We were alerted to a car that was iconic as the fleet car of choice in the long country and city roads of Australia. In their day you would be hard pressed not to see at least 1 of these Australian built Mitsubishi Magna’s on any drive anywhere.
Here we have a wagon version of this car. Super versatile with being a very reliable 3.5ltr v6 and fold down flat rear seat made it excellent for travelling sales people to securely transport their samples to show clients.
The cars were good for well over 500,000kms of hammering without more than the normal service items which in this case were very cheap in comparison to other vehicles.
Enough of the preamble and into what we found.
We found an excellent low milage example of one of these 2001 Australian produced Mitsubishi Magna that had been sitting in the spot we found it for 8 years and was owned by an elderly couple of almost all it’s life. Before coming to rest here the car was a daily commuter and didn’t leave the city of 50,000 population so it idled along.
The DIY work begins
First thing to do was check the oil and coolant levels and put in a fresh battery to see if it would start. It had a full tank of fuel which would be stale but enough to start the engine.
A few cranks to get the oil pressure up and then we went at a proper start which it did just like it was driven the day before.
4 washes later we had something we could move to the DIY driveway and get on with seeing if we could get the showroom new look using our NDG products.
6 hours were spent on the car to detail it inside and out but it turned out looking brand new. A sensational result!!
The Before & After Images
The car will head to it’s new owner soon enough and will be a good solid workhorse.
We are tempted to keep this one as a low cost reliable, useful car.
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