Junkyard Find: 1982 Plymouth Sapporo

by Murilee Martin

March 15th, 2012 5:49 PM

It was just a couple of months ago that I shot this blue ’82 Sapporo in a California junkyard… and now here’s another Sapporo in the same yard.

Where have these cars been hiding?

This one managed to get close to 200,000 miles, which is excellent for a Malaise Era Mitsubishi product.

Yes, Malaise Era cars looked best in brown.

Rear-wheel-drive with a big Astron four-cylinder engine. The Sapporo and its Dodge Challenger sibling didn’t sell particularly well, but they had a certain goofy cool.

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Lboggie on Oct 29, 2012

Hello where can I locate the dodge challanger/sapporo in the caption picture I need parts badly thanks. email gladitor169@yahoo.com thanks What is the location/email address?

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Nico Maxmillan on Jan 13, 2013

Hello I would also like to place an offer for the body parts as it is hard to come by in Malaysia. Please kindly email me at nimillan26@gmail.com thank you. Restoring one here, hope everyone else succeed in their project :)

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