It’s a Japanese name but built in Australia
@@ko9446 and Nagoya Japan.
@@bmh67wa as far as the US units all I’ve seen with my time at the dealership was Aus
@@ko9446 Correct. I'm from Aus, I had a 2004 AWD Magna. Great car! Until a phone user hit it whilst checking porn or something @ 80KM/H. I was stationary and unhurt.
Sells for about $7000 right now for a 1990s model...really held its value as a luxury car. Not sure Id call it an econobox or oddball, though.
I enjoy the plain Jane run of the mill car projects. Something the average viewer may encounter. The Diamonte was an awesome car and if you look up the Acura Vigor it was produced around the same time. Thanks for the trip down car memory lane.
Can really appreciate people like you willing to fix up such rare old Japanese cars!
It's an Australian car
Frameless windows, always more complicated with how they need to be guided in the door.
Reminds me of my old Subaru. Nice job, cool car.
had a rental Challenger once.. there were proximity switches in the door handles which pulled the window down 1/4 inch as soon as you touched them so that the glass didn't get caught in the seals as you opened the door.. lol
Man, I hate to be pushy. I know the Diamante is almost worthless, but... It would be nice if you fixed the exhaust leak. No pressure of course. :-)
That would make it a pretty respectable $400 car.
@@Scott_From_Maine That will probably be done by his Okie Pal.
They sell for about $7000 here right now... beautiful automobile.
My parents had a diamante wagon back when I was a kid. It was an incredible car, and my mom always told me it drove like a dream. It had a premium Bose sound system that I still remember sounding incredible and the rear was so big we'd go to the drive in and fit my parents, younger sister and I comfortably laying in the back. Unfortunately the transmission started acting up and because there were no parts available to fix it they ended up scrapping it. That was a very emotional day. My mom still mentions that car from time to time and how much she misses it.
I think I need a “shine bright like a Diamante” t-shirt! As a guy your age that’s owned two Mitsubishi vehicles, I appreciate the love for this lost ride!
You are right, most of the junk yards crushed these back around 2010. I did find a front grille/headlight assembly, but I figured it was more than you wanted to do to get it running.
I had a 97 Montero sport few years ago and I had to get a new tail light assembly. Not a single junk yard within a 100 miles had a Montero sport. I ended up soldering the brake light bulb directly to the wiring harness. When that bulb died I sent it to a junk yard where I'm sure it was crushed. Loved that thing but it had too many issues too be worth keeping.
Parts are readily available from Australia, where they were made.
God-damned Cash for Clunkers 😡
@@paspax
Finding someone who will export to US is difficult and when you do by the time you include international shipping to the price it's not worth it. Most mitsubishi cars here are worthless so it's fairly easy to need a repair that costs more than the car is worth.
@@dillonh321 most Monteros have transmission failure then catalytic converter failure
I empathize on this one....it took 8 hours to replace the rear window regulator in a '93 MBZ 300e...the interior door was almost all metal with access ports.....a bloody hard job this is...and don't forget to lube the regulator and gear teeth!!!!
Haha lube
@@Kyle4OH8 what a name
@@paulcarmi8130 I love hash what can I say
I gave you a LIKE for Christmas considering Fuel gifts are out of my price range for a person I have never met. Merry Christmas!
16:55 Leaking injector perhaps. Fuel pressure bled down, multiple attempts to start reprimed the fuel system, starts normally again but with black smoke from exhaust, possible excess fuel in crankcase.
I liked my 88 MAZDA 626 that had a button to make the center 2 air vents swing back and forth. That was cool
When I was a bar tender in North K.C. a part timer that was a used car salesman drove one of these. He had a lot of cars to choose from and he preferred the Mitsubishi Diamante. He said it rode like a dream and had plenty of power and got real good gas mileage. So I think these are pretty good cars. He got it on a trade in so I know he paid hardly anything for it. Happy New Year JR.
When watching that new window glass going down a little strange, I was just wondering: why not check the right side rear door and let that window go up and down a few times? Might be different, might be the same. Might even make less scraping noise.
The motors in these cars are surprisingly good, check the timing belts and they're good for over 500000km
JR, your videos always bring me so much joy. Thank you for being 100%. All the best in 2022!!
