cool car but is the engine any good?

[azkcar135]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1973-...QQcmdZViewItem

seen this on ebay don't see too many like this. are those engines any good?

[raccoon]

wow, I had no clue something like this was ever made.

[TopDollar69]

I think what the auction says is the car has a mitsu diesel from a dodge truck. I have never heard anything bad about mitsubishi's diesels, in fact I think the Japanese made some really great diesels in that era.

[Vigo]

wow, im bamboozled. takes a lot to make me bamboozled. lol

[1966 dart wagon]

wow thats intresting, i didnt know mitsu made a dsl. cool, is that expand foam on the firewall?

[TopDollar69]

It must be there to help with the noise from the engine, those old diesels are fairly noisy.

[Darkapollo]

electronic ignition on a diesel?

[1966 dart wagon]

It must be there to help with the noise from the engine, those old diesels are fairly noisy.

that was what i was assuming, man it looks herrible though

[RoadWarrior222]

Heh, interesting car.

A little googling tells me this is a well thought of industrial motor, used in excavators fork lifts etc.

Apparently can be hooked up to a 727 tranny, would imagine with some adapter plate. Used to do about 22mpg in a '78 D250 power wagon by accounts. Would imagine you can see 25-30 in that body.

Dammit, why is the interesting stuff rare, sounds like a fun project to stick one in a later Dippy or Norker or something.