The work on our Power Wheels Magazine Project Car, the 1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST is almost complete. Owned since new by ROPALI Chairman Roberto “Bob” P. Alingog and commissioned for restoration by his son, Aldous Rex Alingog, the Celeste was recently fitted with a brand-new set of Bridgestone Ecopia EP-150 tires – 175/70R13s in front and 185/70R13s at the back – that ...
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1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST Part 11: Getting New Shoes
When we last left our Power Wheels Magazine Project Car, the 1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST owned by ROPALI Chairman Roberto “Bob” Alingog and commissioned for restoration by his son, Aldous Rex Alingog, the newly upholstered interior has been installed and the technicians at JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works were just buttoning it up for completion. Hawkeyed readers will notice ...
Read More »1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST Part 10: Installing the Interior
In Part 9 of our Power Wheels Magazine Project Cars series on the 1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST that we are helping restore for our good friend Aldous Rex Alingog, we narrated that the car has been painted and was in the process of being reassembled. The reassembly of a 44-year-old Japanese sports coupe is not as easy as it seems. ...
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When we last saw our Power Wheels Magazine Project Car at the workshop of JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works in Marulas, Valenzuela City, it was freshly painted in glossy red. Most of the major components like the 1600 cc engine, 3-speed automatic transmission, front and rear suspension, front disc brakes and rear drum brakes, and power-assisted steering system have ...
Read More »1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST Part 8: Painted and Ready for Reassembly
In Part 7 of our series of Power Wheels Magazine Project Car stories, the green light was given for our 1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST project car to undergo a full restoration. It was disassembled to the last nut and bolt by the technicians at JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works in Marulas, Valenzuela City, who found more corroded parts hidden ...
Read More »1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST Part 7: Too Close To Call
In Part 6 of our Power Wheels Magazine Project Car series, the technicians at JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works have stripped the donor car of our 1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST project car to bare metal. After its restoration, the Celeste was supposed to be a birthday gift from our good friend, Aldous Rex Alingog, to his father, Roberto “Bob” ...
Read More »1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST Part 6: Stripped to Bare Metal
If you’re following these stories in our Power Wheels Magazine Project Car series, we chronicled the replacement of the 4-speed manual transmission of our 1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST with a 3-speed automatic (A/T) and the addition of a hydraulic power steering system (P/S) in our previous post. Our readers submitted several comments on our Power Wheels Facebook page offering suggestions ...
Read More »1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST Part 5: Converting to A/T and Adding P/S
In Part 4 of our Power Wheels Project Cars series on the 1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST that is owned since brand-new by ROPALI Chairman Roberto “Bob” P. Alingog, we were about to drive the 1978 Celeste donor car from our garage in Sampaloc, Manila to the workshop of JSK Custom Paint and Auto Works in Marulas, Valenzuela City to get ...
Read More »1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST Part 4: Donor Assessment and Late Additions
In the previous installment of this Power Wheels Magazine Project Car series about the 1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST that was owned from new by ROPALI Chairman Roberto “Bob” Alingog, we were able to acquire a 1978 Celeste donor car. Instead of having it delivered to our garage via flatbed truck, we decided to drive it from Sucat, Parañaque to Sampaloc, ...
Read More »1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST Part 3: Getting A Donor Car
Previously, in Part 2 of our Power Wheels Magazine Project Car series, we found a donor Celeste that we thought may have been a bit too nice to disassemble and harvest parts for the 1976 Mitsubishi Celeste 1600ST (BAF-734) owned by Roberto “Bob” Alingog, that we’re helping restore with Bob’s thoughtful son, Aldous Rex Alingog. Aldous wants to restore the ’76 ...
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