It's good to see you saving another one and putting it back on the road. So many salvageable cars go to the crusher graveyard.
Love this kind of series, everyone trying to do super expensive cars or something like racing stuff, this is a lot harder than riping everything and put an LS just to do burnouts
These cars used be very common in Australia back in the day , the Diamante was known as the Mitsubishi Verada. They had a more stripped doen version which they mainly sold to fleets called the Magna executive (still had wind up windows until the early 2000's) then they had the Magna glx , which by '02-'03 had standard power windows . The Diamante was the spec equivalent of a Buick for the USA. We also got wagon version's of the base model & Diamante model.
All made in my home town. I even worked at the factory for a while.
For any old cars its a good idea to cut a new piece of clear plastic and silicone it in place. This plastic is what stops air from drafting though the cracks.
Great review. As a former owner of two Mitsubishi Galants (1996 and 2002), keep this car. The Mitsubishi Diamanté are extremely rare today. Can’t wait to see the finished product
96 Galant owner here. Amazing cars!
In 1998 My 1st car was a 96 galant. My mom went with me to buy it. It was the first time we brought a car from the dealer. I loved that car and tricked it out with led lights, 17 inch chrome rims, a pioneer system, sub and amps. Wish I could go back in time.
I love it when RUclipsrs save cars!!
Open up the sunroof, dump in enough gumballs to fill it to the top, and raffle it off to the person that guesses the correct amount of gumballs.
What do you mean "it can't be saved"? We aren't talking 'concourse saved' here are we? This would make a great car for a student.
In 1998 My 1st car was a 96 galant. My mom went with me to buy it. It was the first time we brought a car from the dealer. I loved that car and tricked it out with led lights, 17 inch chrome rims, a pioneer system, sub and amps. Wish I could go back in time.
Maybe get the trim bezel for around the radio out of the car at LKQ?
I had a chuckle at the beginning since I also had pizza for Christmas dinner. I love pizza and it's becoming kind of a tradition for me. Any holiday I'm not visiting family I have pizza at home.
The Mitsubishi Diamante was a gorgeous, well engineered car. It represents the awesome company that they were along with the Eclipse, 3000GT, Montero, and Mirage/Plymouth Colt. It is remarkable to be able to buy one for such a low price when you appreciate it for what it is on regards to engineering. I don't think many of the commentors on here grew up loving or wanting Mitsubishi vehicles.
Cool find. A friend in high school found a Diamonte in this same spec and similar condition in the middle of nowhere northern Wisconsin! This was back in 2007; very well optioned, cool car at the time but full of tons of electrical gremlins and needed a pwr steering rack. I don't think i've seen another one since until this video.
Pumped for another Mitsubishi video, I got a Montero that's the same year!
Montero’s are sweet I want one
@@patrickmason6971 ima try and snag the car trek montero if I can.
"it's a little smokey" haha you're just getting to know the Mitsu V6 party trick
Well, it can be saved.... But I agree that it would be be too costly. Hence my idea of just small fixes so the car is ready to roll, then find a person who likes cars with stories behind them.
I keep thinking Shelby Chassis 2307 - "Dirtbag", the unrestored 1964 289 powered Cobra that has quite the all original patina. This could be that, only it's not a super highly desirable collectors car of course...
fyi , if you are searching for parts , the car was called a magna , in australian and japanese markets. and aussie mitsubishi parts wreckers have lots of parts .
How appropriate for the holiday. It's like a JR version of the Christmas CARol. This diamond star roach is the ghost of the bio hazard Grand AM past.
every car can be saved !!!..... just depends on your financial commitment to the car !!! or emotional attachment !!! but i get it ...still a long term fan love the content awesome variety of repairs
Love how JR is like “woah this car is so rare!”. These were built and sold as ‘Magnas’ in Australia. They’re still everywhere where and have become a cult joke / legend car. #stuffedmagnas
If I could help Watch JR Goes work on the Mitsubishi Diamante I would drink the shot of whiskey and the cold Bartle Skeets and pack up the Hash Pipe with Rocky and get all schmoked up.
I'll be waiting for you to experience their notorious stalling issues. I've known three people who onwed Diamantes and all three of them had issues with the car stalling at when coming to a stop. Mechanics replaced multiple parts and could never figure out the issue.
