See, this is when leaky hydropneumatic citroens make sense. They rust proof themselves 😂

I'm so glad you saved it. Doesn't look too difficult (he said from his armchair!). The excuse for taking things apart straight away, is that you need to make an initial assessment in order to draw up a shopping list of parts required 😁

This should be an interesting project as it's quite different from the rest and it'll be a fun and useful little 4WD when finished.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you change your mind I will buy it of you! I phoned the scrap yard and they said I’d missed it, I’ve got 2 already and would love another one, please keep me in mind

Please sort this one out, like you did / will with the Daihatsu. It'd be a great little car.

Think poor old Lewis will regret the day he decided to help 😱

You're a brave pair!! I'm all for nostalgia and keeping old cars going, but I'm glad that someone else does it!

Bought a Mazda Bongo several years ago as an import from Japan. It was 10 years old but zero rust underneath with no protection. I waxoyled it straight away. Apparently vehicles from South Japan suffer much less than those from the north due to climate differences.

I really like these dinky off roaders … proper 4 x 4 unlike these faux monstrosities we get now , glad you’ve taken her on to the fleet … lots of work but should be good to follow 🌟😊👍

Just looked at spare parts prices online.....they are eyewateringly expensive. £115 for rear brake shoes, £100 for a tie rod, £60 for a timing belt. 😂😂

Having done a couple of Land Rovers in a similar state having also being stood, a needle scaler would be your new best friend. They are a lot quicker and less dusty than wire wheels.

well that's the hublets christmas present budget reduced for a few years, nice bit of rust you have there , cant wait to watch this one

Amazing! I honestly thought you were going to walk away from this one. Well done! I have a theory about why the drivers side of cars corrodes worse than the passenger. Probably a load of old rubbish but... The passenger side tends to get washed of salt and mud better as more rainwater accumulates more towards the gutter than the middle of the road.

A perfect winter rural run-around. Will it be used to take my future "HubNut" merch purchases to the post office? "MDE" on the Reg No would suggest a Pembrokeshire car. A very sound purchase. I liked it at Tanygroes I like even more now. I wish the best of luck.

At least with all the rust it will be lighter

Instead of wire-brushing, wouldn't it be quicker and easier to use one of those sand-blasting techniques to clean off the rust?

Another job for Whiteland Restorations then - or Cambrian Classics.

Just a small donation, might buy a wire brush. Can't wait to see progress!

So glad you saved this...!! I hate to say this, but I am the most excited about this vehicle than any of your other cars (shouts of "Shame".......)

I am comforted that you can always deploy the distress flare if the rust gets too much

You could farm this out to furious driving with all that rust!.

I am really glad Ian and Carly have saved this car, nice to see people taking pride in restoring a car they love

Nice project, don't be surprised if there is more work to come than you can see now.

Which member of the fleet will have to pay the price and be moved on?

Currently dealing with the dreaded diesel injection pump on my S1 Delica...but seeing another mid 90's Mitsibushi getting saved is always a nice thing to see. Im sure it will be quite the mountain goat when it gets sorted out with perhaps some bigger all terrain tyres to stance it up.

I mean, it's bad... yet somehow not as bad as i expected it to be. The bits under the trim look a load nicer than expected. The underside crunchiness, whilst pretty widespread, isn't exactly full of fancy angles or obscured, really a lot of that is fixable with flat sheets and box section (and it'll end up tougher than the original).

Brilliant little cars these are. We bought a couple around 2003 when they were coming in from Japan by the ship. Can't remember the last time I saw one now but the rust might be a clue to their demise. I'd like to see how one welds a piece of steel to rust.

What a great looking practical little car. Just ideal for nipping around the Welsh countryside.

Hi Ian. First time posting on one of your videos. I'm glad you took this on as I fell in love with it in the last video and was trying to work out how I would get it home (Australia). I have a pretty new version of the full-sized Pajero but it doesn't look anywhere near as happy as this one. Good luck.

I look forwards to the day you buy a 'good' car. By good, I mean, not falling apart and not needing the sort of work that is beyond your skill set. It's fun to mess around with cars, but everyone needs at least one vehicle they can rely on.

Local market Japanese cars often had no underseal on them whatsoever. This is going to be an interesting project.

Over here in Australia Benny’s Custom Works channel has a few videos on his rebuild of one of these. I enjoyed watching how that is coming along and going to live this one too.

Haven't Whiteland suffered enough with dealing with HubNut rust?

It has less rust than a 2 year old Shetland car lol. The only place I've needed to replace my sump due to rust and the new one was undercoated.

