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Author History of the 205 track car
AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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16th Nov 06 at 13:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dont think this has been covered in one thread before. Sold the car now, but someone might find this usefull down the line.

bought the car as an MOT failure. It was a 1987 1.9 GTi in graphite gray.

It needed new rear beam, new winscreen, horn, some re-wiring, brake pipes to pass MOT.





The car sat unused for about 7months after purchase 'till we decided to do something with it. Stripping started.




Once that was started it was really just looking out for cheap parts, and fixing the MOT probs.

wheel refurb




prep and fitting of OMP 10pt cage.






repair work to rust spots.












fitting of seats




refurbed rear beam




suspension work










brake bias setup, with rear lines through car





GpN Exhaust sys





new manifold n gaskets





new rad n clutch cable




stickered up....







great car, n cheap too
FlamingCorsa
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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
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16th Nov 06 at 15:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how much did it actually cost then all together??? can u make money by doing cars up or track and selling? came along way from when u got it, goos job sorting the rust!!!
Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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16th Nov 06 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I bet that was 10x the fun the Corsa was as well wasn't it?
Fee
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Registered: 16th Nov 05
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16th Nov 06 at 23:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes....it actually could manage a track day...unlike the bucket
AK
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17th Nov 06 at 00:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hey

It was good fun building and racing.

Bought the car for 400, all in spent about 1700 maybe... sold for 1000.

So.... na, never think you are going to make profit from building track cars. Unless you use really cheap parts, old parts etc.

We could have done it a fair bit cheaper, but i dont really have the patience to wait for bargain (right) bits to appear and just end up ordering them from Demon Tweeks

Cage, exhaust, brake bias, lines, harnesses were all new.
FlamingCorsa
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Registered: 22nd Apr 03
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17th Nov 06 at 00:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yea does look like it was all done propperly!!! do u get discount from tweaks??? can put u in touch with guy i deal with there and he tries to get best price he can most of the time! sure u would buy alot more stuff than i do from there also, hehe

 
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