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this one will be a long running one.
will take up my free time, and most of my cash.


immediate plans are, strip it all down
clean underside, dont know weather to treat and waxoil it, or have it painted,
grind off anything i dont need,
re-paint interior, and sort out the dash, controls and loom.

the donor





and before i get roasted for splitting a cally heres the list of to do to get it throu its next mot and make it roadworthy and usefull
replace solid fuel lines
replace pass wing
replace sunroof
replace hanbrake cables and handbrakes
replace rear shoes and drums and cylinders
refit exhaust using rubber not zip ties
replace engine under trray
fit all new arb rubbers
new shocks and springs
repair or replace interior as its worn and horrible
new front disks and pads
fix abs sensor wiring
new front bumper
fix central locking
fix window runners
replace top dash-to-winscreen plastic as its cracked apart
new door hinges and catch straps
both side where its jacked up have corroded and collapsed

there could be more, but yes this car is deserving of being ripped apart

and the simple winning factor 150bhp in a car that weighs 1.2 tonne
or 150bhp in a car that weighs about 800kg max
i know what im going for

engine will get a compression test, depending on result will see the engine getting a couple of gaskets and timing gear done, or engine getting all new gaskets bearing etc etc

well i think it would be better to fix the cally and scrap the corsa lol..
would definetly be easier.

how she sits currently as of this morning

Is this just a track car, or will it be registered?
If it is a track car i'd keep the Calibra mags as spares.
I'll be doing this when I source my donor Camira (they came with what can only be described as "retro" mags).

regiserd, and track, yes the cally alloys ill be keeping im having 1 set road use, and 1 set track use

Makes me sad, this is the first corsa other than mine that i've seen on astra sport wheels

cally stripped of nesesssary parts

engine being stripped down


engine out




box comming out



brakes were beyond fubarrd



random shot


and were done

Adam PLEASE burn that Whistly Rover... PLEASE!!

Still, good progress!! You gona be stripping the engine down later on then as far as servicing goes??

looks like its coming along nicely there!

Nice work coming along well. Begining to wish i'd spent the extra pennies for the 16v.

rover has blown its main oil seal and clutch so.....

thats pretty much the progress for now, i am officially skinted fo a couple of months. but yes the engine will get serivced, and the shell will get the bay repainted, then ill move onto the rest of the car

Nice work, I wish I could do this with my 12v at some point

nice progress m8 cumin along nice are those clear side repeaters off the cally for sale 'if they are same as corsa that is which im sure they are'

no they went with the car, they were stick on uni ones that had stuff growing inside them