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Mitsubishi Galant Rally Car

This was the team’s first rally car.  Though it met a quick, tragic demise at the hands over an overzealous driver (Eli), it was amazingly reliable, safe, cheap, and most of all fun.

We purchased the car in early 2005 from Tom Grossman in Las Vegas for $850.  The car had been a more-or-less abandoned ‘zero car’ (course starting) after it shed a wheel during the 2005 Seed 9 Rally.   We gingerly placed it on a trailer and brought it home to perform some major surgery.  This bad boy was to get all new safety equipment, some new paint, and parts!

In the year that followed, with help from Bret Norgaard and Mindy especially, the car went from zero to our little hero.  We basically stripped it to the shell and rebuilt it from the ground up.  We ran Rim of the World in 2007 then after the car was rolled, retired it.  We’ll miss you JYD.

The Full Spec sheet of the car is as follows:

Name:
“Junkyard Doug”

Status and Class:
Retired, CRS Group2

Car:
1991 Mitsubishi Galant FWD

Engine:
Stock 4G63 2000 CC
Modifications: None

Suspension and Brakes:
KYB Non-Adjustable
New Pads & Rotors
Modifications: None

Transmission and Driveline:
New Stock Clutch
Modifications: None

Safety:
RaceTech HT1000 Seats (Driver and Co-Driver)
Crow Enterprises 5-Point FIA/SFI Harnesses
Autopower Multipoint SCCA Logbooked Rollcage

Rally-Specific Gear:
Terraphone Club Intercom
Terratrip 202 Rally Computer
Aluminum Underbody Protection (Skidplate, Gastank Protection)
Urethane Mudflaps
RumbleSoft Racing Lightbar with 4 Hella FF1000 Lights

Wheels/Tires:
4x Enkei Aluminum Rally Wheels
Kumho Rally Tires

Miscellaneous:
Extensive Weight Reduction
VR4 Rear Wing
WRC Homage Decal Set

Recent Events and Finishing Record
Rim of the World Rally Challenge – 7th in Class (Gp2), 23rd overall