Finally, a car to call my own..

[Spastik_Roach]

Call into nana's yesterday, and a bit of a surprise waiting for me...

with her and my grand-dad buying a new car, their old one didn't really have much use to them anymore...

so they've decided to give it to me!

Here she is, a 1983 Mitsubishi Sigma SE 2.0l. RWD, mint condition (or as close to it as you'll get for a 25 year old car) automatic (bad but can't complain since i'm getting it for free), and only 141,000km on the clock from brand new, which is pretty amazing.

I'm absolutely stoked to say the least!

[clutch-monkey]

it's a good start, and free to boot!

ahem..
4G63!

[Spastik_Roach]

One step ahead of you mate, recall the GSR turbo versions? I have plans...

[Zytek_Fan]

Must.
Be.
Lower.

[Spastik_Roach]

Actually Clutch, I'm not sure if its a 4g63, but maybe a predecessor of that engine. Its close to it anyway.

[clutch-monkey]

Must.
Be.
Lower.

can't chase sheep in a lowered car. fool.

Actually Clutch, I'm not sure if its a 4g63, but maybe a predecessor of that engine. Its close to it anyway.

well whichever one it is that fits easy

[fisetdavid26]

RWD = win.

Congrats mate. Have fun with it!

[Zytek_Fan]

Rally car project?

[whiteballz]

As i was saying on MSN, Bloody straight body and paint, Really good find, and a plus is that its going to be reliable. My car is ten years younger and has almost twice the KM's.

[nota]

Thats cool Spaz and congratulations - it'll probably be a good 1st car if you don't destroy it (like I did mine)

From the look of it I imagine its a jap-built unit and not from Tonsley Park?

[motorsportnerd]

Thats cool Spaz and congratulations - it'll probably be a good 1st car if you don't destroy it (like I did mine)

From the look of it I imagine its a jap-built unit and not from Tonsley Park?

That will be one of the cars assembled in New Zealand from CKD kits sent from Japan. This was back in the days when NZ still had a thriving car assembly (as opposed to manufacturing) business.
Lots of companies assembled cars in NZ right up until the government introduced zero tarriffs for car imports. Toyota were the last to close up their assembly lines in 1998. For some seven decades prior to this, BMC (Austin, Morris, Leyland, Jaguar and Rover), Ford, Honda, Holden, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Datsun/Nissan, Peugeot, Subaru, Toyota, Daihatsu, Suzuki, Renault and many others assembled cars from CKD kits in New Zealand.

[Spastik_Roach]

That will be one of the cars assembled in New Zealand from CKD kits sent from Japan. This was back in the days when NZ still had a thriving car assembly (as opposed to manufacturing) business.
Lots of companies assembled cars in NZ right up until the government introduced zero tarriffs for car imports. Toyota were the last to close up their assembly lines in 1998. For some seven decades prior to this, BMC (Austin, Morris, Leyland, Jaguar and Rover), Ford, Honda, Holden, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Datsun/Nissan, Peugeot, Subaru, Toyota, Daihatsu, Suzuki, Renault and many others assembled cars from CKD kits in New Zealand.

Apparently we were a bit inefficient at doing it and it was much more viable for the Japanese companies at least for it all to be assembled over there too....

and Sam I'm not having bloody airbags and a remote controlled exhaust

[Spastik_Roach]

Not planning on destroying it!

It was bought brand new or close to it I think but thats all I know. Think it could be a jap built one though yeah.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

It's a Japanese built one, definately.

And it's quite Granny Turismo, but whatevs, it's free AND your first car

[2ndclasscitizen]

Ah, I've seen many dodgy acts committed in Sigma's. They go quite sideways, quite easy.