1979 Colt Sigma from the cold north
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 6:51 am
Recently bought this old Colt Sigma from 1979. Never heard of Sigmas before, but it really caught my eye. Gotta love the cool, but still classy design on these things. Got it fairly cheap, it runs well and there's not much rust (that I have found yet, at least). Another important thing is the awesome reliablility; it starts easily even when the temperature creeps below -40. On several occations I've even had to kickstart "cold resistant" military vehicles with it. Currently it resides in a military compound in Norway, near the city Tromsø (that's 350 km north of the polar circle), doing mostly short trips inside the camp until I can get EU-certified. Wich is a big hassle every other year. And that's really what this post is all about; fixing the issues at hand so I can get it out on the open roads again.
As you can see here, the previous ower thougt orange lights are really cool. Personally I don't really agree, but fortunately the paint is falling off by itself when there's really cold outside. And those lights near the ground there are acting as parking lights instead of the original ones in the corners. God knows why...
Notice here that I hve not turned off the lights, yet nothing back here is lit - and that's a case. When I'm hitting the breakes, however, the entire red part of the tail lights light up - in addition to two barely visible breaklights in the rear windshield. And now I ask you; how are the lights supposed to be back here? What's supposed to be breake lights and what's supposed to be regular lights?
The interior is suprisingly clean, although there are a lot of poorly executed modifications here as well. Most noticeable are the colorful switches on both sides of the steeringwheel. And guess what; they're not connected to ANYTHING! Again, a question to the community; what switches am I lacking in that black area to the left, seeing as the colorful ones are useless? And also; instrument lights not working. The're on the same circuit as parking lights, right?
PS - I'm new here, so "hi everybody!"
As you can see here, the previous ower thougt orange lights are really cool. Personally I don't really agree, but fortunately the paint is falling off by itself when there's really cold outside. And those lights near the ground there are acting as parking lights instead of the original ones in the corners. God knows why...
Notice here that I hve not turned off the lights, yet nothing back here is lit - and that's a case. When I'm hitting the breakes, however, the entire red part of the tail lights light up - in addition to two barely visible breaklights in the rear windshield. And now I ask you; how are the lights supposed to be back here? What's supposed to be breake lights and what's supposed to be regular lights?
The interior is suprisingly clean, although there are a lot of poorly executed modifications here as well. Most noticeable are the colorful switches on both sides of the steeringwheel. And guess what; they're not connected to ANYTHING! Again, a question to the community; what switches am I lacking in that black area to the left, seeing as the colorful ones are useless? And also; instrument lights not working. The're on the same circuit as parking lights, right?
PS - I'm new here, so "hi everybody!"