Welcome to Tarmac & Gravel

After attending the Prescott Rally in 2005, I knew I had to build a rally car. Being a dedicated DSMer, I knew I had to build a Mitsubishi. I bought 1991 Galant VR4 195/2000. But then I thought, these cars are far too rare and way too sweet for me to build one up just to stuff it in a ditch somewhere near the border, so at the Prescott Rally in 2008, I lucked out and found 1992 Galant VR4 464/1000.

This site is dedicated to [464] Tarmac & [195] Gravel. One to stay clean. One to press on regardless.

[195] Final Front End Repairs

Filed Under (Back At The Fort, [195] Gravel, gvr4) by DR1665 on 08-03-2010

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Just a quick update.  It rained all day yesterday.  Which made it a perfect day to roll 195/2000 out of the garage, windows rolled down, moonroof and hood removed, wire harness and bare metal exposed everywhere.  Ron came over and we loaded the beast onto his flatbed trailer to deliver to Mike Frye (aka: All Motor Mike, AMMfab) for final front end repairs.

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Prescott Rally – NEXT WEEKEND

Filed Under (gvr4) by DR1665 on 26-09-2009

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However, last weekend I spent a few hours helping Moose swap the seats around in his rally car.

Mustafa Samli's Galant VR4 rally car
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A6MGVR4 Idea

Filed Under ([195] Gravel, gvr4) by DR1665 on 06-09-2009

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I was inspired by a post on Twitter by Chuck Reynolds.  He shared a picture of a sport bike done up to look like a P51 Mustang fighter plane.  It looked so awesome, I found myself browsing Google Images for pictures of Mitsubishi Zeros.

The Mitsubishi A6M Zeke, or Zero, was a formidable fighter plane which reigned terror upon the allied forces in the Pacific theater during WWII.  Many kamikaze, suicide pilots flew Zeros.  Considering my Galant 195/2000 is being built to one day face death in a ditch during a rally, I thought a Zero paint scheme might be fitting.  But what would it look like?

A6M7-BSh

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