1978 Chrysler LB Lancer
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:09 am
Well i think its about time i upload my new toy/project so everyone can see it and enjoy it as well as myself.
I just recently purchased a 1978 Chrsyler(Mitsubishi) LB Lancer(Celeste) Hatch on my birthday on december 18th
The previous owner of this car bought this Lancer originally for spares, but after me posting an ad on gumtree he contacted me and asked if i would like to come have a look to buy it
so i went, i seen, i bought.
Not knowning the full history of the car, it seemed to be in pretty good shape. and to the previous owners knowledge it was aswell. Except for a tyre they was toed in. which we both thought maybe just a lower control arm bush
The car wouldnt start and run 100% due to stale fuel
Upon getting the car home and managing to get it in my garage, the first thing i did was drain all the old fuel out (luckily there was only about 4 litres left in the tank) put some new fuel in, and within about 30 mins got it idleing great.
After closer inspection of the car in better light, aswell as having my dad with me, we noticed that there were quite a phew things out of whack with the car, recently has been in a bit of a bingle, and a phew things were bent.
Including engine cross member and lower control arm, which then explained the toe in of the tyre. after much searching i managed to get onto someone that helped me out with a cross member lower control arm and headlight mouting bracket(as it was bent too). Here are only a phew pics of what we've done so far and a phew of the issue that the car had.
And a big shoutout to my father who helped with my car, wouldnt have been able to it without him!
Some pictures before i picked up the car:
Photo of previous owners other lancers with mine at the rear
Photo of the car at home. after it was unloaded from the truck
some problems encountered so far
If you can see the back of this bolt, its the bolt that goes through to crossmember and lower control arm
This "was" a ball joint, so whatever it had of it, it got hit hard.
This was the drivers side of the Cross member
this is the passengers side of the cross member
a picture of the toe in on the drivers side
right side
Left side (both sides got a bit of a rub back and painted with some gloss black rust killer
a nice photo after this weekend putting it all back together
I just recently purchased a 1978 Chrsyler(Mitsubishi) LB Lancer(Celeste) Hatch on my birthday on december 18th
The previous owner of this car bought this Lancer originally for spares, but after me posting an ad on gumtree he contacted me and asked if i would like to come have a look to buy it
so i went, i seen, i bought.
Not knowning the full history of the car, it seemed to be in pretty good shape. and to the previous owners knowledge it was aswell. Except for a tyre they was toed in. which we both thought maybe just a lower control arm bush
The car wouldnt start and run 100% due to stale fuel
Upon getting the car home and managing to get it in my garage, the first thing i did was drain all the old fuel out (luckily there was only about 4 litres left in the tank) put some new fuel in, and within about 30 mins got it idleing great.
After closer inspection of the car in better light, aswell as having my dad with me, we noticed that there were quite a phew things out of whack with the car, recently has been in a bit of a bingle, and a phew things were bent.
Including engine cross member and lower control arm, which then explained the toe in of the tyre. after much searching i managed to get onto someone that helped me out with a cross member lower control arm and headlight mouting bracket(as it was bent too). Here are only a phew pics of what we've done so far and a phew of the issue that the car had.
And a big shoutout to my father who helped with my car, wouldnt have been able to it without him!
Some pictures before i picked up the car:
Photo of previous owners other lancers with mine at the rear
Photo of the car at home. after it was unloaded from the truck
some problems encountered so far
If you can see the back of this bolt, its the bolt that goes through to crossmember and lower control arm
This "was" a ball joint, so whatever it had of it, it got hit hard.
This was the drivers side of the Cross member
this is the passengers side of the cross member
a picture of the toe in on the drivers side
right side
Left side (both sides got a bit of a rub back and painted with some gloss black rust killer
a nice photo after this weekend putting it all back together