The Flame Red Project Thread
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:29 am
Hello everybody!
I'm Rían. I've been a bit of a lurker on the site for a while, mainly browsing the projects. But as of today, I'm a member!
I'm a huge Vauxhall fan, anything from a chevette to a nova, viva or corsa (corsa b being the favourite of course). I have two Vauxhalls, two b's actually both flame red. The first one I got was a 1.0 12v bought as a round around with the aim of me using it as my first car. I always wanted to create a project thread for her but unfortunately, after a few years of faultless service, Mr boot rot attacked. With an mot looming and me beginning to drive, this brought the question of fix the old corsa's root, or look for another, lower mileage one. Luckily enough, a 58,000 miles, flame red, near mint corsa came up, as I'll mention later.
Here's a few photos of the old wagon:
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Paint always came up really well when given a run with SRP, that photo was Megs UC though by hand which done quite a decent job. I am truly sad that I won't be driving her though as she was a real wee trooper! Not once did she let us down, and for that I feel like I owe her one So, with an mot looming, and a boot needing welded, I was questioning whether to put the money into this car or look for a new one with less miles and less work required.
I'm always browsing gumtree for b's ( could probably count as a hobby) and I came across a local one with low miles, was flame red, standard and near enough mint. So after a good view, a 20 min break to contemplate and get a few groceries, she was mine! Here's the photos of the day we picked her up:
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There's only 58,000 odd miles on her like, you can see the paint in the arches it's that clean! For a '99 motor that's not bad.
She is a bog standard 1.2 16v b, but that's what I wanted. I appreciate oem+ cars, especially cars of the 90's era. Someday, this will be a classic, and hopefully I'll still have it when it is. So, I want to really maintain and improve this wagon with subtle, practical mods.
First mod (probably most important one) was to install car mats that I had
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Cost like £5 at a market so probably the best value purchase.
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And one of the arch. Pardon the tar, I have Orchard tar cleanse to use someday that I can put on axle stands for an underneath cleanse, maybe use some of Bilt Hamber's spray underseal on it.
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This is my first real car that I'm actually driving on the road, and because I'm going into my last year of A-levels, it probably won't move too fast as I'm still wondering whether or not I should get a job.
So to round it up, my plans are:
-get spoiler off old corsa sprayed and fitted,
-put on a set of ronal r8's that are ancient and need refurbed or the OZ alooys from the old b
-maybe put the backbox from the old yoke onto the new one
-get a detailing session i.e detar arches etc, clay bar, use either UC or Srp, seal with Turtle wax Ice paste which I quite like
-de-rust bonnet, and other blisters on her with Bilt Hamber deox c gel
-enjoy her!
Mot is due 7th August so will have to get her down to the mechanic, think the brakes need done. The car did have an oil and filter change as well as a new battery last December.
If you've got this far good luck to you and pat yourself on the back! Comments, ideas more than welcome.
All the best,
Rían P :thumb:
I'm Rían. I've been a bit of a lurker on the site for a while, mainly browsing the projects. But as of today, I'm a member!
I'm a huge Vauxhall fan, anything from a chevette to a nova, viva or corsa (corsa b being the favourite of course). I have two Vauxhalls, two b's actually both flame red. The first one I got was a 1.0 12v bought as a round around with the aim of me using it as my first car. I always wanted to create a project thread for her but unfortunately, after a few years of faultless service, Mr boot rot attacked. With an mot looming and me beginning to drive, this brought the question of fix the old corsa's root, or look for another, lower mileage one. Luckily enough, a 58,000 miles, flame red, near mint corsa came up, as I'll mention later.
Here's a few photos of the old wagon:
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Paint always came up really well when given a run with SRP, that photo was Megs UC though by hand which done quite a decent job. I am truly sad that I won't be driving her though as she was a real wee trooper! Not once did she let us down, and for that I feel like I owe her one So, with an mot looming, and a boot needing welded, I was questioning whether to put the money into this car or look for a new one with less miles and less work required.
I'm always browsing gumtree for b's ( could probably count as a hobby) and I came across a local one with low miles, was flame red, standard and near enough mint. So after a good view, a 20 min break to contemplate and get a few groceries, she was mine! Here's the photos of the day we picked her up:
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There's only 58,000 odd miles on her like, you can see the paint in the arches it's that clean! For a '99 motor that's not bad.
She is a bog standard 1.2 16v b, but that's what I wanted. I appreciate oem+ cars, especially cars of the 90's era. Someday, this will be a classic, and hopefully I'll still have it when it is. So, I want to really maintain and improve this wagon with subtle, practical mods.
First mod (probably most important one) was to install car mats that I had
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Cost like £5 at a market so probably the best value purchase.
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And one of the arch. Pardon the tar, I have Orchard tar cleanse to use someday that I can put on axle stands for an underneath cleanse, maybe use some of Bilt Hamber's spray underseal on it.
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This is my first real car that I'm actually driving on the road, and because I'm going into my last year of A-levels, it probably won't move too fast as I'm still wondering whether or not I should get a job.
So to round it up, my plans are:
-get spoiler off old corsa sprayed and fitted,
-put on a set of ronal r8's that are ancient and need refurbed or the OZ alooys from the old b
-maybe put the backbox from the old yoke onto the new one
-get a detailing session i.e detar arches etc, clay bar, use either UC or Srp, seal with Turtle wax Ice paste which I quite like
-de-rust bonnet, and other blisters on her with Bilt Hamber deox c gel
-enjoy her!
Mot is due 7th August so will have to get her down to the mechanic, think the brakes need done. The car did have an oil and filter change as well as a new battery last December.
If you've got this far good luck to you and pat yourself on the back! Comments, ideas more than welcome.
All the best,
Rían P :thumb: