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SIGMATRON

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I was reading a couple of Dads old Unique Cars, when i came across the April 09 copy that Featured the SIGMATRON as its Blast from the past special.


Some people may hate the look of them.
But i think it looks great, very Group B rally car
And even in the write up it described it to similar looks as the Bathurst XD Falcon, or Brock VC-VK Commodores

And to think that in 1980 this was all pretty cutting edge stuff, especially from Mitsubishi Australia.


Im not a fan of the Interior colours, but bucket seats in the back are cool.
And i wouldnt use those Massive tail lights, or for that matter the Massive
XD-XE headlights and indicators in the front end.

And i would like to do it from a Starion to make it a Coupe, but then it wouldnt be a "SIGMATRON"
But with afew detail refinned, i think it would be very different.



Anyone want to start a new project!?


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These pics were just taken from my phone, ill get to scanning the full write up soon!
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good work, looks mad
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I wonder if the car featured still exists somewhere ? The bucket back seats look good.
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yeh maybe wrapped round a tree or had the spoilers removed maybe?
the back seats are kool but looks like a giant 4-baby pram haha
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Skidmark wrote:I wonder if the car featured still exists somewhere ? The bucket back seats look good.
the roof lights in the back are hanging off
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That false advertising has "sigma turbo" emblazened on the side but no turbo in the engine pic :P

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[quote="amgis_obrut
the roof lights in the bake are hanging off[/quote]

I guess no sigma project gets completly finished ,thay are all a work in progress.
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man that looks wicked! i like it :) thanks Dan :)
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It does still exist!!

An old employee bought it and fully restored in in the last couple of years!
It still does the show circuit apparently.


Yeah unfortunately the project was cut short for some reason,
They dropped in an N/A motor, and it never went any further.


They say in the article it was more as a platform to introduce the concept, and the Idea of a Turbo 4, instead of the V8s.
And considering it was built in 1980, and the Sigma Turbo was released 1981 it worked.


Here is a pic someone else posted on this forum ages ago, cant remember who and what thread...

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It was done as a concept car made by Purvis in Vic. It was at the Birdwood Motor Museum for year's. None of the vent's did anything, just there for looks.

For more info....

http://www.sigmaturbo.com/sigmaturbo_048.htm

http://www.sigma-galant.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2033
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If only they had have come up with a design like this....


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man I'd kill for that thing even in na form. I can always swap something better in.
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May have been found!

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The aerials cool ! :P Thats about it...lol!
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Just want the wide-body bits of it. :$ :D
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whoever bought it, i want those rims!
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to me it looks a like a Opel Manta... :s
don't know what to think about it tho
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yeah those wheels look great, also looks like its actually a ge or gh body under all that stuff!
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Thanks to Mikes' persistance,
I finally pulled my finger out, and scanned the pages out of the mag.


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:thumpsup: :thumpsup: :thumpsup:
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very cool and so diffrent ,a shame they didnt add a more serious engine with looks like that . :thumpsup: :thumpsup: :thumpsup:
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Awesome car phone :facepalm: Looks cool, wonder if it can be road register for daily use :) Because it shame to see it sitting in a shed collection dust :/
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C'mon, this is South Australia anything can be registered! :thumpsup:

I once saw the police at the inspection centre at Regency Park give some guy some chassis stamps to give his Lotus a new chassis number because they could not find the original. They told him what new number to stamp.

Look forward to hearing and seeing more...love that car.
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Give it time and somthing will happen. It was covered in dust and stuff when i got it. I gave the outside a clean and a mate cleaned the inside. Has a cover on it now and is tucked away. I have a few other thing to work on before this one even thinks about getting started.
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Have you bought this GB_BB4C?
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75wagon wrote:Have you bought this GB_BB4C?
Yep, another weird and wonderful car to my collection. Had it about a month now.
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Hmmmmmm, I wonder if Tom Walkinshaw ever saw this car and thought he could make money on it with the VL Commodore........Sigmatron would only be a few years older than a Walky



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does the car phone work?? :lol:
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