At Tour & Taxis on Brussels’ Havenlaan, Brussels Oldtimer Market is held indoors. It’s a huge venue, for people to bring their classics and assorted belongings for sale. This 1982 Mitsubishi Sapporo was photographed by a friend, Koenraad R, on his walk through the offerings.
The car is also being offered online, and the asking price is a piffling 600 euros. Someone close enough to Brussels should really sprout there and snap it up.
Finished in a somewhat demanding beetroot hue, the car isn’t perfect but should polish up nicely with a bit of weekend work put into it. Koenraad says the interior was a bit dirty, but complete and not ripped up.
The paint and bodywork has some light damage, but that blemish does look like it could be buffed off. I also detect a rusty bonnet corner, which probably means there are crusty edges elsewhere as well – but the car doesn’t look too dog-eared.
The paintwork seems to have a certain amount of orange peel, which would mean a dodgy respray at some point. Luckily the car seems to have all its badges present, except for the triple diamond on the front.
The glasswork on the car appears intact, and that’s a very good thing. Sourcing glass for any Sapporo is a total pain, and that curving rear screen isn’t easy to come by. The bumpers have a few knocks, but should straighten alright. The wheels appear to be original, but possibly resprayed to this darker grey hue.
According to the ad, the Sapporo’s odo reading is somewhere around 140 000 – 160 000 km. It should provide effortless weekend motoring for minimal initial outlay for a good while, and the mechanicals should be relatively easy to maintain.
[Photos: Koenraad R]
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