Hi
I have been wanting an L200 sport ever since i was a kid, my dad, uncle and family friends all had them. I was recently in the market for a ute and this one came up at the right time and ticked all the boxes.

1981 Mitsubishi L200

About 20 years ago it was built up as a mechanics shop run about, at that time it got a 3.8L Buick v6 and t700 auto trans from a Holden VN Commodore, power steering, along with the VN gauge panel, later model tray has been cut down to fit, L300 Brakes, nolothane bushes all round, not sure what exactly has been done with the suspension and ride height, but the guy i got it off had it set up to tow his race car, and it sits pretty high for a 2wd. He had it for 20 years and was pretty sad to see it go, but i will look after it.


Mine and my grandfathers L200






I love it, i have already driven all around the country in it and it hasnt missed a beat, in its day it would have been pretty impressive, but can still keep up now days. The previous owner had always wanted to put an LSD and super charger in,

So far i have just been tidying it up, The wiring left a bit to be desired so i have gone about rewiring a few thing to use the original switches rather than added in toggles, as well as all the gauges having issues (cleaned up the contacts to get the tacho working, needed a new temp sender and speed sender) the holden fuel gauge is running off the mitsi sender so reads full until the tank is half empty, I have gotten an original gauge panel so will see if i can fit the mitsi gauge in the holden unit.
I probably wont change much, its pretty much how i would have built it. The only thing i would do is swap the tray out for an original one for this year