That's certainly been ridden hard and definitely put away wet ! When I live tackled similar I've used a small Clarke sand blaster 👍

You are both true car enthusiasts, buying another project car before fixing your current ones! I endorse this reckless behaviour because I'm guilty of it too, so long as it isn't at the expense of your sanity!

Could have been worse, could have been a certain DS.

Why did you get the Pajero when you could have had the Herald, it was already disassembled for you?

I’m so happy you bought this!!! I hope it’s a part of your fleet for a long time

That's no surprise at all, everyone see the look in yre both eyes...when talking about the Mini Pajero😂. It was written in the sky,she's one for the Hubnut fleet😂

Fantastic content, so looking forward to your journey with the Pajero.

Id Recommend geting the Underside Blasted. that will be very gruelling doing all that rust removal by hand using drill attachments.

I was surprised after last years announcement of wedding plans to see a junior hub nut appear so quickly...lol.. I have added the mini mitz to the list of cars to look out for on my way to work as I did actually see you guys on the A39 at Bideford roundabout and never twigged that 2 people from Wales in a black Citroen in Devon may have been hub nuts. Best wishes on the new project xx

Great call taking it to bits like that, much better to find issues now than once Jr is in service!

Brilliant spot on Ian I am so pleased

Rare car ! - Should be great once all the work is done - Well done man - Great video !

Proper Hubnutting, full of information and explanations, Mr Whiteland is a master of his trade, adds great content and detail, good luck with the Pajero and Chemmy

Yes!!! So looking forward to seeing you fixing this beauty up! 👍👍

Enjoying your and Miss Hubnut videos from Indianapolis, Indiana. USA .If ever to visit the Indianapolis 500, please do contact. Thank you both for your time and effort. (I'm glad you bought it, she likes the space and front smile).

"Mildly chaotic". Well.... We wouldn't want it any other way. 😊

I'm sooooo happy you rescued her! She's such a beautiful little thing 😍.

So glad you bought it, definitely worth a series of its own for the restoration and repairs.

I cant wait to see some more on this one. I'm going to suggest getting a plastic welding kit to fix the broken tab on the sill cover. I've been using one recently and you will be able to reattach the broken part. I recommend getting one of the 150w ones though as they heat up much faster so less waiting around and If you go for one of the good kits you even get plastic filler rods to fill any splits or cracks and mesh to hold the inside of a bumper or trim together.

He's done it again 😂 another rustbucket added to the collection of rusty and unreliable cars. Have fun with your new project.

Fantastic 👍😁👍!!!! Looking forward to great content and adventures with the new fleet member.

Well done Ian and Carly for saving the Pajero and such a interesting little car and must be rare over here looking forward to seeing the renovation of it yes there are areas of rust but a good base with lots of hard work

I'm pleased you have it. Looks fun.

Perhaps its worth looking into getting the underside dry ice blasted since it will save you a lot of time wirewheeling, flinging bits about, and will help expose areas that are subject to welding, it'll be a lot better on the eyes and once its welded, will be easy as to just coat the lot in rock chip paint, red oxide paint. It'll depend on cost of course but would significantly speed up the project while keeping it in good nick for a long time. Love these Pajero Jrs.

Secret?, we knew you couldn't resist, the Japanese do make the most interesting vehicles.

Looks smart on top do not let it beat you but I think more surprises to uncover but will be cracking content let Mrs hubnut loose with the welder more fun to come I imagine excellent

Well hello there mr and mrs hubnut , the reason the most rust on the drivers side indicates road salt when driving on motorways and when it was parked up the road salt festered with a combination of mud is a recipe for extreme surface rust underneath . but its a great little jeep and in very good condition best of luck mate !! great video.

Big job ahead of you...!

The flare... Use the flare. 🎉

Absaloutly brilliant video ian miss hubnut ❤👌👍it doesn't look so bad saved just in time what a lovely 4x4 brilliant

The "are you having fun dear?" at 17:38 is pure comic genius...

Yes, I totally get the fun of a new project. It does seem inevitable unfortunately that as soon as you start on something new that an existing member of the fleet will unexpectedly develop an immediate need for time and money. Sort of a car karma thing.

This is a fantastic addition to the fleet. Perfect winter run-around and well done for saving it.

I really love this little thing, mega cute yet a beefy little 4x4! Can’t wait to see the progress videos!

Another Hubnut for Mr. Hubbut. These little buggers are amazing. Even I have been looking at em here in the states. So cool. 😊

Loved that. Very lucky with rust. Look forward to the progress.

I'm so pleased you saved this little beauty. Its got Hubnut written all over it. Hopefully it wont reveal any serious horrors and will treat you kindly. I look forward to seeing your progress as it unfolds.

