1970's Galant Fto

[richardc9052]

Cooolest fto by far... if there was a drooling smiley, this would be the place for it !

[Sebastian]

It's been discussed before

[colm_mcm]

Here's something I wrote a while ago about the galant fto


In December 1969, the first generation Colt (Later changed to Mitsubishi Motors)  Galant was launched. Now in its ninth generation the original model was offered as a four door saloon, with a hardtop coupe version available in 1970, and the Galant FTO in 1971.
Designed in Colt's then fashionable aerodynamic " Dynawedge" style, the Galant hardtop was the first Japanese car to have side windows without central pillars - a feature shared with the Galant FTO which was launched a year later.
The name Galant is derived from the word Gallant meaning" smartly or boldly stylish" The letters FTO stand for "Fresh Touring Origination"
Power came from a choice of three engines. Starting off the range was a 1.4 litre 4 cylinder Saturn 4G41 engine producing 72bhp (remarkable when you bear in mind that a Mark 5 Golf engine of the same capacity had the same output), power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox, When you consider the 825kg kerbweight 72bhp goes a long way. The 1.4 engine was later replaced with a pair of 1.6 litre Saturn 4G32 engines developing 84 and 91 bhp.
The Galant FTO ended production in 1974.

[richardc9052]

Here's something I wrote a while ago about the galant fto


In December 1969, the first generation Colt (Later changed to Mitsubishi Motors)  Galant was launched. Now in its ninth generation the original model was offered as a four door saloon, with a hardtop coupe version available in 1970, and the Galant FTO in 1971.
Designed in Colt's then fashionable aerodynamic " Dynawedge" style, the Galant hardtop was the first Japanese car to have side windows without central pillars - a feature shared with the Galant FTO which was launched a year later.
The name Galant is derived from the word Gallant meaning" smartly or boldly stylish" The letters FTO stand for "Fresh Touring Origination"
Power came from a choice of three engines. Starting off the range was a 1.4 litre 4 cylinder Saturn 4G41 engine producing 72bhp (remarkable when you bear in mind that a Mark 5 Golf engine of the same capacity had the same output), power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox, When you consider the 825kg kerbweight 72bhp goes a long way. The 1.4 engine was later replaced with a pair of 1.6 litre Saturn 4G32 engines developing 84 and 91 bhp.
The Galant FTO ended production in 1974.

Nice write up.

I had actually tried searching for it, but for some reason the search wont let you enter any words with 3 or less letters in, which is annoying. ( i tried searching Fto Gpx Tip before and got nothing back )

Thanks

They are beautiful cars

[CJ]

Original thread here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8735

CJ