When you said a 1975 coupe that seats 4 the first thing that popped in to my mind was the Cadillac, it has coupe right in the name! You could mount mirrors on the fender if you wanted to on a Cadillac, and it wouldnt even look bad!
While you could, I don't think it came that way. If you purchased this car in Japan, it would have had the mirrors on the front fenders - which was pretty common in Japan at the time. It wasn't really popular anywhere else. It was done on some early 1900s cars, up to like 1915, here in the US, but that didn't remain in fashion.
If you check the pictures, someone sunk a shitload of money into fixing up this example. I bought it for like 15k, which is less than the car is worth, even without all the repairs they've done. Check the pictures carefully, with that in mind, if you want - or haven't done so already. They did everything, from the entire front end to the interior - and some rear suspension components.
It's got like 80k miles on it, so it needed it.
I'd really like a RHD import from Japan (they drive on the wrong side of the road), but those are still remarkably rare and seldom come up at Mecum auctions. I should look up why they drive on the wrong side of the road. With the HUGE American influence post-war, I'd have expected them to have LHD vehicles, the steering wheel on the correct side, and to drive on the right side of the road. Yet, they do not... I'm sure there's a reason behind it, but I do not know that reason.
I been looking at them. It appears to be in tremendous condition!
It's got a lot of miles, but it'll gain maybe 2000 miles a year from here on out - and 2000 is quite a stretch. It'll likely be a couple of years before it's driven anywhere again. Hell, it may be a few years. I've got a whole lot of cars. Some I don't/won't put many miles on, just because of their value or delicacy, but this car's pretty cheap.
Hell, it's not much more expensive than what you could probably get for your car if it were in really good condition. I paid 15k or something close.
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