My past rides :
1968 Ford Cortina MKII
I was given this car for free since someone I knew wanted to built it as a rally car, but didn't have the time. I ended up not having the time or money to be able to fix it, so I ended up selling it.
late 1970s Chrysler Galant
My cousin was given a good condition Galant cause the engine started spewing out oil. He said that I could have it if we could find a replacement engine. That is how I ended up with my next car. It has an engine that would fit (Astron I 2.6L), but ended up just going with the Sigma.
1982 Mitsubishi Sigma GJ
My official 'first car'. I ended up getting it for $100 cause the previous owner didn't feel like fixing the electrical problems. It also had a shonky hand brake cable and broken diif. While I had this car, I bought 2 other Sigmas for parts.
First parts car was a GJ wagon. Got it for $50, and the head liner was covered in Japanese writing.
Second parts car was a green GK Sigma that was recently in an accident that happened in the Adelaide Hills. I think it's previous owner was a member on these forums. Coincidently, the reason for buying the green Sigma was cause my Sigma was just in an accident in the hills. Some idiot in their shit brown datto decided they didn't want to wait for me to turn right on Gorge Road, so the over took me on a blind corner, and crossing over the double lines. Ended up with driver side fender dented, and bent control arm etc. It also came with the Borg Warner 5 speed, which at the time I didn't know about it's removable gear stick. One time on Henley Beach road, tried shifting to 1st too early, and the gear stick popped out. Was stuck in neutral. Once I checked out what happened, I saw that the previous owner had just cable tied the gear stick to the trans. The reason for getting rid of it was I was late for work one morning, it had just rained, the road near work was dust, and I miss read the road. the car started sliding, I over corrected, and went straight into the gutter. It pushed the passenger side front wheel into the wheel well. The damage didn't look too bad till I tried putting in a replacement cross member, and seeing that it wouldn't fit. The chassis had bent.
By the time I got rid of it, It had yellow, green, grey and red panels
Mid 1990s Nissan Pulsar ET Turbo
I was given this car cause the owner wanted it gone and out of the way. It was defected so it wasn't drivable on the road, but I had fun have a couple quick drives of it. It had a 1.4L engine, and was weak as. Once it got to 3000rpm, it wasn't so bad. Ended up just scrapping it, but I ended up keeping the turbo off it.
1989 Toyota Cressida
I bought the Cressida with my mum a little while after killing my poor Sigma. It was a pretty good car, that is until my mum crashed it. What was scary was I installed a brand new Sony Xplod head unit into my Sigma, then around a week later, I crashed it. I installed the same head unit into the Cressida, and my mum crashed it around a week later.
1991 Holden Commodore VN
I ended up buying the Commodore for $550 cause the previous owners drove it from Murray Bridge to Adelaide with the wrong radiator, it over heated, and blew the head gaskets. Previously I had done minor car repairs, but nothing like changing the head gaskets. It worked out ok, the car runs well, and after a couple years of owning it, it still runs today. Couple months ago I almost killed it though. Had a 6am start, was running late, still was dark, and the car battery was flat. My jumper leads had gone missing, but I had a spare battery in my recently purchased GN. I pulled the battery out of the Sigma, put it into the Commodore, but still wouldn't start. Later I realised the terminals on the Sigma battery are the opposite of the Commodore battery. it fried the ignition control module and melted some of the wiring behind the dash. Fixing the loom wasn't hard, but was a pain to be doing it on my daily driver.
1987 Mitsubishi Sigma GN
My new project car. This would make it the 4th Sigma I have bought. This time it's a Astron II, 2.6L with Auto. Wanted a manual, but I wasn't going to pass it up for $150.