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connors corsa b project

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:48 pm
by connor carr
names connor from donegal, ireland,17 and currently bought a corsa b
had previously built a nova from bare shell more or less,but couldnt afford the insurance so sold it:(stupidest thing i ever done)
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corsa the morning after i bought her
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60mm rears fitted
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also fitted spax rsx front coilies no pics though
after a quick clean
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got a mate to weld up the rear arches
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forgot to get pics of the finished work:boggle:
should have and update this evening
cheers lads,nova was mint
cheers lad
set about sealing the arches today,gravitex mixed with red hammerite
mates welding
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sealed
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welding again
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all sealed up
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painted the drums while i was there,will be black though
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2 randoms to show the new plates
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got bored today and thought she could do with being lower
lowered these another 40mm or so
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then go some 40mm rears and cut them in half:P
alock of cable ties and away ya go:thumb:
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and before anyone starts ****gin shes no worse at the back than she was as the rear shocks are well gone lol
she doesnt go far so it will do till i get some 100mm and shorter shocks:thumb:


[rquote=3823554&tid=388420&author=connor c]pics:D
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got the spoiler fitting well so got it painted up,bad pic though
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Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:44 pm
by JG22-VXR
looks nice good project, love the nova thou

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:54 pm
by nath2905
that nova is quality :)
IMO loads better than your corsa, but your corsa has come on well,
is it a early 1 by any chance?
because it seems to be very rotten,
nice work what you have done tho :)

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:25 pm
by connor c
well only a small bit of progress this week
first abit of work with the wings
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then sealed inside with hammerite
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took a heat gun to the plastics after that
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also has been raised up and back on legal springs

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:30 pm
by connor c
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looks bad but its not me who has to fix it lol
towed it up to my mates which is literately 100m up the road and let him do it:P

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:31 pm
by connor c
got a call from my mate yesterday saying the car was done
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all for 50 yoyos so happy days
its a really strong job and its barely noticable now thats its all sealed up
tank is nearly in another 10mins and she'll be sorted :thumb:

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:32 pm
by connor c
well the sun came out and i went mad mad with the cam:L
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Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:02 pm
by paige1992
very nice :) come on really well that has hasnt it? Good work dude! Very shiny aswell, and red, i love red shiny corsas, ive got a red one and its actually red lol, btw give me your mudflaps :lol: :D

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:07 pm
by PRICER
its nice to see a car made to be put back on the road :D only thing tho is your plates ARE illegal. but apart from that it looks mint :)

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 6:10 pm
by connor c
thanks paige, what mudflaps lol
pricer i know the plates are illegal but the law isnt strict with them over here and thanks but far from mint yet

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:34 pm
by paige1992
them opel ones lol :D

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:36 pm
by PRICER
your mudflaps do look rather nice i didnt really notice them before, bet they're rather rare =]

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:51 pm
by paige1992
they r bloody rare! been looking everywhere for some lol, thats why i said give them me :D hehe

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:05 pm
by connor c
ill get you a pair 8)
i cant get any pre 97 as im missing one

Re: connors corsa b project

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:56 pm
by Grant26
nice looking car!
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