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LA Lancer Track Day Car


It's no secret that I'm a big fan of 1970s Japanese hardtops and coupes, with a particular love of Mitsubishis of that era.  Therefore, I could never not feature this street fighting LA Lancer, even if the race meeting at which I saw it was hosted by Tasmania's premier Italian car club, Club Motori Italia.  


It's badged as a 2.0 litre but reference to the entrants' list states it's actually a 2.6!  My own GC Galant hardtop features the 2.0 Astron and benefits quite nicely for the extra 400 cc over the standard 1.6 Saturn offering, so this car clearly flies, given that the smaller, lighter Lancers were adequate in stock 1.4 litre guise and quite gutsy when fitted with a 1.6 or 1.75 litre variant of that power plant.  


There's no indication that the car's road registered, although it looks like it would pass a road worthy without any real difficulties.  It's fitted with a full cage, racing seat and a four- or five-point harness, a sports steering wheel and full instrumentation.  It's difficult to tell what other quick bits it might have fitted.  However, the state of its track tyres does suggest that it had been flung about the Baskerville circuit with a fair amount of enthusiasm!  


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