JR, Dude,......you are a video making machine!
Best sounding car audio system I ever had was in a Mazda 626 and I will Pioneer 45 by 4 mosfet. With only Pioneer speakers. It would bump amazing. I still don't believe you can get a better head unit than an old school Pioneer if you're looking for good sound, maby and old kinwood
I’d love to see this car completely restored, it’ll be a real treat
What a weird window, too big for the interior of the door.... Though that door looks so much easier to work on than 3rd gen Saturns, you have to pull out the metal rods connected to the lock and door handle (through tiny little spaces from flexing the rods) just to pull the inside door panel. But hey, I can make my Saturn shake with factory speakers with an old Pioneer head unit - didn't want to suffer the front door panels again after my first one was totaled by a flood. Got 90% of the benefit from just changing the head unit, and lost no blood to the car.
You have now spent more on the diamanté then everyone had spent on me for Xmas
Also, when is the Aztek camping trip?
Only $108 and a bunch of time so far, not too bad 🍻
@@keithdosik as soon as I have a warm night!
@@WatchJRGo excited!!
Today I was driving down a backroad, headed to the scrapyard, and a white Mitsubishi Diamante pulled out, and nearly hit me head on. Did I get mad, no. My stupid self was looking inside the car, and thinking, "hey that one has the rare tan interior."
this diamante is a pretty damn good restoration project it has alot of potential to be a very fancy car
That window bump when down is very weird. I have always loved the diamante for some reason. If it wasn't pre sold I may be laying claim on it lol
the LS400 has a similar thing but instead of a bump it's more like a ramp where the front part goes lower than the rear part.
Got a 07 Mitsubishi outlander love it look for one of those they don't have a CVT transmission 3.0 v6 my 93 Chrysler Lebanon has a Mitsubishi 3.0 v6 going strong
I thought you said you was going to clean it first, panel is dirty and glass has writing on it. Please keep the enthusiasm going, we love the older cars and the repairs. please please
Lol in my hometown, the only thing open on Christmas was Casey’s lol, and we got the same thing pizza 😂😂😂
I'd just go ahead and get the black seats for it. It would be better than what it's got now
I cobble together the sound system in my Ranger from old parts in family sheds and garages. Some old Infinity 6x8's in the rear, some old Alpines in the door, a Sony CDX-GT08 head unit. Has no business sounding as good as it does for a sound system that the newest part is from 13 years ago that were rode HARD.
I had three of these pass through my salvage yard in the last year, I almost bought one. Such a comfortable car.
Hi from Brisbane Australia . Australian version this car was called a Mitsubishi Verada or the base model a Magna . Thought this maybe of some interest 🙂
Hi from Australia. 🇦🇺.Over here,where I believe your car was designed and built,they are called Magna. I just sold a v6 recently,and if your car is anything like mine ,it will be fantastic. And happy holiday season 👍🍺
JR, you should have asked Santa to bring you some funnels for Christmas!
Everyone loves the Diamonte!
Just start a car rental agency called TURDO... "We rent beaters (turds) for $10/day with unlimited miles (good luck...)"
"We'll pay you a hundred if you don't bring it back."
What a great old banger and it would be great if you used this thumping big 6 as your tow car to pick up your projects plus it sounds like it would be a lot more reliable than your pickup.
This car is a true survivor and deserves a second chance and another 20 years of faithful service.
I'm sure the backseat came out to install the stereo system at some point. Maybe even to put in the sub box an to take it back out.
For some reason that’s why I kinda taking care of my Camry want it to preserve it because one day is going to be 30 year old car and is going to flash many memories to people looking at it lol
I remember the majority of the Diamantés had tan interior except the station wagons. We didn’t sell many at the dealership but I owned 2, both were probably the best cars for the money. I replaced them with a INFINITY M35, wife still liked the Mitsu better, shame they stopped making them for the US. Idle speed motors get eaten in them and cleaning the throttle bodies are a must at least yearly.
Merry Christmas John and welcome back Diamanté
Was that worse or better than the A6 window replacement? Brandon coming down with the window FTW, let's go! 💪
Let's go Brandon!
