Tomm R
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I have been thinking about putting this up for a while so here you go.
I found myself looking through a few sites last week at cheap little motors but never really find anything. That was untill i stumbled across this.
The description was very brief but summed up a "96 corsa that had no mot and a damaged screen. I gave the owner a call to be told it was sold. About 30 minutes later i got a phone call saying it was back up for sale so i went over to view the car.
Never having owned a Corsa B before i had no idea what to look for so just gave it a look over as i would any other car.
The sills were clean, as were the arches, I lifted the boot floor up and this was also clean along with the bonnet, boot and footwells. This so far was all good. After a drive there seemed to be no engine troubles, suspension knocks or braking issues.
With this i stummped up the cash and paid the full asking price.
Like i said there was no MOT on the car, so this was my first thing to do, there is no point in trying to work on something which is hiding all sorts of secrets! There was a few obvious things that needed sorting. Most of which was this...
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The bonnet had come up and the corner had come through the bottom of the screen.
Got the old one out.
And wacked a new one in.
With this i got it to the MOT'er to see what i was dealing with.
It failed as i expected but no where near as bad as i thought! All i got was a fail on a rear wheel bearing.
So on the way home i stopped at my pals parts shop and picked up a replacement and got the old one off.
I then had the new stuff to get on
With this i took the car back to the testers the next day and got given my pass sheet!
I then took the car out for a little drive and took some photos. Here it is in all its bog standard glory!
Now i had just what i wanted! A unmodified, unmolested standard car to start working on and all for the seriously costly sum of £250!!
What i want to do with this car is...
I have never shown a car at a show, or taken a car around a track and if i can tock both of these off of my list i will be pretty happy, and if i can do it in a car that cost me £250 i will me totally over the moon!
I have a pile of parts sat with me here waiting to be fitted and hopefully i will be able to update this tomorrow with something a lot more intersting than a bog standard car!
Thanks for having a read and ill get some more updates in here really soon!
[Edited on 13-08-2011 by Tomm R]
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corsasportsam
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Looks nice n clean that.... What are youre plans with it modding wise??
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Chris F
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Buckets I'm sure?
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sparcost3
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that front and rear bumper and the arches arent standard, they have all been colourcoded and are usually a horrible black plastic.. so if these have been painted well for 250 quid id say youve got yourself a reet bargain! will be intrested to see how this project comes along!
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sparcost3
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oh and the wing mirrors have been colour coded to
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Walshgsi16v
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Good base project there for 250
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taylorboosh
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Looks clean
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Tomm R
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quote:
Originally posted by corsasportsam
Looks nice n clean that.... What are youre plans with it modding wise??
Cheers man! I have quite a lot of ideas floating around in my head at the moment but i dont want to say 100% what i am going to do because it will most certainly change at some point! So i wont say anything and then i wont disapoint! 
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Originally posted by Chris F
Buckets I'm sure?
If you mean buckets of mods then you are certainly right! If you mean bucket seats then you are also right!
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Originally posted by sparcost3
that front and rear bumper and the arches arent standard, they have all been colourcoded and are usually a horrible black plastic.. so if these have been painted well for 250 quid id say youve got yourself a reet bargain! will be intrested to see how this project comes along!
oh and the wing mirrors have been colour coded to
You are spot on with that pal, they have at some point been painted, but since then they really have taken a bit of a beating. The guy i got the car from had owned it for 2 years and was some what of a brute, i cant have seen him having done it so i guess it was the previous owner.
Its not a problem though as they will soon be having a trip to the skip!
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Originally posted by Walshgsi16v
Good base project there for 250
Cheers man! I had to whip it up after having a good look at it!
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Originally posted by john-d
Looks clean
Cheers! Its not so bad, after working on it today i havent uncovered any secrets.... Yet
I will update this with todays work in a minute
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Mark.W
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Nice clean little corsa mate.
Got a feeling this could be a one to watch 
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Tomm R
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark.W
Nice clean little corsa mate.
Got a feeling this could be a one to watch
Ah thanks! I hope i dont disapoint!
Little update here.
So i got up this morning nice and early and set about getting some work done.
My first job was to clean out the arches. as they were pretty manky!
I was then left with this.
Got them all cleaned up and ready to be painted and after all 4 were done i set about getting something more productive done. I wanted to paint, but i got seriously distracted!
I started out with this...
Half way through i had this
and at 2:46 i had this!
Please bear in mind that i have not set these up at all! Just chucked them on and stood back. You will be able to see that it does look a little like a squatting dog, reverse rake is not cool!
Hope you like! I have another little improvment to post photos of later tonight as well!
Thanks to RedTom and Fro for the coilovers, springs and damper! 
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martin-vx89
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tidy looking car that mate, nothing like starting from scratch with a tidy car to work with
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Tomm R
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cheers man!
Yesterday i also fitted a new set of wheels.
Totally chuffed with how this is sitting at the minute
I have tons of photos but the light behind my garage sucks and i couldnt get any great photos, Its also super filthy.
Front needs to come down a fair bit as well
Comments and Criticism welcome!
[Edited on 13-08-2011 by Tomm R]
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corsa_breeze88
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debagde it and get a spoiler
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JordyCarter
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Looks good man. Front mudflaps will be a pain 
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Tomm R
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Originally posted by corsa_breeze88
debagde it and get a spoiler
I have many many more exterior plans for it than that! But i am going to wait until i can do it all at once Rather than in dribs and drabs
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Originally posted by Green_Machine
Looks good man. Front mudflaps will be a pain
I only noticed i didnt have rear flaps after looking at that photo! But yeh you are right! Already ripped the drivers side off and pulled the front splitter off!
Meh, looked shit anyway haha
just another one
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Tomm R
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Tried this on last night, only bolted it on via the 2 slam pannel bolts. I do have the fogs and splitter.
I just needto get a grill. Does any one know if you can buy them new? If so what's the part number?
Thanks!!
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MELV14
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Another GSi rep. How original.......
Looks great so far for the price you paid. Loving the stance and the wheels. Glad it's not the usual speedlines or worse, cav slabs.
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Generation
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You can get from
Vaux new. Around £35 mate
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Tomm R
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quote:
Originally posted by MELV14
Another GSi rep. How original.......
Looks great so far for the price you paid. Loving the stance and the wheels. Glad it's not the usual speedlines or worse, cav slabs.
There are so many because they look so damn good! Havent seen many red ones though?
Thanks! I didnt really want to go with the cav slabs or speedlines. only other things i would have considered would have been some MO6's. That said slabs and speedlines do liik pretty sweet!
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Tomm R
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quote:
Originally posted by Generation
You can get from
Vaux new. Around £35 mate
Thanks for that!
Would i need to give them a part number or just ask for a GSi B grill? Just walk into a dealers and up to a parts desk?
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Walshgsi16v
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This is gnna look mega, engine plans?
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DanCobb
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quote:
Originally posted by Walshgsi16v
engine plans?
This.
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Tomm R
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Cheers Guys!
I am looking at what i can do engine wise. there seems to be a lot of options out there! I don't think i will be going for a XE though.
I have long enough to think it all over but i would like to think my current plans are pretty impressive! Although they will be staying a secret for now!
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Sean
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LookIng good mate, I paid £52 for my grill from vaux
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