My First Car - 1.2 8v Project [Photo Heavy]

[ashmirrelson]

Project Oblivion

Ok, so i bought this badly bruised 1.2 8v Corsa B about 12 months ago off my mates girlfriend,
It was a Cat C write off and she only wanted £150 for it (6 Months Tax On It Too) so i thought it was a steal with it being my first car.
So my mate decided to borrow me the cash, which i later paid him back, to buy the car.
Later that night i drove it home, whilst running out of petrol on the east lancs and having to be towed by my mates cavalier.
It sat on the road outside my house for about 2 months rotting away because i realised i couldnt afford the insurance,
So i decided to take the front gate off my garden, reverse the car in, and turn it into my little project
Its been sat on the garden now for around 6 months and heres what i've managed to do to it so far:

(Bare in mind im on the dole and have f**k all money to my name)




















































































































Oh And Heres A Video Of The Exhaust I Fitted: http://s1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb3 ... xhaust.mp4

To Do:
Get Some f**k To Grind Out And Weld In The New Rear Panel
Get Some Other f**k To Weld A Couple Of Holes In The Drivers Side Sill
Respray Car Matt Black
Re-Do Paint Job On The Alloys
Grab A "Cheap" Irmscher Kit & Grille
Grab A Spoiler
Tint The Windows
Drop The Car Another 40mm
Make & Install A "Fake" Floor Using MDF Then Fill It With I.C.E (The boot will be non existent when i've done with it)

Wish List:
1.6 Turbo From A Corsa VXR (Just To Be Different, Bored Of Seeing All These Bloody Redtops)
Front End From A Vauxhall Tigra

Feedback & Ideas Much Appreciated, Thanks For Looking

[AllCorsa_Alex]

plans seem quite expensive ... and you say you couldnt afford insurance? :s oh and get a job

[ashmirrelson]

Its not actually that expensive now that i think about it, and seeing some of the other projects on here just makes this lot pointless, but ah well... ill plod on with it, oh and as for the insurance/job dilemma, this afternoon i managed to get myself a record deal (after 3 years of waiting for one... yeah im a producer) and managed to get myself a few job interviews for next week, so if all looks up then this should be flying ahead

[nath2905]

done a mint job m8
but that by the wiper on the back,
i would cut the rust out and either plate it or fiber glass it, will last for ever then

[uK x Jake]

that looks fu**ing amazing m8 but i wouldnt spray it matte black how much has it cost you so far

[ashmirrelson]

Haha cheers mate, atm stands me at £450, goin out tomorrow to get a sander, ordered 12 Tins of primer off ebay last night along with a new oil filter and some white dial clocks. Me and my mate managed to strip the car down in 2 hours for preperation for sanding.

Heres some photo's:

[ashmirrelson]

Ok, so, went and got a sander today and cracked on with the car:









Oh, and these arrived today



And, this is what i looked like after the sanding haha

[ashmirrelson]

Ok, so today i did a quick test spray on the rear quarter to see what the matt black would look like.. and i must say... ITS f**k AWESOME!


So i finished sanding off the car and today ive managed to primer the bonet, boot, and the whole left side.

Ill throw some more pics up tomorrow when the primering is finished

[ashmirrelson]

Right, Got down to primering the car yesterday (using rattle cans) used a total of 5L so far but only have the wings to go over
Anyways, Heres some pics:








Oh, and i decided to mod my front bumper to make way for the aftermarket grille that i bought

[marc]

are you using can spray for the inside?

[ashmirrelson]

I am matey

[bluecorsab]

not a bad little project considering its on a budget, mine was built the same as im on the dole aswell

whats with the engine though? all red looks weird

sell me them multispokes please

[rems]

noticed you have a rear panel to fit....all im going to say who ever does it for you mate sure that the sides dont spead out as thats what has happend to mine ant the boot edge its about 1/4 of inch away from the rear light edge

keep up the work though dude

[ashmirrelson]

@bluecorsab: Yeah its a bitch trying to do it all on a budget but its started to come along nicely over the last few days, and the thing with the engine is, my mate came home with a tin of flourescent hi-temp paint so i just decided to go nuts haha, dont worry though its all being sanded/polished again and possibly sprayed black as im planning on purchasing a full white hose set. And as for the alloys, nope haha, took a shed load of convincing for me to get em off me mate's golf. Managed to swap em for my set of multi-spokes gonna be sanding em down to bare metal sometime next week though and re-doing the paint job on em cause they're not perfect.

@rems: Yeah, been told that from a few people actually, got quoted £150 from the bodyshop in town which i think is quite cheap, said he'd be able to sort my sills out too at that price which im buzzing about

Anyways, i'll be throwing some more pics up tomorrow for ya all to have a gander at, been busy today tinkering with the car

[bluecorsab]

yh try building a 2 litre corsa on a budget, not easy and was made harder by the face that i didnt put a xe in it, i put a x20xev in her which not many people had done so made it a bit more difficult, but i like a challange me and for it too come out like it did im amazed, only cost around £600 upto now and it looks really tidy under the bonnet, matty101 will back me up on that

and not good about the wheels i been wanting some of them for ages, will have to keep looking i spose