Petrolicious takes a look at Mitsubishi Colt Galant GSR – Video

From Mitsubishi’s best years, De Mangos says that nobody expected the Japanese company to show up with the vehicle at the 1970 Tokyo Motor Show. Not originally designed for the United States, this right hand drive Japanese sports coupé is a performance vehicle unlike any other.

Sold under the brand “Colt”, the Mitsubishi GTO GSR, or Gran Turismo Omologato Grand Sport Racer is essentially a down-sized version of sports vehicles from that era, and in De Mangos’ opinion, often better than the original. In this case, a blast to drive.

With a restoration taking eight years, De Mangos says it involved a lot of personal strength, for unexpected reasons.