Look forward to seeing your many ups and downs tinkering with this new project

Yay, knew you couldn’t resist one - looks fab bit of kit for the winter school runs :)

So pleased you have brought the Pajero jnr, I thought you would,what a cute little thing,that interior is virtually mint, I'll look forward to more videos,once the rust has been properly cut out and everywhere thoroughly coated you will have a lovely unusual useful 4x4 ,a great purchase.

No Dougal, the Junior is small but the Shogun is far away..

My wifes freelander 1 passed many tests with advisories for surface rust, looked rough but was solid.

SO glad you guys ended up adopting that amazing little Pajero!!! Congrats!

In my work, we had an old shogun up till recently... It was a 56 plate, so not too old really... We still have other cars in our fleet with the same age... A week ago I decided to give the noble 56 plate shogun a jet wash... That was the wrong idea! The jetwash revealed several holes in the bodywork that had been hiding, it also managed to get the rust off of the underside... The decision was made to have her scrapped

I did think the Hubnut beanies looked a bit different, looking forward to watching the Pajero progress. Excellent little video Ian and Carly. Ps squint and the alloys could look like Lancer Evo Alloys.....

Bloody ridiculous idea... That is a money pit and a half...

…I mean, the Junior is *quite* cool, but the Pajero Mini is *really* cool. If it was mine, I think I’d be tempted to chuck all the cladding in the bin and get some narrow steelies on it. I suppose the bumpers would be too wide though, so you’d have to leave those off too, unless you fancied trying to find Mini versions (probably £LOADS from Japan). Never mind, on second thoughts, the Junior is plenty cool enough. Keeping my fingers crossed that there’s not too much “extra ventilation” once the wire brushing is over; it certainly doesn’t look as bad as I feared it would be, so far at least. (Sorry if that’s jinxed it)

I own a Shogun Pinin, also known as an IO, it sits between the Junior and the Full Fat Shogun. There's a possible source of spare parts, I use Amayama. They're based in Japan and have a warehouse in the UEA. Genuine Mitsubishi parts, sensibly priced. The delivery charges are very reasonable, turnaround time is usually a couple of weeks from point of order. Worth a try.

In Australia they were called a Pajero IO, I had a 4 door one for about 10 years. Use to tow a camper van around Australia with it and took it on the beach numerous times, very light so just about unstoppable. Rust wasn’t a real issue as I maintained it religiously. Great car.

Glad you got it! Such a HubNut 4x4! reminds me of going through my 4Runner (HiLux Surf).

I broke a plastic fitting bracket on the sill cover of our Punto Cabrio (the blue one at FOTU), but managed to attach it using a combination of superglue and bicarbinate of soda. I honestly didn't expect it to work, but it did. Good luck and have fun with this project, it looks like you are both smitten.

A good tow vehicle for bob, pretty good restorer Ian all the best mate. Aussie Graham.

That is a nice rare project mate .I have a shogun sport a good all round tool Underseal her every summer and keep an eye on the brake calipers because the pistons cease up. Apart from that no problems 👍👍🇬🇧

Good stuff Ian, i did wonder if you bought it. There are products that you can buy that convert rust, some people spray chainsaw bar oil over the underside. I would be there giving you a hand if i could 😊.

Again Ian you pull the exceptional out of the bag. Well done sir. Very hubnut!!

You are both very brave! You have certainly got a lot of work ahead of you getting to grips with that rust. Hard and dirty work, but most certainly worth the effort. Such a cute little thing.

There is a reason it was in the scrapyard. Like all modern cars with loads of plastic covers and trim, it hides its true condition. By the time the welding, brakes, suspension bushes, axle and engine / gearbox oil leaks etc are done it will have taken a lot of time and cash. The engine and gearbox are assumed good? That may be the case but may also be the reason it was stood up. It is a great project for someone but n0t really a fixer upper, as I imagine parts could be scarce too. Hoping to be proved wrong.......

Great buy, all the best with it 😊👍

Only seeing this now. And this is the first time I'm saying: Ian... what did you DO!?

My mazda rotted on the drivers side aswell 😂 could never work out why

Only a bit of plating over here and there mig wires only cheap and sheets of metal can come from anywhere, cookers nd washers don't really need sides and backs 😂

The old Ian is back, any chance George could come out of retirement and join the team , 😂

HI Ian and Carly, this is a great addition to the fleet, I love a 4x4, as a matter of interest is Carly able to reach the pedals in this car, if so when she has passed her test at least she has a choice of car to drive. I hope Chemmy is repairable.

Welcome to the Pajero! It looks quite promising. Yes, there's rust, but it looks to be not too extensive. Looking forward to the fixes!

Haha.....ye couldn't help yourselves....congrats on new car!!

Fabulous little car. Well done for taking it on