Anybody know this car ?

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Anybody on here know or own this car ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mitsubish...53.m1438.l2649

Eyeing it up as a potential spares car for mine.
Ok, it looks like it might be a bit rough, but for £1300 you wouldn't expect much. Being in Norway, importing parts is expensive so a whole car might work out cheaper, but with clattery lifters and low oil pressure at idle I'd be worried about it's ability to actually make it the 1500 miles home.
The thought of standing at the side of the autobahn with a seized motor doesn't really appeal to me.

Once they start rattling, how long do they normally go for, is it a rattle of death or can they be nursed for years ?

I've no problem rebuilding engines, just done an Alfa Busso, a Ford V8 and the turbo lump from the Alpine, so if I got it back I'd have a spare lump to fettle with over winter.

Not in the UK till the end of June, so no panic if I was to let this one slip, just doing some window shopping....