Here starts the beginning of something awesome.
As you understand, I'm very very excited about this car and I'm afraid this post doesn't have many details as I won't see the thing until possibly the new year. Think of this like a teaser
The story begins back in the summer - I've always had a hankering for old Japanese tatty cars but last summer, something changed. It might have been the sight of Kevfromwales's Bluey estate, or the amazing eye candy at RRG2012. All I know is suddenly, I HAD to get hold of something JDM and old. (And by JDM I mean it's real meaning, not the scene label. Although... JDM Y0!!!11).
Originally I was looking at Datsuns which led on to a general Japanese car search but nothing really caught my eye. I knew kinda what I was looking for, but nothing "clicked".
My search went cold for a couple of months. However, around a month ago I came in off a nightshift to find Pollitt (The Pollitt) had been [s]bullied[/s] encouraged to buy a Colt Sigma by his peers on Facebook. Errr, this Colt Sigma. Unfortunately, due to a certain workplace not paying him correctly, he had to pull out.
I talked to Pollitt and discussed with him what the score was. I really clicked with this car the moment I saw it and I knew right from the start that this was up my alley. The colour was right, it has the right engine and it just looked amazing! Not to mention that it was a runner.
I got the vibe that Pollitt was ok with me getting it, and I assured him he'd be top of the list if I ever came to sell it.
Messages were sent to the owner and talks began.
I won't tell you how much I landed this car for but I assure you that it was way way too little. I offered low, as I always do and expected a bit of negotiation. But the man seemed happy and he let me have it for my offer
Top Bloke - at the end of the day it used to be his dad's and has stood dormant for 17 years. Last moved in 1995 
I asked around to see if there were any friend of friends near London that could go take a look. Surprisingly and by a total stroke of luck - James, Bruce and Sam from Area52 were making their way up there in 2 days time to pick up some new cars of their own! Incredible luck! (Thanks again again again)
Reports were good and I immediately wired the man the amount, in full, with the promise he'd send off the logbook tomorrow.
I'm not familiar with these cars at all but from what I can see it is a Second gen however these were stopped being made in 1976. I think it's possible that this was one of the last ones built and subsequently ended up being transported/stored long enough that it wasn't registered new until the next year. This, or was registered at import incorrectly - I'm not sure yet.
The plans
For the first time in perhaps 5 years I'm going to pay someone else to work on my car. It makes sense to get someone in London to do some things to it to make it drivable so that I can get it back to Bristol under it's own steam safely.
It runs and drives but the brakes need a bit of freeing up, perhaps new lines and maybe rubber hoses for the fluids. I've employed our very own Dez for this task which he is doing for a very reasonable price. I've never used him before but his reputation spreads far and wide so I know that I can trust him
Next I'll be getting it through an MOT ready for mid Jan or Feb to take over duties as my daily.
360 then goes off the road for the engine change I've been planning.
Then, coilovers, rims and plenty of TLC to make this car into a shiner.
I'm just sticking it on some slotmags first and then I'll have a think about what I really want to do with it