Sweet gifts! As we say where i live: "happy continuation!" (cant really translate direct to english, but you get the point)
Once you get done with the car, it would be a good late Christmas present to give it away to someone in need like a single mother down on her luck... 🤔🤔🤔
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Keep up the great content.
Diamantes do love to be overcomplicated, on the 1st gen the alternator was mounted down low and you could just *almost* get it out from below. But no, you had to unbolt and lift that side of the engine to make room to get it out. (Not a big deal for car guys with his engine lifts and stuff but big trouble for just regular people.)
Jr must be the only RUclipsr worked on Christmas 😂
I used to be a Mazda tech. Door windows on anything other than a miata were like a 5 minute thing hahahahaha
I can't stop thinking about how good my new Motul JR hoodie is going to look when it comes out
Don’t give up the old Mitsubishi Magna still has plenty life left 😅😅😅😅😅
@@kruleworld yep 👍
It’s not hard to confuse Americans 😅😅
Cool window repair, I just wish you would have shown the other side to see if the alignment matches. I am sure it does... I think most car makers were not doing all the way down windows for the safety of the passengers.
I will forever cherish the knowledge I gained from this video.
Thats a decent headunit. Looks to be from around 2008-2012
Hi JR Check the other rear window to see if its the same when rolled down.
The rears don't go all the way down.
That was real nice for that dude to come down from Topeka like that.
Also it’s a shame thay Mitsubishi is the about the one Japanese car maker that is sketchy as the Detroit stuff. Like trying to work on a GMC Acadia.
Over here in Australia we call these cars a Mitsubishi Magna if your after parts
I know I'm late but I have a Mitsubishi Diamante vr-x and I put a new stereo in and it does this loud static noise. I heard yours and it doesn't have that does anyone have any ideas. I even tried a ground loop isolator. Also great first car I love it.
Currently looking to buy an ‘00 Version I love the bodies
I just watch a video of someone touring a yard in the northeast and they had a clean white one with tan interior lol
I don’t get the purpose of purchasing the diamanté if you aren’t going to fix it up? Not suggesting a full restoration, but fix the mechanical issues and some of the interior issues so it’s sellable, right???
From the most unloved, auctioned disgusting $400 to selling it for $1500 in under 48 hours, is both a good critique of the current used car market, and also video content. We pay for what we get here.
Merry Christmas JR. Sweet gifts
Great work. Jr. these cars are old, but will run as long as you maintain them.
Older Japanese cars would roll their windows down like that so they wouldn't need a small quarter window. LS400s are famous for this
There may be a community college in the area that teaches auto repair and painting. Perhaps you and AAR could donate the car. Students can do the work needed ( body work, welding, paint, upholstery). Just a thought.
Best kind of Christmas dinner,
Your killing me smalls.... The big black rubber flap rear top of the door, pop that off and the glass slides in through that hole. You did it the hard way, but success none the less..3rd gen camaro same way if you come across one. Just need to pull the top stops. good job though.
I’ll pick her up this week sir :) $250 right? She does look 100x better. I was going to just blow it up but now you have me wanting to take my time repairing it.
It would be a good car to give to a family in need; it might be old, but it runs and drives reliably.
LS swap it
wish my 4runner had throwing stars. lol
Your 4runner has something else..................value
Had these cars for yonks in Australia. Was known as the Magna and 380 before Mitsubishi pulled the plug on local manufacturing. My dad had a 94 and a 01. No one looks after these things unfortunately.
@@hkmonaro8153 Plenty of good 380s in NZ, cheap too.
Sounds like you pretty much have the same issue I ran into... I had a Saturn Astra and after it was rear ended in late 2015 discovered parts are basically impossible to source.
Those frameless doors are so annoying.. Love the content.
Sick Foxbody in the background
WatchJRGo is the only youtube that can say "theres a Vehicle blocking my tv screen"
That is the exact same Pioneer hit unit that is in my 05 impala and and it doesn't sound like good maybe I need to change out my speakers for some good old pioneers
Man, can't never go wrong with Casey's pizza!
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Lkq pick and pull in wichita has Mitsubishi diamante Exterior and interior has good parts It's also white
Auto Tempest has an 02 with 81k same color combo for $2999. Could be a nice daily driver.